The Wondering Boy is an album from honky-tonk singer Webb Pierce that was released in August 1956 on the Decca label (DL 8295).[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the album "one of his best albums of the '50s" with a "dynamite" track sequence.[2]
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| Released | August 1956 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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The album included seven songs that reached No. 1 on the US country charts: "Wondering" (Jockey #1, 1952), "That Heart Belongs to Me" (Jockey #1, 1952), "Back Street Affair" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1952), "It's Been So Long" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1953), "There Stands the Glass" (Best Seller #1, Juke Box #1, Jockey #1, 1953), "Slowly" (Best Seller #1, Juke Box #1, Jockey #1, 1954), and "Love Love Love" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1955).[3]
Track listing
editSide A
- "Wondering" (Joe Werner)
- "There Stands the Glass" (Autry Greisham, Mary Jean Shurtz, Russ Hull)
- "That's Me Without You" (J. D. Miller)
- "Don't Throw Your Life Away" (Billy Wallace, Webb Pierce)
- "Love Love Love" (Ted Jarrett)
- "If You Were Me (And I Were You)" (Frank Miller, Webb Pierce)
Side B
- "Back Street Affair" (Billy Wallace)
- "It's Been So Long" (Autry Greisham)
- "Slowly" (Tommy Hill, Webb Pierce)
- "That Heart Belongs to Me" (Webb Pierce)
- "Yes I Know Why" (Webb Pierce)
- "I'm Gonna Fall Out of Love With You" (Martha Ellis Taylor, Randy Hughes)
References
edit- ^ "The Wondering Boy". Discogs. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "The Wondering Boy". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0823076326.