Story Songs for Country Folks is a studio album by country music singer Faron Young with backing vocals by The Jordanaires. It was released in 1964 by Mercury Records (catalog SR-60896).[1]
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | October 29, 1963 | |||
| Studio | Bradley's Recording Studio, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
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The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on February 15, 1964, peaked at No. 7, and remained on the chart for a total of 33 weeks.[2]
AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars.[3]
Track listing
editSide A
- "Rhinestones" (Merle Kilgore)
- "Saw Mill" (Horace Whatley, Mel Tillis)
- "Family Bible" (Claude Gray, Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland)
- "Company's Comin'" (Johnny Mullins)
- "Pickin' Time" (Johnny Cash)
- "Busted" (Harlan Howard)
Side B
- "Sharecropper Family" (Jerry Smith)
- "Old Courthouse (Danny Dill, Wayne P. Walker)
- "Po Folks" (Bill Anderson)
- "Mama Sang a Song" (Bill Anderson)
- "Black Land Farmer" (Frankie Miller)
- "Y'all Come" (Arlie Duff)
References
edit- ^ "Story Songs for Country Folks". Discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 202. ISBN 0898201241.
- ^ "Story Songs for Country Folks". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2020.