CD - VA - Sweet Dreams Forever - The Four Stars of Country and Western Music

The Four Stars of Country and Western music are vocalists; Randy Hugues, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and Patsy Cline who perished in a plane crash on 05 March 1963. Their legend lives on through these TWENTY-NINE upbeat recordings which are; pre-rock ‘n’ roll country boogie beat, with a smattering of rockabilly as the 1950s musically changed. The exploration begins in 1948 and ends in 1962 before the music’s identity was radically changed. Two song thrushes provide vocal support for two recordings, Rita Robbins sings with Hawkshaw Hawkins and Kathy Copas performs with her father Cowboy Copas, and they add lustre to the album.

 

From the post-war years of the late 1940s through to the early 1960s, a generation of Western singers and songwriters emerged with a style influenced by former traditional Western artists and developed the musical direction. Many adopted a frank, plainspoken lyrical approach, or used salacious lyrics that set them apart from the mainstream Country and pop music establishments. The albums recordings are the embodiment of this development, and the album curtails just before the saccharin musical arrangements became common place in Nashville Tennessee recording studios.

The album focuses on the artists upbeat recordings and presents rarely re-issued salacious hillbilly boogies from Randy Hughes. He was also Patsy Cline’s manager, guitarist, and the pilot on the heart-breaking flight. The tenor vocal and flat-top guitar picking of Cowboy Copas, who additionally sings one flat-get-it rockabilly classic, and duets on one recording with his daughter Kathy, who was the wife of Randy Hughes. There is pioneering blues, boogie and honky-tonk from 6 ft 5 inches tall, Hawkshaw Hawkins, who made country song thrush Jean Shepard a widow. The lady on the pinnacle of stardom Patsy Cline breathed emotion into every song she sang and is probably the most well-known performer for the general public.

The story is told in the liner notes from re-issue producer Mark Armstrong and brought stunningly to life with layout and design from Urban Zotel. The clear Atomicat Records sound was produced by our team members at The Studio That Time Forgot, El Paso Texas. The top-quality eco-friendly cardboard sleeve is specially designed to avoid the use of plastic and be environmentally friendly. The songs which are honk tonk dance-floor-fillers are perfect for; Dee Jays, home listening, or cruising around. All that remains is to say, “crank up the volume and dig these musical gems.

You are listening to music from the past and preserving the future!

 

Atomicat Records “Often imitated, never duplicated”

1. Hawkshaw Hawkins - Dog House Boogie (Woodhall, Hawkins) King 1948

2. Cowboy Copas - Hangman's Boogie (Cassidy) King 1949

3. Randy Hughes and His Band - Tatooed Lady (no writer credit) Tennessee 1950

4. Randy Hughes and His Band - It'll Feel So Good (When It Quits Hurtin') (Brach, Brauch) Tennessee 1950

5. Randy Hughes with Hal Bradley and His Band - When Elephants Start To Roost In Trees (Clair, Hayes) Tennessee 1950

6. Cowboy Copas - Tennessee Flat Guitar (Blake) King 1951

7. Hawkshaw Hawkins - Shotgun Boogie (Ernie) King 1951

8. Randy Hughes and The Nite Owls - Roll On Freight Train (Howard) Tennessee 1951

9. Randy Hughes and Band - Birthday Cake (no writer credit) Tennessee 1951

10. Randy Hughes - My Little Country Rose (Wallace) Tennessee 1951

11. Randy Hughes - Talking in Your Sleep (Inman) Tennessee 1951

12. Randy Hughes with Band - Tapping That Thing (no writer credit) Tennessee 1952

13. Hawkshaw Hawkins - Kaw-Liga (Williams, Rose) King 1953

14. Hawkshaw Hawkins - Waitin' For My Baby (Rock, Rock) (Coben) RCA Victor 1954

15. Randy Hughes - Slowly (Pierce, Hill) Bell 1954

16. Hawkshaw Hawkins - Ling Ting Tong (Goodwin) RCA Victor 1955

17. Hawkshaw Hawkins and Rita Robbins - Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) (Wilson, Porter, Levy) RCA Victor 1955

18. Patsy Cline - I Love You Honey (Miller) Coral 1956

19. Patsy Cline - Stop, Look And Listen (London, Stevenson) Decca 1956

20. Cowboy Copas - Blue Kimono (Bryant) Dot 1957

21. Patsy Cline - Crazy Dreams (Beam, Jiles, Stevenson) Decca 1960

22. Lloyd Copas - Circle Rock (Adler, Alpert) Dot 1958

23. Patsy Cline - Gotta Lot Of Rhythm in My Soul (Vaughan, Stevenson) Decca 1959

24. Cowboy Copas - Settin' Flat On Ready (Copas, Marvin) Starday 1960

25. Cowboy Copas - Sal (Copas, Hillo) Starday 1961

26. Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight (Hecht, Block) Decca LP 1961

27. Patsy Cline - When I Get Thru With You (You'll Love Me Too) (Howard) Decca 1962

28. Cowboy Copas - Sleepy Eyed John (Atcheson) Starday LP 1962

29. Cowboy Copas with Cathy Copas - You Are The One (Patterson) Starday LP 1962