Cat. No. 2713: WEBB PIERCE ~ WEBB WITH A BEAT / FALLEN ANGEL. COUNTRY STARS CTS 55569. (IMPORT).

WEBB PIERCE STARTED HIS RECORDING CAREER IN THE EARLY 1950s INITIALLY FOR THE 4 STAR LABEL. IN 1951 PIERCE GOT OUT OF HIS 4 STAR CONTRACT AND SIGNED WITH DECCA RECORDS. HIS SECOND SINGLE FOR DECCA “WONDERING” BECAME HIS BREAKTHROUGH HIT. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HANK WILLIAMS, WEBB BECAME THE BIGGEST COUNTRY STAR OF 1950s. THIS CD CONTAINS TWO OF WEBB’S ALBUMS “‘WEBB WITH A BEAT” WHERE A NUMBER OF TRACKS BORDER ON ROCKABILLY AND THE MORE TRADITIONAL COUNTRY STYLE ALBUM “FALLEN ANGEL”. HE DIED OF PANCREATIC CANCER IN 1991. EXCELLENT COUNTRY MUSIC *****

TRACK LISTING: WEBB WITH A BEAT! – I Ain’t Never / It’s My Way / Gotta Travel On / I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed / I’ll Never Have To Be Alone / Whirlpool Of  Love / No Love Have I  / It Is Wrong (For Loving You) / I’m Tired / Poison Love / Public Enemy Number One / In The Jailhouse Now. FALLEN ANGEL – Fallen Angel / A Rose And A Thorn / Let Forgiveness In / So Used To Loving You / There’s More Pretty Girls Than One / Forgive Me / Truck Driver’s Blues / Is My Ring On Your Finger / My Rough And Rowdy Ways / A Walk On The Wild Side Of Life / No One But Me / Last Night / Drifting Texas Sand.

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