Been There...Sung That!

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Been There...Sung That!
Jeannie Seely--Been There Sung That.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1999 (1999-06)
StudioLegends Studio
Genre Country [1]
Label
  • Faux Paw
  • Shadpoke
Producer Jeannie Seely
Jeannie Seely chronology
Number One Christmas
(1994)
Been There...Sung That!
(1999)
Life's Highway
(2003)

Been There...Sung That! is a studio album by American country music artist Jeannie Seely. It was released in June 1999 on Faux Paw Productions and Shadpoke Records. The project was produced by Seely and was her thirteenth studio recording. It was her first studio album release in five years and second to be released on independent record labels. The album featured collaborations with several music artists.

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Background and release

Been There...Sung That! was recorded at the Legends Studio, a venue located in Nashville, Tennessee. The project was produced by Seely, making it her second self-produced project. [1] The album consisted of twelve tracks most of which were previously unrecorded by Seely. The record included three collaborations with other performers. The second track, "Old Friends", was recorded with Willie Nelson. The fifth track, "Making Believe", was a duet with Terri Williams. The following track, "I Can't Stop Loving You", was a duet with T. Graham Brown. [2] All of the twelve tracks recorded were cover versions of songs previously recorded by others. Among these songs was "He's All I Need", which Seely composed with Dottie West and it originally appeared on her New Horizons album. Another example of this is the first track, "Leavin' and Sayin' Goodbye". Another original composition by Seely, it was recorded and made a major hit by Faron Young. [1]

Been There...Sung That! was released in June 1999. [3] The album originally released as both a compact disc and a cassette. The record was released in conjunction with Faux Paw Productions and Shadpoke Records, which were two companies founded by Seely. [1] The album did not produce any known singles nor did it reach any peak positions on the Billboard music charts. [4]

Track listing

Been There...Sung That! [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Original ArtistLength
1."Leavin' and Sayin' Goodbye"Jeannie Seely Faron Young 2:28
2."Old Friends" (with Willie Nelson ) Roger Miller
3:52
3."He's All I Need"Dottie West2:55
4."It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" J.D. "Jay" Miller Kitty Wells 1:56
5."Making Believe" (with Terri Williams) Jimmy Work Kitty Wells2:44
6."I Can't Stop Loving You" (with T. Graham Brown ) Don Gibson Don Gibson2:54
7."Burning an Old Memory"
Jeannie Seely2:21
8."Make the World Go Away" Hank Cochran Ray Price2:49
9."Candy Kisses" George Morgan George Morgan2:13
10."When He Leaves You" Shania Twain 4:03
11."Sentimental Journey" Doris Day 2:25
12."How Great Thou Art" (arrangement by Jeannie Seely)traditionalTraditional3:56

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Been There...Sung That!. [1]

Musical personnel

Technical personnel

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United States1999Cassette
  • Faux Paw Productions
  • Shadpoke Records
[2] [1]
Compact disc [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Seely, Jeannie (June 1999). "Been There...Sung That! (Liner Notes & Album Information)". Faux Paw Productions/Shadpoke Records.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jeannie Seely – Been There...Sung That! (1999, CD)". discogs . Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  3. Harman, Ron; Seely, Jeannie. "Official Website Biography" (PDF). Jeannie Seely.com. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.