Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely

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Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1970 (1970-01)
Genre Country [1]
Label Decca
Producer
Jack Greene chronology
Back in the Arms of Love
(1969)
Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely
(1970)
Lord Is That Me
(1970)
Jeannie Seely chronology
Jeannie Seely
(1969)
Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely
(1970)
Please Be My New Love
(1970)
Side one [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Is No Excuse" Justin Tubb 2:41
2."Yearning"
2:42
3."I Will, Always" Don Gibson 2:25
4."Someone I Used to Know" Jack Clement 2:27
5."You're Mine"
  • George Jones
  • Jack Ripley
2:45
6."Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You"
2:08
Side two [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our Chain of Love" Willie Nelson 2:57
2."Willingly"Hank Cochran2:30
3."My Tears Don't Show" Carl Butler 2:52
4."Everybody Knows But You and Me" Dallas Frazier 2:40
5."The First Day"Roy Baham2:10

Technical personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely. [4]

Chart performance

Chart (1970)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [12] 18

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaJanuary 1970
  • Vinyl LP (Stereo)
  • cassette
Decca Records [4]

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