Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites

Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. sing Great Country Favorites is a studio album of country duets recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis and country singer Hank Williams Jr..

Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. sing Great Country Favorites
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1964
RecordedMay 11 – 13, 1964
GenreCountry
LabelMGM
E-4251 (mono)/SE-4251 (stereo)
ProducerDanny Davis, Jim Vienneau
Connie Francis chronology
Looking for Love
(1964)
Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. sing Great Country Favorites
(1964)
A New Kind of Connie
(1964)
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
Your Cheatin' Heart
(1964)
Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites
(1964)
Father & Son
(1965)

The album was recorded May 11–13, 1964 at Owen Bradley's studio Bradley Film & Recording in Nashville. Arrangements were provided by Bill McElhiney who also conducted the sessions. Background vocals came from Millie Kirkham and The Jordanaires.[1]

Track listing

Side A

# Title Songwriter Length
1."Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On"Hank Locklin2.36
2."Wolverton Mountain"Merle Kilgore, Claude King3.01
3."Please Help Me, I'm Falling"Don Robertson, Hal Blair2.37
4."Singing the Blues"Melvin Endsley2.10
5."Walk on By"Kendall Hayes, Gary Walker2.14
6."If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)"Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck2.28

Side B

# Title Songwriter Length
1."Mule Skinner Blues"Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn2.57
2."Making Believe"Jimmy Work2.20
3."Blue, Blue Day"Don Gibson1.58
4."No Letter Today"Ted Daffan2.40
5."Bye Bye Love"Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant2.29
6."Wabash Cannonball"Traditional, A. P. Carter2.23

Not included songs from the sessions

# Title Songwriter Length Remark
1."Mule Skinner Blues"Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn2.51alternate version with different vocal arrangement
unreleased until 1993
2."No Letter Today"Ted Daffan2.41alternate version with different vocal arrangement
unreleased until 1993

References

  1. William Ruhlmann: Connie Francis & Hank Williams Jr. – May 1964, Liner notes to CD re-release of the album, Bear Family Records BCD 16 737 AH, Hambergen (Germany) 1997
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