Let's Live a Little (Carl Smith album)

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Studio album by
Released1958
Genre Country
Label Columbia Records

Let's Live a Little is a studio album by country music singer Carl Smith. It was released in 1958 by Columbia Records (catalog no. CL-1172).

In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 14 among the "Favorite Country Music LPs" of 1958. [1]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars. [2]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Let's Live a Little"
  2. "Mr. Moon"
  3. "Night Train to Memphis"
  4. "Slowly"
  5. "Hang Your Head in Shame"
  6. "The Best Years of Your Life"

Side B

  1. "If Teardrops Were Pennies"
  2. "More and More"
  3. "Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes"
  4. "Honky-Tonk Man"
  5. "I Love You a Thousand Ways"
  6. "I Overlooked an Orchid (While Looking for a Rose)"

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References

  1. "Favorite C&W Albums". The Billboard. November 17, 1958. p. 22.
  2. "Let's Live a Little". AllMusic . Retrieved December 17, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)