On The Honky Tonk Highway: Tell The Truth And Shame The Devil - Jeannie C Riley

On The Honky Tonk Highway: Tell The Truth And Shame The Devil is the first in Bear Family Records' new series of hard-hitting country music from artists who travelled the Honky Tonk Highway in the 1960s and '70s. 

This CD displays the full range of the astonishing recordings Jeannie C. Riley made for Plantation Records between 1968 and 1971, a time when her songs told the truth and shamed the devil.

Jeannie had 24 country hits and 6 pop hits, including her international smash Harper Valley P.T. A. - the only song by a female country singer to top both the country and pop charts until Dolly Parton went pop 13 years later. 

The accompanying booklet by Martin Hawkins tells the fascinating story of young Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson complete with original interviews and rare photographs. 

1. Harper Valley P. T. a
2. Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
3. The Girl Most Likely
4. The Little Town Square
5. The Back Side of Dallas
6. Things Go Better with Love
7. Country Girl
8. Duty Not Desire
9. Good Enough to Be Your Wife
10. Oh Singer
11. Darling Days
12. Roses and Thorns
13. I Almost Called Your Name
14. Satan Place
15. Light Your Light (And Let It Shine)
16. Am I That Easy to Forget
17. In a Moment of Weakness
18. The Tree of Joy
19. Teardrops on Page 43
20. The Cotton Patch
21. Shed Me No Tears
22. Before the Next Teardrop Falls
23. One Toke Over the Line
24. The Street Singer
25. I'll Take What's Left of You
26. No Brass Band
27. That's a No No
28. We Were Raised on Love
29. Yesterday All Day Long Today