His Best

Saddle up for 10 of Tex's most timeless tunes.

In a long and varied career that began on the Broadway stage and extended through some 85 western films in the 1930s and '40s, several trips onto the country and pop charts and an eventual entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame (he was actually the very first performer inducted into the hall), Tex Ritter was in many ways an archetypal American performer, working off of the public's perception of him in all available mediums. Ritter wasn't a particularly subtle singer, relying as much on dramatic presentation as he did on any talent for phrasing, and there was always something of the stage in his delivery, which makes him somewhat of an acquired taste. This brief set collects some of his folk-inflected early singles, including his signature "High Noon" and an interesting version of "The Boll Weevil," but in the end it is a little too thin to make a good introduction to Ritter's work. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

Performer	Tex Ritter
Music genre	Country, Traditional Country
Music subgenre	CD - COUNTRY TRADITIONAL
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2007
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	N
Number of tracks	10
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Tex Ritter - His Best [CD]
Track listing	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me),Green Grow the Lilacs,Have I Stayed Away Too Long?,The Gallows Pole,The Fool's Paradise,The Boll Weevil,Cielito Lindo,Conversation with a Gun,The Keeper of the Keys,(I Dreamed of a) Hill-Billy Heaven
Record label	Varese Sarabande
Track name	Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N