George Jones was an icon of American music. This release is an expanded edition of Jones' classic album 'George Jones Sings' originally issued in 1957. This CD compiles 29 classics from the Possum's formative years on the Starday, Dixie and Mercury labels [from 1953 through '61]. During this early period of his career, over raw honky-tonk arrangements, Jones developed a vocal style and song-writing abilities that separated him from country music's mere mortals-Over 70 minutes of essential Honky Tonk Country and Hillbilly Bop!