Friday Night Blues (album)

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Friday Night Blues
John Conlee Friday Night Blues.jpg
Studio album by
Released1980
Recorded1980
Genre Country
Length29:31
Label MCA Records
Producer Bud Logan
John Conlee chronology
Forever
(1979)
Friday Night Blues
(1980)
With Love
(1981)
Singles from Friday Night Blues
  1. "Friday Night Blues"
    Released: May 3, 1980
  2. "She Can't Say That Anymore"
    Released: September 13, 1980
  3. "What I Had with You"
    Released: January 24, 1981

Friday Night Blues is the third studio album by American country music singer John Conlee. The album was released in 1980, by MCA Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Friday Night Blues" Sonny Throckmorton, Rafe Van Hoy3:19
2."Honky Tonk Toys" A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Judy Vowell3:11
3."She Can't Say That Anymore"Throckmorton2:39
4."Old Fashioned Love" Jamie O'Hara, Don Cook 2:45
5."Misery Loves Company" Jerry Reed 3:47
6."Let's Get Married Again" Jerry Gillespie, Charlie Black, Rory Bourke 2:39
7."When I'm Out of You" Sanger D. Shafer, Throckmorton2:26
8."We Belong in Love Tonight"Mark Paden2:48
9."Always True" Dave Loggins 3:00
10."What I Had with You"Thorckmorton, Curly Putman 2:57
Total length:29:31

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [2] 16

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References

  1. "Friday Night Blues - John Conlee". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  2. "John Conlee Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2020.