Sing Great Country Favorites (1964) (Import)

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Product Summary Label: City Hall Records UPC: 04000127157379 Release Date: 12/25/1999 Buy.com Sku: 64010357 Item#: M2LEYP Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Bye Bye Love ------ 2. Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On ------ 3. Wolverton Mountain ------ 4. No Letter Today ------ 5. Please Help Me I'm Falling ------ 6. Singing The Blues ------ 7. Walk On By ------ 8. If You've Got The Money ------ 9. Mule Skinner Blues ------ 10. Making Believe ------ 11. Blue Blue Day ------ 12. No Letter Today ~ (alternate take) ------ 13. Wabash Cannonball ------ 14. Mule Skinner Blues ~ (alternate take) ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Full performer name: Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Personnel: Connie Francis (vocals); Hank Williams, Jr. (vocals). Audio Mixer: Mark Wilder. Liner Note Author: William Ruhlmann. Recording information: Columbia Studio, Nashville, TN (05/11/1964-05/13/1964). Illustrators: Pat Niglio; R.A. Andreas. Photographers: Pat Niglio; R.A. Andreas. Arranger: Bill McElhiney. The pairing of Hank Williams, Jr. and Connie Francis seems like a coming together of equals now that Williams has become a big star, but at the time the duo recorded Sing Great Country Favorites, Williams was a 15-year-old boy at the beginning of his recording career and Francis was a very well-established artist. Francis, ten years Williams' senior, was given the task of gazing adoringly at Williams for the photo session, which must have been an awkward shoot. Thankfully, the age disparity isn't reflected in the music, as Williams' mature-sounding vocals take the lead and Francis sings mostly harmonies. The songs are a collection of country standards and recent hits such as "Wolverton Mountain," "Walk on By," and "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On." A few, including "Bye Bye Love" and "Singing the Blues," are new recordings of songs that Francis had already tackled as a solo vocalist a few years earlier. MGM's goal in pairing the two singers may have been to prop up Francis' career and to boost Williams', but the effort was unsuccessful from a commercial standpoint. In retrospect, the album seems even more unusual than it did at the time, since Williams transformed into the wild Bocephus and Francis is sometimes described as the female Pat Boone. The Bear Family reissue appends two alternate takes, including a more spirited rendition of "Mule Skinner Blues" that rivals the album take. ~ Greg Adams MGM's biggest pop hitmaker, Connie Francis, traveled to Nashville to make an album of duets with the teenaged son of MGM's biggest country hitmaker. Though the result was not a memorable work by either one, it demonstrated Francis's versatility and Williams's promise. (Reissued by Polydor in 1976 and by the German Bear Family label on CD in 1993.) ~ William Ruhlmann Producer: Danny Davis; Jim Vienneau; Richard Weize (Reissue)   Compilation Appearances Vol. 2-Best Of Louisiana Cajun 70's Hits Country No. 1 Greatest Hits Best Of Hank & Hank Kings Of Country Classic Country: The '80s I've Always Been Crazy-Tribute To Waylon Jennings Kid Rock (Explicit Version) Kid Rock You Do Your Thing Patriotic Country Tribute To The King Of Blue Grass Vol Gettin More Rowdy Classic Country Gold 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas Classic Country:country Standard Time Nashville Rebel Legend Of Johnny Cash Ii Definitive Collection (1985 To 1993) Cool Country Hits Collector's Edition(Limited Edition) Outlaw Country Playlist:very Best Of Waylon Jennings Country's 20 Classic Songs of the Century Music Of Waylon Jennings   Associated Artists and Works Pickin' on Hank Williams Jr. ~ On, Pickin' Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Williams, Hank The Best of Hank & Hank ~ Williams, Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Hank   Technical Info Release Date : 09/15/1993 Original Release Date : 1964 Catalog ID : 0000015737 Label : Bear Family (Germany) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 40001271573796    Related Videos Lost Highway: Willie Nelson