''The Kitty Wells Story'' is a double album consisting of re-recordings of the greatest hits of
Kitty Wells. It was released in 1963 on the
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label (DXSB 7174).
The album peaked at No. 7 on the newly created ''Billboard''
Top Country Albums
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chart.
Reception
On the album's release in 1963, music critic Bill Hitch wrote: "Heartbreak is the trademark of this singing and Kitty's simple, plaintive vocalising calls a spade a spade and reduces the problem of love to basic terms."
Thom Owens of Allmusic called it "a strong compilation" that "remains entertaining."
''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' gave the album three stars and cautioned that the collection consisted of "re-recordings that find Wells fully embracing the Nashville Sound, with strings and vocal choruses supplanting the basic band as the dominant texture."
Track listing
Side 1
# "
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is a 1952 country song written by J. D. "Jay" Miller, and originally recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit "The Wild Side of Life."
The song — which blamed unfaith ...
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# "I Heard the Juke Box Playing"
# "A Wedding Ring Ago"
# "Paying for That Back Street Affair"
# "I Don't Claim to Be an Angel"
# "Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On"
Side 2
# "I Gave My Wedding Dress Away "
# "
Release Me"
# "After Dark"
# "Lonely Side of Town"
# "
Making Believe
"Making Believe" is a country music song written by Jimmy Work. Kitty Wells recorded a chart-topping version in 1955. The song is on many lists of all-time greatest country music songs and has been covered by scores of artists over the past fifty ...
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# "Searching (For Someone Like You)"
Side C
# "Repenting"
# "Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down"
# "Three Ways (To Love You)"
# "She's No Angel"
# "Touch and Go Heart"
# "Jealousy"
Side D
# "I Can't Help Wondering"
# "Mommy For A Day"
# "Amigo's Guitar"
# "All The Time"
# "The Other Cheek"
# "Left To Right"
References
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1963 albums
Kitty Wells albums