''It's Country Time Again!'' is an album by
American
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country music
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artist
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George Jones and
Gene Pitney
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...
released in 1966 on the
Musicor Records label.
Background
''It's Country Time Again!'' is the sequel to ''
'', released the year before. It was not as successful as its predecessor, however, rising only to number 13. The album is noteworthy for featuring the Jones hits "
Love Bug
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", "My Favorite Lies" and a duet of "
Why Baby Why", Jones first hit from 1955. ''It's Country Time Again'' also includes "That's All It Took", a song that Jones fanatic
Gram Parsons would record with
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including ...
on his debut album ''GP'' in 1973.
The Bear Family record label would reissue both albums under the title ''George Jones & Gene Pitney'', collecting 31 sides that the pair recorded together.
Track listing
# "
Mockin' Bird Hill" (Vaughn Horton)
# "As Long as I Live" (
Roy Acuff
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown ...
)
# "My Favorite Lies"(George Jones, Jack Ripley)
# "Y'all Come" (Arlie Duff)
# "
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" (Jimmy Hodges)
# "Love Bug" (Wayne Kemp, Curtis Wayne)
# "Big Job" (Jones, Hank Mills)
# "Your Old Standby" (Jim Eanes, Wayne Perry)
# "Why Baby Why" (Jones, Darrell Edwards)
# "That's All It Took" (Jones, Darrell Edwards, C. Grier)
# "Louisiana Man" (
Doug Kershaw
Douglas James Kershaw (born January 24, 1936) is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his brother, Rusty Kershaw. He had an extens ...
)
# "
I Can't Stop Loving You" (
Don Gibson)
Chart positions
Album –
Billboard
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(United States)
References
External links
George Jones' Official Website
1966 albums
George Jones albums
Gene Pitney albums
Musicor Records albums
Albums produced by Pappy Daily
Vocal duet albums
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