The Kitty Wells Story
The Kitty Wells Story | ||||
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Studio album by Kitty Wells | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Kitty Wells chronology | ||||
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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 Decca label (DXSB 7174).[1]
The album peaked at No. 7 on the newly created Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[2]
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."[3]
Thom Owens of Allmusic called it "a strong compilation" that "remains entertaining."[4]
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."[5]
Track listing
Side 1
- "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
- "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"
- "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
- ^ "The Kitty Wells Story". Discogs. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "The Kitty Wells Story > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Kitty Wells Scores With New Album". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. August 18, 1963.
- ^ "The Kitty Wells Storyc". Allmmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ Anthony DeCurtis, James Henke, ed. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. p. 758. ISBN 0679737294.
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- "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
- "Hey Joe"
- "Release Me"
- "Making Believe"
- "Searching (For Someone Like You)"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You"
- "All the Time"
- "Heartbreak U.S.A."
- "Will Your Lawyer Talk To God"
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
- "Pledging My Love"
- "Sincerely"
- "Forever Young"
- "I've Been Loving You Too Long"
- Kitty Wells' Country Hit Parade (1956)
- Winner of Your Heart (1956)
- Lonely Street (1958)
- Dust on the Bible (1959)
- After Dark (1959)
- Kitty's Choice (1960)
- Seasons of My Heart (1960)
- Kitty Wells' & Red Foley's Golden Favorites (1961)
- Heartbreak U.S.A. (1961)
- Queen of Country Music (1962)
- Singing on Sunday (1962)
- Christmas Day with Kitty Wells (1962)
- The Kitty Wells Story (1963)
- Country Music Time (1964)
- Especially for You (1964)
- Burning Memories (1965)
- Lonesome, Sad, and Blue (1965)
- The Kitty Wells Family Gospel Sing (1965)
- Songs Made Famous by Jim Reeves (1966)
- Country All the Way (1966)
- The Kitty Wells Show (1966)
- Love Makes the World Go Around (1967)
- Together Again (1967)
- Queen of Honky Tonk Street (1967)
- Showcase (1968)
- We'll Stick Together (1968)
- Guilty Street (1969)
- Forever Young (1974)