''Burning Memories'' is a studio album by

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist Ray Price. It was released in 1965 by Columbia Records (catalog no. CS-9089). The cover photograph was credited to

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. The album debuted on '' Billboard'' magazine's country album chart on March 20, 1965, peaked at No. 8, and remained on the chart for a total of nine weeks. The album included six Top 20 singles: "Burning Memories" (No. 2); "

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" (No. 2); "Soft Rain" (No. 3); " Release Me" (No. 6); "Walk Me to the Door" (No. 7); and "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)" (No. 11).

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gave the album five stars. Critic Thom Jurek noted that the album marked Price's departure from traditional honky tonk style to a

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style with string section, such that "the only identifying country marker is the corny cowboy hat he's wearing on the cover."

Track listing

Side A # "Burning Memories" (

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, Wayne Walker) - 2:29 # " Here Comes My Baby Back Again" (Billy West,

Dottie West Dorothy Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most in ...

) - 2:42 # "

" (

Hank Cochran Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran (August 2, 1935 – July 15, 2010) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy ...

) - 2:32 # "Are You Sure" ( Buddy Emmons,

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) - 2:21 # "Soft Rain" (Ray Price) - 2:52 # " Release Me" ( Eddie Miller,

Dub Williams Walter Cecil "Dub" Williams, Jr. (November 26, 1927 – October 27, 2014), was an American politician who was a Republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009. Williams attended New Mexico State University and was a ...

Robert Yount Robert Gene Yount (October 20, 1929 – June 30, 2005) was an American musician, singer and songwriter in the country music genre. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Between 1949 and 1954 Yount worked as a guitarist and songwriter for Edd ...

) - 2:41 Side B # " Together Again" (

Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on ...

) - 2:17 # "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)" (

Harlan Howard Harlan Perry Howard (September 8, 1927 – March 3, 2002) was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote many popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists. C ...

Skeets McDonald Enos William McDonald (October 1, 1915–March 31, 1968), better known as Skeets McDonald, was an American country and rockabilly musician popular during the 1950s and 60s. Best known for the Slim Willet-penned song "Don't Let the Stars Get i ...

Wynn Stewart Winford Lindsey Stewart (June 7, 1934 – July 17, 1985), better known as Wynn Stewart, was an American country music performer. He was one of the progenitors of the Bakersfield sound. Although not a huge chart success, he was an inspiration t ...

) - 3:06 # "A Thing Called Sadness" (

Chuck Howard Charles (Chuck) Howard (1933 – November 21, 1996) was an American television executive, and a pioneer in television sports broadcasting. Biography Early life and career Howard was born in 1933. He graduated from Duke University in 1955, where ...

) - 2:46 # "Walk Me to the Door" ( Conway Twitty) - 3:05 # "That's All That Matters" (Hank Cochran) - 2:05 # "Let Me Talk to You" (Donald D. Davis,

Danny Dill Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill (September 19, 1924 – October 23, 2008) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. Biography Dill, born in Clarksburg, Tennessee, got h ...

) - 3:03

References

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