Caught In The Webb Tribute To Webb Pierce by Dwight Yoakam, George Jones, Crystal Gayle

Caught In The Webb Tribute To Webb Pierce

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Caught In The Webb Tribute To Webb Pierce

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Audio CD (January 8, 2002)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Audium Entertainment

Reader Reviews
George Jones performance of "Yes I Know Why" is the highlight of the CD for me. I would've given him "Backstreet Affair" or "It's Been So Long" too! anyway, this CD is a tribute to a man who has been all but forgotten and there's no logical reason as to why. He was the #1 country artist of the 1950s and among the Top-10 artists of the 1960s. In the 1950's he sent 13 singles to the #1 spot. You might ask yourself: that's nothing too spectacular. Well, those 13 #1 hits spent a total of 111 weeks at #1. His biggest #1 was "In The Jailhouse Now", which hit #1 for 21 weeks in 1955. Dale Watson and the Jordanaires kick off this CD with their version. "Slowly" was #1 for Webb for 17 weeks in 1954. That's performed on this CD by Mandy Barnett. George's song on here, "Yes I Know Why", was a 7 week #2 hit for Webb in 1956. Ironically, the previous single for Webb was a song George co-wrote called "Why Baby Why". Actually, Webb sung harmony for Red Sovine on that single but since Webb was the bigger artist he got top billing. Kevin Welch and Deborah Pierce perform "Why Baby Why" on this CD. Charley Pride gives us "I'm Tired". Billy Walker gives us "I Don't Care", which Webb took to #1 for 12 weeks in 1955. I love the CD and the reason i give it 4 stars is because there's no new acts on here that would even remotely prompt young record buyers to buy this. It gets 5 stars for being eclectic and having great artists but we needed some newer acts on it too...just to have in order to sell to new country fans.

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