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5-CD box (LP-size) with 35-page book, 144 tracks. Playing time approx. 720 mns. Buck Owens has... more

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Tommy Collins: Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)

5-CD box (LP-size) with 35-page book, 144 tracks. Playing time approx. 720 mns.

Buck Owens has got his due, Merle Haggard too, so surely it must be time for Tommy Collins to get some recognition. Tommy Collins was the Godfather of the Bakersfield Sound, and this set is the result of a personal quest on the part of Bear Family to make his classic recordings available again. Anyone with a taste for Buck 'n' Merle can buy this with absolute confidence. In fact, we hear Buck as session picker on four years of Tommy's recordings, and he later cut a tribute album to Tommy Collins.

In 1981, Merle cut 'Leonard' in tribute. They knew how great Tommy Collins was and how important his records were, even though they've been out-of-print for years. Now we've documented his Morgan, Capitol and Columbia sides to set the record straight. The 144 titles include High On A Hilltop, You Better Not Do That, I Guess I'm Crazy, No Love Have I, All The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo, A Hundred Years From Now, I Got Mine, and 'If You Can't Bite Don't Growl'.

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Interpret: Tommy Collins
Album titlle: Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Preiscode EI
Artikelart Box set
EAN: 4000127155771
weight in Kg 1.5

Collins, Tommy - Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01	Too Beautiful To Cry	Tommy Collins
02	Smooth Sailin'	Tommy Collins
03	Fool's Gold	Tommy Collins
04	You Gotta Have A License	Tommy Collins
05	Let Me Love You	Tommy Collins
06	There'll Be No Other	Tommy Collins
07	I Love You More And More Each Day	Tommy Collins
08	Boob-I-Lak	Tommy Collins
09	You Better Not Do That	Tommy Collins
10	I Always Get A Souvenir	Tommy Collins
11	High On A Hilltop	Tommy Collins
12	Untied	Tommy Collins
13	Whatcha Gonna Do Now	Tommy Collins
14	Love-A-Me, S'il Vous Plait	Tommy Collins
15	You're For Me	Tommy Collins
16	I'll Be Gone	Tommy Collins
17	Wait A Little Longer	Tommy Collins
18	Let Down (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
19	It Tickles (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
20	It's Nobody's Fault But Yours	Tommy Collins
21	I Guess I'm Crazy	Tommy Collins
22	You Oughta See Pickles Now	Tommy Collins
23	Those Old Love Letters From You	Tommy Collins
24	I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle	Tommy Collins
25	I'll Never, Never Let You Go	Tommy Collins
26	I'll Always Speak Well Of You	Tommy Collins

Collins, Tommy - Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01	No Love Have I	Tommy Collins
02	All Of The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo	Tommy Collins
03	That's The Way Love Is	Tommy Collins
04	Smooth Sailin'	Tommy Collins
05	How Do I Say Goodbye	Tommy Collins
06	A Man We All Ought To Know	Tommy Collins
07	Are You Ready To Go	Tommy Collins
08	Think It Over Boys	Tommy Collins
09	I Think Of You Yet	Tommy Collins
10	Upon This Rock (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
11	The Feet Of The Traveller (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
12	Don't You Love Me Anymore	Tommy Collins
13	Retirement In Heaven (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
14	All Of The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo	Tommy Collins
15	What Have You Done (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
16	A Love Is Born	Tommy Collins
17	I'm Nobody's Fool But Yours	Tommy Collins
18	O Mary Don't You Weep (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
19	Did You Let Your Light Shine(& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
20	In The Shadow Of The Cross	Tommy Collins
21	When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (& COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
22	Who At My Door Is Standing	Tommy Collins
23	My Saviour's Love	Tommy Collins
24	Where Could I Go But To The Lord	Tommy Collins
25	What A Friend We Have In Jesus	Tommy Collins
26	Each Step Of The Way	Tommy Collins
27	Softly And Tenderly	Tommy Collins
28	That's Why I Love Him	Tommy Collins
29	Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross	Tommy Collins

Collins, Tommy - Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01	The Old Rugged Cross	Tommy Collins
02	Heart's Don't Break	Tommy Collins
03	You Belong In My Arms	Tommy Collins
04	A Hundred Years From Now	Tommy Collins
05	Little June	Tommy Collins
06	My Last Chance With You	Tommy Collins
07	Sidewalks Of New York	Tommy Collins
08	The Last Letter	Tommy Collins
09	Oklahoma Hills	Tommy Collins
10	The Great Speckled Bird	Tommy Collins
11	Broken Engagement	Tommy Collins
12	Wreck Of The Old 97	Tommy Collins
13	I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Tommy Collins
14	Have I Told You Lately That I Love You	Tommy Collins
15	It Makes No Difference Now	Tommy Collins
16	Let's Live A Little	Tommy Collins
17	I'll Keep On Loving You	Tommy Collins
18	I Overlooked An Orchid	Tommy Collins
19	I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do	Tommy Collins
20	Juicy Fruit	Tommy Collins
21	Black Cat (mono with overdubs)	Tommy Collins
22	We Kissed Again With Tears	Tommy Collins
23	Keep Dreaming	Tommy Collins
24	Don't Let Me Stand In His Footsteps	Tommy Collins
25	Summer's Almost Gone	Tommy Collins
26	Take Me Back Tom The Good Old Days	Tommy Collins
27	Oh What A Dream	Tommy Collins
28	Let Her Go	Tommy Collins
29	When Did Right Become Wrong	Tommy Collins

Collins, Tommy - Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01	I Got Mine	Tommy Collins
02	You'd Better Be Nice	Tommy Collins
03	I Can Do That (& WANDA COLLINS)	Tommy Collins
04	I Got Mine (live)	Tommy Collins
05	Shindig In The Barn	Tommy Collins
06	A Million Miles	Tommy Collins
07	Goody Goody Gumdrop (Klippa Kloppa)	Tommy Collins
08	The Clock On The Wall	Tommy Collins
09	The Bee That Gets The Honey	Tommy Collins
10	It's A Big Jump	Tommy Collins
11	It's A Pretty Good Ol' World After All	Tommy Collins
12	Don't Let Me Stand In His Footsteps	Tommy Collins
13	All Of The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo	Tommy Collins
14	Black Cat (stereo re-mix)	Tommy Collins
15	Take Me Back Tom The Good Old Days	Tommy Collins
16	Oh What A Dream	Tommy Collins
17	Klippa Kloppa (Goody Goody Gumdrop)	Tommy Collins
18	If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl	Tommy Collins
19	A Man Gotta Do What A Man Gotta Do	Tommy Collins
20	Man Machine	Tommy Collins
21	The Girl On Sugar Pie Lane	Tommy Collins
22	Poor, Broke, Mixed Up Mess Of A Heart	Tommy Collins
23	Be Serious Ann	Tommy Collins
24	The Fool's Castle	Tommy Collins
25	A Little Time For A Little Love	Tommy Collins
26	I'm Not Gettin' Anywhere With You	Tommy Collins
27	The Two Sides Of Life	Tommy Collins
28	You're Everything To Me	Tommy Collins
29	A Million Miles	Tommy Collins

Collins, Tommy - Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5
01	Shindig In The Barn	Tommy Collins
02	There's No Girl In My Life Anymore	Tommy Collins
03	Skinny	Tommy Collins
04	I'm Not Looking For An Angel	Tommy Collins
05	Don't Wipe The Tears That You Cry	Tommy Collins
06	Birmingham	Tommy Collins
07	Put Me In Irons, Lock Me Up ...	Tommy Collins
08	You Better Not Do That	Tommy Collins
09	Sam Hill	Tommy Collins
10	I Got Mine	Tommy Collins
11	It's Too Much Like Lonesome	Tommy Collins
12	Watcha Gonna Do Now	Tommy Collins
13	No Love Have I	Tommy Collins
14	Wine Take Me Away	Tommy Collins
15	High On A Hilltop	Tommy Collins
16	When Did Right Become Wrong	Tommy Collins
17	General Delivery U.S.A.	Tommy Collins
18	Roll Truck, Roll	Tommy Collins
19	If That's The Fashion	Tommy Collins
20	Piedras Negras	Tommy Collins
21	Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)	Tommy Collins
22	Branded Man	Tommy Collins
23	Cincinnati, Ohio	Tommy Collins
24	Break My Mind	Tommy Collins
25	I Made A Prison Band	Tommy Collins
26	The Best Thing I've Done In My Life	Tommy Collins
27	Woman You Have Been Told	Tommy Collins
28	Sunny Side Of Life	Tommy Collins
29	He's Gonna Have To Catch Me First	Tommy Collins

Tommy Collins TOMMY COLLINS OBITUARY The recent death of Tommy Collins (March... more

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"Tommy Collins"

Tommy Collins

TOMMY COLLINS OBITUARY

The recent death of Tommy Collins (March 14, 2000) was hardly unexpected because he had been ill with emphysema for a long time, but was sad nonetheless. Not long ago, in September 1999, he was admitted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Along with his contemporary Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins was one of the first country musicians to establish the Bakersfield Sound. Legions of West Coast country performers built on the sound that Collins established in the early '50s. Although his hits were relatively few in number, his influence loomed large.

Collins (Leonard Raymond Sipes) was born just outside of Oklahoma City, spending his entire childhood in Oklahoma. As a child, he began to sing and write songs, eventually appearing on local radio shows. During his time at the College, he continued to perform and made a handful of singles for the Morgan label. In the early '50s, he was in the army for a brief time, before he moved to Bakersfield, California.

Collins became friends with Ferlin Husky. Husky convinced his record company, Capitol, to offer Tommy a record contract. At the time of signing, in June 1953, he adopted his stage-name of Tommy Collins.

Following one unsuccessful single, Collins' released the jaunty You Better Not Do That, which became a huge hit in early 1954. Since the song was a success, Collins continued to pursue a light-hearted, near-novelty direction. Between the fall of 1954 and the spring of 1955, he had three Top 10 hits -- Whatcha Gonna Do Now, Untied, It Tickles -- and in the fall of 1955 I Guess I'm Crazy and You Oughta See Pickles Now both reached the Top 15. In addition, Faron Young had a huge hit with Tommy's If You Ain't Lovin', which was one of many songs that Collins wrote but didn't record.

Tommy Collins seemed to be on the fast track to major success, but it stopped just as soon as it began. He had a religious conversion in early 1956. For the following six years not much was heard from him in the field of music.

In early 1963, Collins left the church and headed back to Bakersfield. Capitol agreed to re-sign him and in 1964, he returned to the charts with I Can Do That, a duet with his wife Wanda Lucille Shahan. Collins switched labels and signed with Columbia in 1965; the following year, he had a Top 10 hit with I Can't Bite, Don't Growl. For the next few years, he had a string of hit singles.

By the early '70s, Collins' professional and personal lives were on the verge of collapse, due to his increasing dependency on drugs and alcohol. In 1971, Wanda filed for a divorce, sending Tommy into a deep depression.

Collins began to recover by continuing to write songs, many of which were recorded by Merle Haggard, including the '70s hits Carolyn and The Roots Of My Raising. In 1981, Merle Haggard had a hit single with Leonard, his tribute to Collins. After the release of Leonard, the spotlight again turned to Collins, who was now sober. Tommy resumed professional songwriting and his most notable success was Mel Tillis' Top 10 1984 hit, New Patches.

Throughout the '80s, Collins kept a low profile, though his songs continued to be recorded. George Strait took his new version of If You Ain't Lovin' to number one on the country charts. Collins continued to write songs throughout the mid-'90s.

In 1992, Bear Family released a highly-praised 5-CD set, LEONARD (BCD 15577 EI), which included his complete Morgan, Capitol and Columbia recordings.

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