Gene Watson Discography
'Eighteen Greatest Hits'
Tee Vee Records TVCD-6033 (1999)
'Eighteen Greatest Hits' was released on the Tee Vee Records label in 1999.
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'Considered by many to be the 'King' of the hard country vocal stylists,
Gene Watson is often cited as the man who started the hard vocal trend that
is so prevalent in country music today.
Gene's first big break came in the mid-1960s. He was singing in a nightclub
in Houston, Texas when a couple of businessmen in the record industry heard
him perform one night. Soon afterward, Gene was recording songs. His third
attempt proved to be a winner.
'Love in the hot afternoon' was a huge hit in 1975, and is now considered
Gene's signature song. To date, Gene Watson has over 40 charted recordings
to his credit. This TEE VEE Records Twin Pack includes 18 of this legendary
singer's greatest hits'.
'Eighteen Greatest Hits'
Tee Vee Records TVCD-6033 (1999)
Track Listing
1 'Love in the hot afternoon'
•
Written by Kent Westberry & Vince Matthews
Published by Jack Music Inc. / BMI
2 'Should I
Come Home (or should I go crazy)'
••
Written by
Joe Allen
Published by Tree Publishing Company, Inc. / BMI
3 'Paper Rosie' •••
Written by Dallas Harms
Published by Doubleplay Music / Quality Music
4 'Nothing sure looked good on you'
••
Written by Jim Rushing
Published by Coal Miners Music, Inc. / BMI
5 'Where love begins' •
Written by Ray Griff
Published by Blue Echo Music
6 'Farewell party' ••••
Written by Lawton Williams
Published by Western Hills Music, Inc. / BMI
7 'Pick the wildwood flower'
••••
Written by
Joe Allen
Published by Tree Publishing Company, Inc. / BMI
8 'Her body couldn't keep you (off my mind)'
†
Written by Ray Griff
Published by Blue Echo Music / ASCAP
9 'I don't need a thing at all'
*
Written by
Joe Allen
Published by Joe Allen Music / BMI
10 'One sided conversation'
••••
Written by
Joe Allen
Published by Tree Publishing Company, Inc. / BMI
11 'Because you
believed in me'
†
Written by Owens, Hall & Vowell
Published by Unichappell Music, Inc. / BMI
12 'The old man and his horn'
*
Written by Dallas Harms
Published by Doubleplay Music / BMI
13 'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time'
* °
Written by Dallas Harms
Published by Doubleplay Music / BMI
14 'No one will ever know' **
Written by M. Foree & Fred Rose
Published by Milene Music, Inc. / ASCAP
15 'Raisin' cane in Texas' **
Written by
Joe Allen & D. Lay
Published by Joe Allen Music, Inc. / BMI
16 'Bedroom ballad' ••
Written by
Joe Allen
Published by Tree Publishing Company, Inc. / BMI
17 'You could know as much about a stranger'
• †
Written by Nadine Bryant
Published by BBC Music
18 'Bad water' •
Written by Jackie DeShannon, Holiday & Myers
Published by SBK Umart
'Love in the hot afternoon', 'Where love begins', 'You could know as much about a stranger' & 'Bad water' (tracks indicated thus
•) were originally included on 'Love
in the Hot Afternoon' (Capitol Records, 1975).
'Should
I Come Home (or should I go crazy)', 'Nothing sure looked good on
you' & 'Bedroom ballad' (tracks indicated thus
••) were originally included on 'Should
I Come Home' (Capitol Records, 1979).
'Paper Rosie' (track indicated thus •••)
was originally included on 'Paper Rosie'
(Capitol Records, 1977).
'Farewell party', 'Pick the wildwood flower' & 'One sided conversation'
(tracks indicated thus ••••)
were originally included on 'Reflections'
(Capitol Records, 1978).
'Her body couldn't keep you (off my mind)' & 'Because
you believed in me'
(tracks indicated thus †) were
originally included on 'Because You Believed
in Me' (Capitol Records, 1976).
'I don't need a thing at all', 'The old man and his horn' & 'Cowboys don't
get lucky all the time' (tracks indicated thus
*) were originally included on 'Beautiful
Country' (Capitol Records, 1977).
'No one will ever know' & 'Raisin' cane in Texas' (tracks indicated thus
**) were originally included on
'No One Will Ever Know' (Capitol Records, 1980).
'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time' (track indicated thus
°) was also included on
'Convoy' (soundtrack) (United Artists Records, 1978).
A re-recorded version of 'You could know as much about a stranger' (track
indicated thus †) can be found
on 'Gene Watson: Then & Now' (Koch Records Nashville, 2005).
'Eighteen Greatest Hits'
Tee Vee Records TVCD-6033 (1997)