Life of a Poor Boy: RCA Country Hits 1958 - 1972

Life of a Poor Boy: RCA Country Hits 1958 - 1972

UK two CD set from the Country Music pioneer. Stonewall Jackson's breakthrough in the Country Top 40 came in late 1958, with a song written by George Jones, 'Life to Go'. It peaked at #2 in early 1959 and his follow-up record, 'Waterloo', was #1 for five weeks and crossed over into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it reached #4. His next #1 hit came in 1964, with 'B.J. The D.J.' from 1958 to 1971, Jackson had 35 Top 40 country hits and along with Ray Price, is considered a cornerstone, after Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell, of the hard-driving Honky Tonk sound in the late 1950s and early 1960s. 40 tracks.