''Greatest Hits'' is a re-recorded studio album by American

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Jeannie Seely Marilyn Jeanne Seely (born July 6, 1940) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She also has several acting credits and published a book. Seely found success with the Grammy Award-winning hit "Don't Touch Me" (1966) ...

. It was released in 1982 and was co-produced by Tommy Hill and Moe Lytle for

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. Although titled as ''Greatest Hits'', the album contained new recordings of songs that Greene and Seely cut for the Gusto label. These recordings were remakes of original tunes that both artists had previously cut themselves. It would later be reissued in different formats. In 1994, the album was reissued on

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with an identical track listing to the original.

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''Greatest Hits'' was recorded in the fall of 1981 at the Gusto Recording Studio, which was located in

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. The sessions were co-produced by Tommy Hill and Moe Lytle. The original release of the album consisted of ten tracks. Some of these tracks were solo recordings while some were

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s between Greene and Seely. Regardless of lead vocalist credits, all songs had been previously recorded by both artists. However, all the songs were re-recorded for the project. Among the solo re-recordings was the song " There Goes My Everything" by Greene. In 1967, Greene recorded the original version which became a number 1 hit on the ''

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'' country songs chart. Another solo re-recording was "

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" by Seely. In 1966, Seely had cut the original version which became a number 2 hit on the ''Billboard'' country chart and won a

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. Two previously unrecorded tracks were featured on the album as well. The seventh track, "We Don't Want the World", was a new duet between Greene and Seely. The tenth track, "Beautiful Lady", was a new solo recording by Greene. The album also included duet re-recordings. Among these was the track "

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". The original recording on

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became a major hit in 1970, reaching number 2 on the ''Billboard'' country chart. In 1982 ''Greatest Hits'' first released on

as a

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, with five songs on side one and five songs on side two. The original album release promoted two 1981 singles released on Gusto: "There Goes My Everything" and "Don't Touch Me". In 1994, the album was reissued on

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Track listing

Original vinyl version

Cassette version

Compact disc version

Release history

References