Various Artists: Starday: Mercury Hillbilly Hit Parades / Various - COMPACT DISCS

Various Artists: Starday: Mercury Hillbilly Hit Parades / Various - COMPACT DISCS

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Starday: Mercury Hillbilly Hit Parades / Various

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Jasmine Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

604988382129

Genre:

Country

Release Date:

2026-04-17

Number of Discs:

1

Additional Details:

UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT

In 1956, STARDAY RECORDS issued a 16-track LP?titled "Hillbilly Hit Parade Volume 1", which featured George Jones, Leon Payne, Jeanette Hicks, Benny Barnes, Eddie Blank (aka Eddie Noack), Red Hayes and Thumper Jones. It included George Jones' 'Why Baby Why' plus cover versions of fifteen other C&W hits, which had appeared on Starday's budget label, Dixie. In 1958, Starday - by now conjoined with MERCURY RECORDS - issued another 16-track LP, also titled "Hillbilly Hit Parade Volume 1". This one featured George Jones, Benny Barnes, Jeanette Hicks, James O'Gwynn, Leon Payne and Earl Aycock, including Jones' hits 'Yearning', 'Uh, Uh, No', 'Just One More' and 'Don't Stop The Music', and Barnes' 'Poor Man's Riches'. The remaining tracks were covers of other recent Country hits

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