Tumbling Tumbleweeds: The Chart Years 1934-49, Sons Of The Pioneers, CD
The Sons of the Pioneers were one of the USA's earliest western singing groups, and the primary originators of what might be called "cowboy country", their songs, vocal harmonies and instrumental make-up influencing countless artists who followed them, although they were such a long-lived group that they were able to compete with many that they influenced. With their origins in California, they evolved from a vocal trio that comprised future cowboy movie star Roy Rogers, Canadian songwriter Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer, signing to the newly-formed Decca label, before also starting to appear in western movies. This 53-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their releases on the Decca, Vocalion, Columbia and RCA-Victor labels during this era, and features all their career pop and country chart entries, including the Top 10 hits "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Cool Water", "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima", "No One To Cry To", "Cigareetes, Whusky, and Wild, Wild Women", "Teardrops in My Heart" and "Room Full Of Roses". "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water" were such landmark songs that they were both hits twice with different recordings. The collection is a marvellous and captivating showcase for their extraordinarily sophisticated talent as a vocal harmony group allied to through songs which capture the spirit of the pioneer west in inimitable style.
- Disc 1, Track: 1 - Disc 1:
- Disc 1, Track: 2 - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- Disc 1, Track: 3 - When Our Old Age Pension Check Comes to Our Door
- Disc 1, Track: 4 - Echoes from the Hills
- Disc 1, Track: 5 - Cajon Stomp
- Disc 1, Track: 6 - Roving Cowboy
- Disc 1, Track: 7 - The Hills of Old Wyomin'
- Disc 1, Track: 8 - A Melody from the Sky
- Disc 1, Track: 9 - Texas Star
- Disc 1, Track: 10 - Blue Bonnet Girl
- Disc 1, Track: 11 - Ride Ranger Ride
- Disc 1, Track: 12 - Empty Saddles
- Disc 1, Track: 13 - I'm An Old Cowhand
- Disc 1, Track: 14 - We'll Rest at the End of the Trail
- Disc 1, Track: 15 - Blue Prairie
- Disc 1, Track: 16 - One More Ride
- Disc 1, Track: 17 - Way Out There
- Disc 1, Track: 18 - Down Along the Sleepy Rio Grande
- Disc 1, Track: 19 - Just A-Wearyin' for You
- Disc 1, Track: 20 - When the Roses Bloom Again
- Disc 1, Track: 21 - I Wonder If She Waits for Me Tonight
- Disc 1, Track: 22 - Hear Dem Bells
- Disc 1, Track: 23 - Leaning on the Everlasting Arm
- Disc 1, Track: 24 - Lead Me Gently Home, Father
- Disc 1, Track: 25 - One More River to Cross
- Disc 1, Track: 26 - Cool Water
- Disc 1, Track: 27 - (Goodbye My Darlin') They Drew My Number
- Disc 2, Track: 1 - You Broke My Heart
- Disc 2, Track: 2 - Private Buckaroo
- Disc 2, Track: 3 - Wagner Hoedown
- Disc 2, Track: 4 - I'll Be Around Somewhere
- Disc 2, Track: 5 - Cool Water
- Disc 2, Track: 6 - Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima
- Disc 2, Track: 7 - Forgive and Forget
- Disc 2, Track: 8 - Gold Star Mother with Silvery Hair
- Disc 2, Track: 9 - No One to Cry to
- Disc 2, Track: 10 - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- Disc 2, Track: 11 - Cowboy Camp Meeting
- Disc 2, Track: 12 - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Disc 2, Track: 13 - Baby Doll
- Disc 2, Track: 14 - Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild, Wild Women
- Disc 2, Track: 15 - My Best to You
- Disc 2, Track: 16 - Teardrops in My Heart
- Disc 2, Track: 17 - Will There Be Sagebrush in Heaven?
- Disc 2, Track: 18 - Out in Pioneertown
- Disc 2, Track: 19 - A Hundred and Sixty Acres
- Disc 2, Track: 20 - Calico Apron, a Gingham Gown
- Disc 2, Track: 21 - Down Where the Rio Flows
- Disc 2, Track: 22 - The Missouri Is a Devil of a Woman
- Disc 2, Track: 23 - Too High, Too Wide, Too Low
- Disc 2, Track: 24 - Little Gray Home in the West
- Disc 2, Track: 25 - Room Full of Roses
- Disc 2, Track: 26 - Red River Valley
- Disc 2, Track: 27 - Let's Go West Again
Product Attributes: Acrobat, Country, Sons Of The Pioneers, The Sons of the Pioneers