CONNIE SMITH | Four Albums On 2CDs out soon..
“There are only three real female singers in the world, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt and Connie Smith. The rest of us are only pretending.” Dolly Parton
- The four albums in this collection dating from 1966 to 1968 are all produced by Bob Ferguson who would remain working with the singer throughout her RCA days.
- 'Soul of Country Music’, ‘I Love Charley Brown’ and ‘Sunshine and Rain’ appear for the first time on CD.
- Chet Atkins, who signed Connie to RCA Records in 1964, claimed “she had the finest Country voice I’d ever heard.”
- George Jones cited Connie Smith as his favourite female singer in his 1995 autobiography.
- Elvis Presley had many Connie Smith albums in his collection at Graceland.
A CMT (Country Music Television) poll ranked Connie Smith 9th in its Top 40 Greatest Women of Country Music and she received the ultimate recognition of her achievements with induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
Constance June Meador was born on 14th August 1941. Connie Smith married country singer Marty Stuart in 1997.
DISC ONE BORN TO SING 1 STRANGE 2 AIN’T HAD NO LOVIN’ 3 FIVE FINGERS TO SPARE 4 PAPER ROSES 5 MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD 6 GONE 7 GO AWAY STRANGER 8 I DON’T KNOW WHY I KEEP LOVING YOU 9 BORN TO SING 10 INVISIBLE TEARS 11 I WILL 12 A TOUCH OF YESTERDAY SOUL OF COUNTRY MUSIC 13 DON’T KEEP ME LONELY TOO LONG 14 SURELY 15 THE LAST LETTER 16 BURNING BRIDGES 17 I’M YOUR WOMAN 18 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING 19 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE 20 FAMILY BIBLE 21 IF TEARDROPS WERE SILVER 22 WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME 23 IT’S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY 24 TOUCH MY HEART |
DISC TWO I LOVE CHARLEY BROWN 1 RUN AWAY LITTLE TEARS 2 THE SUNSHINE OF MY WORLD 3 THAT’S ALL THIS OLD WORLD NEEDS 4 LITTLE THINGS 5 IF THE WHOLE WORLD STOPPED LOVIN’ 6 DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR ME 7 I LOVE CHARLEY BROWN 8 BURNING A HOLE IN MY MIND 9 BABY’S BACK AGAIN 10 LET ME HELP YOU WORK IT OUT 11 BETWEEN EACH TEAR 12 THERE ARE SOME THINGS SUNSHINE AND RAIN 1 NATCHILLY AIN’T NO GOOD 2 THE DEEPENING SNOW 3 YOU ARE GONE 4 THE HURT GOES ON 5 TO CHICAGO WITH LOVE 6 GENTLE ON MY MIND 7 ONLY MAMA THAT’LL WALK THE LINE 8 HEARTBREAK AVENUE 9 WHAT MAKES A MAN WANDER 10 SUNDOWN OF MY MIND 11 HOW MUCH LONELIER CAN LONELY BE? 12 JUST A LITTLE SUNSHINE IN THE RAIN |
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