Legends Of American Music: The Hits Then 'Til Now is a 3 CD set from Time Life and kicks off with George Jones' first hit single on Starday Records, Why Baby Why, which went to number 4 on the country chart in 1955.
Other songs from his early years are featured, offering a glimpse of his undeniable raw talent and a promise of what was to come.
Included are the 50s pop and country smash White Lightning plus his 60s country hits including She Thinks I Still Care, The Race Is On, A Good Year For the Roses, and Walk Through this World with Me.
After Jones married Tammy Wynette, and their hits mirrored their tormented relationship.
In 1980, he emerged from post-divorce turmoil with He Stopped Loving Her Today, widely considered the greatest country record and the song that earned Jones his first Grammy.
Continuing the story to the present day, the set features all of his latterday hits plus duets with Ray Charles and Chet Atkins, Merle Haggard, James Taylor, the Oak Ridge Boys and others.
Disc 1
- Why Baby Why
- Seasons of My Heart
- What Am I Worth
- Just One More
- White Lightning
- The Last Town I Painted
- You're Still on My Mind
- Color of the Blues
- Who Shot Sam
- The Window Up Above
- Tender Years
- Things Have Gone to Pieces
- Take Me
- Tall, Tall Trees
- Walk Through This World with Me
- When the Grass Grows Over Me
- I'll Share My World with You
- Love Bug
- Sometimes You Just Can't Win
- A Good Year for the Roses
Disc 2
- She Thinks I Still Care
- We Must Have Been out of Our Mind
- The Race Is On
- You Comb Her Hair
- A Girl I Used to Know
- The Ceremony George w/ Tammy Wynette
- We Can Make It
- Loving You Could Never Be Better
- We're Gonna Hold On w/ Tammy Wynette
- A Picture of Me (Without You)
- Mabellene w/ Johnny Paycheck
- Once You ve Had the Best
- Golden Ring
- The Grand Tour
- Two Story House
- The Door
- Bartender's Blues
- These Days (I Barely Get By)
- Southern California
- I Can t Find It Here
Disc 3
- He Stopped Loving Her Today
- Still Doin Time
- We Didn t See a Thing w/ Ray Charles
- I'm Not Ready Yet
- Yesterday's Wine w/ Merle Haggard
- If Drinkin Don't Kill Me
- She's My Rock
- Same Ole Me
- I Always Get Lucky with You
- The One I Loved Back Then
- Who s Gonna Fill Their Shoes
- The Right Left Hand
- Somebody Wants Me Out
- I'm a One Woman Man
- Wine Colored Roses
- I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair
- Wrong's What I Do Best
- High-Tech Redneck
- When the Last Curtain Falls
- Tramp on Your Street