Harmony (Don Williams album)

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Harmony
Don Williams - Harmony (1976).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1976
Studio Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee) [1]
Genre Country
Label ABC
Producer Don Williams
Don Williams chronology
You're My Best Friend
(1975)
Harmony
(1976)
Visions
(1977)
Singles from Harmony
  1. "'Til All The Rivers Run Dry"
    Released: 1975
  2. "Say It Again"
    Released: 1976
  3. "She Never Knew Me"
    Released: October 1976

Harmony is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in 1976 (see 1976 in country music) by ABC Records, and is his only album to have reached number one on the Top Country Albums chart. The singles, "Till the Rivers All Run Dry" and "Say It Again" reached number one on the US country singles chart while "She Never Knew Me" peaked at number two. [2]

Contents

Content

Most of the songs on Harmony were written or co-written by Williams.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" Wayland Holyfield, Don Williams 3:27
2."You Keep Coming 'Round"Williams2:45
3."Don't You Think It's Time"Williams3:22
4."I Don't Want the Money"Williams2:52
5."Where the Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma"Holyfield4:02
6."Say It Again" Bob McDill 2:56
7."Maybe I Just Don't Know"Williams3:00
8."Magic Carpet"Larry Kingston, Frank Dycus2:44
9."Time"Michael Merchant2:49
10."Ramblin'Instrumental" (Intrumental)Williams2:49
11."She Never Knew Me"McDill, Holyfield2:46

Production

Personnel

from liner notes [1]

String arrangements by Bill McElhiney. String productions by Don Williams and Jim Foglesong.

Charts

Sources

  1. 1 2 Harmony (LP). Don Williams. ABC Records. 1976. 2049.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944-2012 (8th ed.). USA. pp. 370–371. ISBN   978-0-89820-204-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. "Don Williams Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2021.

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