Knock Three Times (album)

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Knock Three Times
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Studio album by
Released1971
Studio Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee) [1]
Genre Country
Label Cartwheel
Producer Ron Chancey
Billy "Crash" Craddock chronology
I'm Tore Up
(1964)
Knock Three Times
(1971)
You Better Move On
(1971)

Knock Three Times is a country album by Billy "Crash" Craddock. [2] It was released on Cartwheel Records in 1971. It was re-released in 1973 on ABC Records. The album featured Craddock's first top ten hit, "Knock Three Times".

Track listing

  1. "Knock Three Times" (Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown) - 2:30
  2. "Country Pride" (Dale Morris, J. Sahnger) - 2:58
  3. "Hide and Seek" (Ethel Byrd, Paul Winley) - 2:11
  4. "Confidence and Common Sense" (Durwood Haddock) - 2:45
  5. "Home in Tennessee" (Conrad Pierce) - 2:10
  6. "Mention My Name" (Ron Chancey) - 2:39
  7. "Lonely Boy" (Paul Anka) - 2:26
  8. "I Ran Out of Time" (Dale Morris) - 2:23
  9. "Treat Her Right" (Roy Head) - 2:09
  10. "The Best I Ever Had" (Dale Morris, Ron Chancey) - 2:50

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References

  1. McNutt, Randy (August 7, 2011). "Ghosts of Nashville's Recording Studios, Part 1". Home of the Hits. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. "Knock Three Times". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.