The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits is a studio album released by Brook Benton in 1961 on Mercury LP record MG 20641 (mono) and SR 60641 (stereo).[3] The album appeared on Billboard's album charts in 1961 for 13 weeks, reaching position number 70.[4] The orchestrations were done by Stan Applebaum, who also conducted the orchestra on the sessions.[5]
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Released | 1961 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 32:03 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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Following the significant popularity of Benton's hit "The Boll Weevil Song," Mercury quickly arranged sessions[1] which largely rely on American Caucasian folk music for material,[6] although Benton took composition credit for most of the songs.[1] The result is a mix of R&B and pop.[6] Allmusic reviews the album favorably, but its reviewer, Greg Adams, wishes the rest of the album had the "fire" contained in the title track.[1]
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Brook Benton except where indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Boll Weevil Song" | Brook Benton - Clyde Otis | 2:35 |
2. | "Honey Babe" | Dave Dreyer | 2:21 |
3. | "A Worried Man" | 3:24 | |
4. | "Careless Love" | 2:43 | |
5. | "My Last Dollar" | 2:40 | |
6. | "Key to the Highway" | Charles Segar - Willie Broonzy | 2:26 |
7. | "Frankie and Johnny" | adapted by Brook Benton | 2:21 |
8. | "The Intoxicated Rat" | 2:42 | |
9. | "Johnny-O" | 2:09 | |
10. | "It's My Lazy Day" | Smiley Burnette | 2:35 |
11. | "Child of the Engineer" | 3:35 | |
12. | "Four Thousand Years Ago" | 2:32 | |
Total length: | 32:03 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Brook Benton The Boll Weevil Song at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 549.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Billboard Albums, 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 95. ISBN 0-89820-166-7.
- ^ Brook Benton (1961). The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits (12-inch vinyl LP). Mercury. MG 20641.
- ^ a b Journal of American Folklore. 75. Houghton, Mifflin, and Co.: 184 1962.
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