Hailed as the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers was one of the first entertainers to popularise the genre, cutting his first two sides - one of which was a lullaby, Sleep, Baby, Sleep - on August 4, 1927. The son of a section foreman on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, he became a water carrier to the black workmen on the railroad before he was fourteen. They not only introduced Rodgers to their songs but also taught him how to coax a tune out of a guitar and banjo.

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  • 1. Blue Yodel No.1 (T For Texas)
  • 2. Waitin' For a Train
  • 3. Frankie and Johnny
  • 4. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No.8)
  • 5. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
  • 6. Never No Mo' Blues
  • 7. That's Why I'm Blue
  • 8. Mississippi Delta Blues
  • 9. Lullaby Yodel
  • 10. The Brakemans Blues
  • 11. S Last Ride
  • 12. Long Tall Mama Blues
  • 13. In the Hills of Tennessee
  • 14. Whippin' That Old T.B.
  • 15. My Blue Eyed Jane
  • 16. Southern Cannonball
  • 17. Mississipi Moon
  • 18. My Little Home Down In New Orleans
  • 19. My Rough and Rowdy Ways
  • 20. I'm Free (From the Chain Gang Now)

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  • 1. In the Jailhouse Now No.2
  • 2. Train Whistle Blues
  • 3. Blue Yodel No.5
  • 4. Somewhere Down Below the Mason-Dixon Line
  • 5. No Hard Times
  • 6. Jimmie's Texas Blues
  • 7. My Good Gal's Gone Blues
  • 8. Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
  • 9. Blue Yodel No.9
  • 10. Travellin' Blues
  • 11. Away Out On the Mountain
  • 12. Home Call
  • 13. Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia
  • 14. Sleep Baby Sleep
  • 15. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
  • 16. Rock All Our Babies To Sleep
  • 17. My Little Lady
  • 18. High Powered Mama
  • 19. Down the Old Road
  • 20. Last Blue Yodel