''Somebody Like Me'' is an album by American
country music singer
Eddy Arnold. It was released by
RCA Victor
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in 1966.
The album debuted on ''
Billboard
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'' magazine's
Top Country Albums chart on December 24, 1966, spent two weeks at No. 1, and remained on the chart for a total of 36 weeks. The album included two hit singles: "
Somebody Like Me" (No. 1) and "
The Tip of My Fingers
"The Tip of My Fingers", also titled "The Tips of My Fingers", is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Bill Anderson. First included on his 1962 album ''Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs'', the song was a T ...
" (No. 3).
gave the album a rating of two stars.
Reviewer Greg Adams called it "one of the blandest middle-of-the-road pop records Eddy Arnold made in the '60s,
ndalso one of his most commercially successful."
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Track listing
Side A
# " Somebody Like Me" ( Wayne Carson)
# "Lay Some Happiness on Me"
# "There's Always Me"
# "Come By Me Nice and Slow"
# "You Made Up for Everything"
# "At Sunset
Side B
# "The Tip of My Fingers
"The Tip of My Fingers", also titled "The Tips of My Fingers", is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Bill Anderson. First included on his 1962 album ''Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs'', the song was a T ...
" ( Bill Anderson)
# "Love on My Mind"
# "I Love You Drops"
# "Don't Laugh at My Love"
# "Ev'ry Step of the Way"
# "It's Only Love"
References
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1966 albums
RCA Victor albums
Eddy Arnold albums