Billy Walker - The King of Country (Remastered) '2020

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Funny How Time Slips Away (Remastered)
02. Charlies Shoes (Remastered)
03. Mexican Joe (Remastered)
04. Back Street Affair (Remastered)
05. Ive Got Leavin on My Mind (Remastered)
06. Time Will Tell (Remastered)
07. Thank You for Calling (Remastered)
08. Faded Lights and Lonesome People (Remastered)
09. Headin for Heartaches (Remake) (Remastered)
10. It Hurts Too Much to Laugh (And Im Too Big to Cry) (Remastered)
11. Ive Got a New Heartache (Remastered)
12. The Record (Remastered)
13. I Cant Keep the Girls Away (Remastered)
14. Youre the Only Good Thing (Thats Happened to Me) (Remastered)
15. Pretend You Just Dont Know Me (Remastered)
16. Whirlpool (Remastered)
17. Which One of Us Is to Blame (Remastered)
18. On My Mind Again (Remastered)
19. Its Doggone Tough on Me (Remastered)
20. Mr Heartache (Remastered)
21. The Storm Has Just Begun (Remastered)
22. Forever (Remastered)
23. One Way Give and Take (Remastered)
24. A Woman Like You (Remastered)
25. Little Lover (Remastered)
26. I Wish You Love (Remastered)
27. Theyll Never Take Her Love from Me (Remastered)
28. Willie the Weeper (Remastered)
29. Joeys Back in Town (Remastered)
30. There Stands the Glass (Remastered)


A native of west Texas who was active on the Grand Ole Opry, Billy Walker
emerged from the talent-rich Dallas scene of the late 40s and early 50s. After a
brief stint on Capitol, he was signed to Columbia in 1951 at almost exactly the
same time as Ray Price. For a while, Walker, Price, and Lefty Frizzell were all
recording at the legendary Jim Beck studio in Dallas, which did for 50s honky
tonk what Sun Studio in Memphis did for rockabilly. Nevertheless, Walker notched
virtually all of his dozen-plus Top Ten hits in Nashville (beginning in the
60s), where the studio sound was perhaps more suited to his smooth tenor voice.
Walker was born on a farm but was raised in an orphanage after his mothers
death. When he was 11 years old, he returned to live with his father, who had
remarried. Walker learned the guitar from his father, and after seeing a Gene
Autry film, he was determined to become a singer. He appeared on radio in Clovis
when he was 15 and two years later, appeared as the Traveling Texan on the Big D
Jamboree radio show on KRLD Dallas. Walker recorded for Capitol Records from
1949-1951, but he didnt make the U.S. country charts until he recorded Thank You
for Calling for Columbia in 1954. He dispensed with his Traveling Texan persona
and joined both the Louisiana Hayride and the Ozark Jubilee. From 1960 onward,
he was a regular performer at the Grand Ole Opry.
Walker was the first to record Willie Nelsons Funny How Time Slips Away, and he
passed another of Nelsons songs, Crazy, to Patsy Cline. In 1962, Walker had his
first country number one with Charlies Shoes. Subsequent successes included
Cross the Brazos at Waco, A Million to One, Sundown Mary, She Goes Walking
Through My Mind, and Sing Me a Love Song to Baby, followed by a succession of
minor chart successes for a variety of companies, including his own Tall Texan
label. By the end of 1988, he had placed 65 records in the U.S. country charts,
including duets with Barbara Fairchild on The Answer Game and Let Me Be the One.
His own songs included a tribute to Marty Robbins, He Sang the Songs About El
Paso. Walker, who was a born-again Christian, notably stated Current crossover
trends are like mixing chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla in the same bowl. Not
only is it an ugly color but it leaves a bad taste in ones mouth. In May of
2006, Walker died in an early morning automobile accident on an Alabama
interstate south of Montgomery. His wife and two bandmembers were also killed,
while his 21-year-old grandson was seriously injured.

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