It was 70 years ago, on May 26, that country music's first superstar, Jimmie Rodgers, died in a New York hotel room at the age of 35. Rodgers recorded 110 songs between 1927 and his death just six years later, many of which have become standards. His music retains its charm and its appeal, and musicians are still coming to terms with his legacy. Bear Family has compiled a 27 track CD of his songs as sung by the next generation of Jimmie Rodgers disciples. Here are Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Snow, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, and Jimmie Skinner, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard, Wanda Jackson, Tompall Glaser and others.