''Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier'' is an album by American

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

George Jones George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song " He Stopped Loving Her Today", ...

. It was released in 1968 on the

Musicor Records Musicor Records was a New York City-based record label, active during the 1960s and 1970s. The label was founded by songwriter Aaron Schroeder and distributed by United Artists Records. In 1965, UA employee and A&R man Arthur Talmadge (a co-fo ...

label.

Background

All the songs on the album are written by

Dallas Frazier Dallas Frazier (October 27, 1939 – January 14, 2022) was an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 1960s. Life and career Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma, on October 27, 1939, but was raised in Bakersfi ...

. Jones had scored several hits with Frazier's songs, such as " If My Heart Had Windows" and "Say It's Not You", and the most surprising thing about this record is that none of the songs have appeared on any previous album, considering the label's constant recycling and repackaging of Jones's material. The list of musicians on the album is unavailable, but many sources state that producer

Pappy Daily Harold W. Daily (February 8, 1902 – December 5, 1987), better known as "Pappy" Daily, was an American country music record producer and entrepreneur who cofounded the Texas-based record label Starday Records. Daily worked with many of the well-kn ...

very often used guitarist Zane Ashton (aka Bill Aken) among other musicians on a regular basis. This was further reinforced by the fact that both Frazier and Ashton did many sessions at Richie Podolor's American Recording Studio. Jones would also record an album on Musicor called ''George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne'', which uses similar artwork. ''Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier'' reached number 14 on the country albums chart while the album's opening track, "I Can't Get There From Here", would rise to number five on the country singles chart.

Reception

Writing for

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, Chris Woodstra contends that "while the big production numbers, complete with back-up by the

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, may put off some country purists, the album serves as a true testament to both the singer and the songwriter."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dallas Frazier #" I Can't Get There from Here" – 2:25 #"Looking for My Feel Good" – 2:14 #"When Love Was Green" – 2:12 #"Hangin' On to One and Hangin' Round the Other" – 2:25 #"Half of Me Is Gone" – 2:37 #"Honky Tonk Downstairs" – 2:29 #"My Baby Left Her Jinglin' John for Foldin' Fred" – 2:33 #"The Girl I Almost Knew" – 2:44 #"There Ain't No Grave Deep Enough" – 2:04 #"There's Nothing Left for You" – 2:14

External links

George Jones' Official Website
1968 albums George Jones albums Albums produced by Pappy Daily Musicor Records albums {{1960s-country-album-stub