Folk Songs Of The Hills (studio album)
by Merle Travis

Folk Songs Of The Hills by Merle Travis
Year: 1947
Overall rank: 10,864th   
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Award Top 10 albums of 1947 (7th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1940s (32nd)
Award Best albums of all time (10,864th)

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Overall rank: 10,864th | 1940s rank: 32nd | 1947 rank: 7th

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From 10/07/2015 15:12 | #151114
clearly an influence for artists to come, including johnny cash
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Best Albums of 1947
1. Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday
2. Teddy Wilson - Billie Holiday by Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Featuring Billie Holiday
3. La Rue Pigalle by Édith Piaf
4. Blues by Lonnie Johnson
5. Mahler: Symphony No. 5 by Bruno Walter / New York Philharmonic
6. Souvenir Album by Ella Fitzgerald
7. Folk Songs Of The Hills by Merle Travis
8. Great Scott! by Hazel Scott
9. New Orleans Memories by Jelly Roll Morton
10. Music Out Of The Moon by Harry Revel
11. Billie Holiday Vol. 1 by Billie Holiday
12. Songs Of The Smoky Mountains by Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys
13. Artistry In Rhythm by Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
14. Songs By Sinatra Volume 1 by Frank Sinatra
15. Dizzy Gillespie And His All-Stars by Dizzy Gillespie
16. Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five Vol. 2 by Louis Armstrong's Hot 5
17. Hot Jazz At Blue Note by Art Hodes' Hot Five
18. Cowboy Songs And Negro Spirituals by Carl Sandburg
19. Folk Music Of Brazil - Afro-Bahian Religious Songs by Various Artists
20. Bix And Tram: A Hot Jazz Classic by Bix Beiderbecke With Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra
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