Golden Favorites | ||||
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | 1958–59 | |||
Studio | Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country, honky tonk | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Producer | Owen Bradley | |||
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Golden Favorites is an album by American country music singer Ernest Tubb, released in 1961 (see 1961 in music). The songs are re-recordings of previous releases by Tubb.
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In his AllMusic review, George Bedard wrote of the album "These re-recordings of older material are well-done, but it would be better to have the originals." [1]
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