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George Jones: 22 Early Hits and Significant Recordings Compiled for THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (1955-1962), From 'White Lightning' to 'She Thinks I Still Care'

LOS ANGELES, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- More male country singers have wanted to sound like George Jones than anyone else. How Jones moved from an imitator of those who came before him to an idol himself is told through the songs on GEORGE JONES - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (1955-1962) (Mercury/UMe), released June 22, 2004. A new series dedicated to country artists, the first slate of The Definitive Collection releases includes compilations for Jones, Patsy Cline, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sammy Kershaw, The Mavericks, and Don Williams.

For Jones, the 22 digitally remastered classics on THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (1955-1962) examine the pivotal eight-year period which began at Starday Records and then encompassed Mercury and United Artists. Included are his first three #1 country hits -- "White Lightning," "Tender Years" and "She Thinks I Still Care" -- as well as eight other country Top 10s.

The Texas honky-tonker's fifth Starday single was his first hit as 1955's "Why Baby Why," an original novelty, hit #4. Also from Starday are the bluesy "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" and the #3 country "Just One More," about alcoholism, both of which he also wrote. Starday took over Mercury's country division in 1957 and Jones went along. His first single, the Jones-penned "Don't Stop The Music" was Top 10, followed by the #13 "Too Much Water," co-written with Sonny James. While his original "Cup Of Loneliness" was gospel and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" a cover of The Carter Family standard, his 1958 ballad "Color Of The Blues" (#7) was his first to indicate his coming original style.

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