True Grit (1969 soundtrack)

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True Grit
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedJuly 1969
Recorded1969, RCA Recording Studios and United Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Folk
Label Capitol
Producer Neely Plumb, Al De Lory
Glen Campbell chronology
Galveston
(1969)
True Grit
(1969)
Glen Campbell Live
(1969)
Singles from True Grit (soundtrack)
  1. "True Grit"
    Released: July 1969

True Grit is the soundtrack album by Glen Campbell and Elmer Bernstein for the film True Grit starring John Wayne. Campbell performs on only two of the album's tracks, the first and last while the remaining eight tracks are taken from music composed by Bernstein for the film.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "True Grit" (Don Black, Elmer Bernstein) – 2:32 (vocal – Glen Campbell)
  2. "Rooster" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:04
  3. "Mattie and Little Blackie" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:20
  4. "A Dastardly Deed" (Elmer Bernstein) – 3:00
  5. "Papa's Things" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:58
Side 2
  1. "True Grit" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:58
  2. "Chen Lee and The General" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:55
  3. "Big Trail" (Elmer Bernstein) – 3:15
  4. "Cogburn Country" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:02
  5. "True Grit" (Don Black, Elmer Bernstein) – 2:00 (vocal – Glen Campbell)

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album chart positions

Chart (1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 77

Single chart positions

SongPeak chart position
US US Country US Easy Listening
"True Grit"3597

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