''Listen to Lefty'' is a 1952 studio album recorded by

Lefty Frizzell William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. Frizzell released many songs that charted ...

. The album includes many of his hit singles released from 1950, including two of his most well known songs,

If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Lefty Frizzell, released on September 14, 1950. The song is the second song recorded by Lefty Frizzell during his first session ...

and I Love You a Thousand Ways. It also includes the fan favorite 1952 hit, Mom and Dad's Waltz.

Content

''Listen to Lefty'' is one of the very few albums released by Lefty in the 1950s and only the second of his then very young career. Many of the songs included, like the 1950 hits noted above and the 1951 hits, "

I Want to Be with You Always "I Want to Be with You Always" was the country music song released by Lefty Frizzell in March 1951. The song was Frizzell's third number one US Country hit since "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time) "If You've Got the Money (I've Got t ...

", " Always Late (With Your Kisses)", "Mom and Dad's Waltz"; and the 1952 hit "Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)". The only tracks not hit singles at the time of release, were "Look What Thoughts Will Do", and "If You Can Spare the Time". Upon the album's release sometime from mid to late 1952, it went mostly unnoticed.

Track listing

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