Listen to a Country Song

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Listen to a Country Song
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Studio album by
Lynn Anderson
Released1972
Recorded1972
Genre Countrypolitan
Label Columbia
Producer Glenn Sutton
Lynn Anderson chronology
Cry
(1972)		Listen to a Country Song
(1972)		 Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits
(1973)
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Listen to a Country Song is a studio album by Country music singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1972. This was the second album released by Anderson in 1972, the other being her album Cry, which featured the No. 1 hit of the same name. This album produced two singles, one being the title track and the other being a western-tinged song, "Fool Me". Both songs were very successful Country hits, both reaching the No. 4 spot in 1972.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.

Lynn Anderson American country music singer

Lynn Rene Anderson was an American country music singer known for a string of hits from the late 1960s to the 1980s, most notably her worldwide hit "Rose Garden" (1970). Anderson's crossover appeal and regular exposure on national television helped her become one of country music's first female superstars in the early 1970s; taking the genre to venues around the world that previously had not been receptive. In 1970, she became the first female country star to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Anderson was among the most highly awarded female country recording artists of her era. Her version of "Rose Garden" stands as one of the most successful crossover recordings of all-time.

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Writers

The title track was written by Alan Garth and Jim Messina. Messina would later be known for his work under the group, Loggins and Messina. "Fool Me" was written by Joe South, the writer of Anderson's best-known hit, "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden". The song originally appeared on South's 1971 Capitol album Joe South.

Jim Messina (musician) American musician

James Melvin Messina is an American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer. He was a member of the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield, a founding member of the country rock pioneer Poco, and half of the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina with Kenny Loggins.

Loggins and Messina American rock-pop duo

Loggins and Messina is an American rock-pop duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina, who achieved their success in the early to mid-1970s. Among their well-known songs are "Danny's Song", "House at Pooh Corner", and "Your Mama Don't Dance". After selling more than 16 million records and becoming one of the leading musical duos of the 1970s, Loggins and Messina broke up in 1976. Although Messina would find only limited popularity following the breakup, Loggins went on to be a 1980s hitmaker. In 2005 and again in 2009, Loggins and Messina have rejoined for tours in the United States.

Joe South US singer, songwriter and guitarist

Joe South was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for "Games People Play" and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for "Rose Garden".

Public response

The public responded well to this album, making it a big seller for Anderson. This album reached No. 3 on the "Top Country Albums" and peaked at No. 160 on the "Billboard 200" albums chart. This album consisted to 11 tracks, one of which "That's What Loving You Has Meant To Me" had appeared on an earlier Anderson album, How Can I Unlove You . Among the other songs on the album was a cover of a chart single by Anderson's mother Liz Anderson, "It Don't Do No Good to Be a Good Girl" and "There's A Party Goin' On", a hit for Jody Miller that was written by Anderson's husband Glenn Sutton and Miller's producer Billy Sherrill that Anderson had wanted for a single release of her own.

How Can I Unlove You 1971 song performed by Lynn Anderson

"How Can I Unlove You" is the name of a No. 1 country hit by country music singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1971.

Elizabeth Jane Anderson was an American country music singer-songwriter who was one in a wave of new-generation female vocalists in the genre during the 1960s to write and record her own songs on a regular basis. Writing in The New York Times Bill Friskics-Warren noted, "Like her contemporary Loretta Lynn, Ms. Anderson gave voice to female survivors; inhabiting their struggles in a soprano at times alluring, at times sassy."

Jody Miller American singer

Jody Miller is an American country music singer. Born Myrna Joy Miller, in Phoenix, Arizona, she was raised in Blanchard, Oklahoma, the youngest of five sisters.

Track listing

  1. "Listen to a Country Song" (Alan Garth, Jim Messina)
  2. "Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin)
  3. "There's a Party Goin' On" (Glenn Sutton, Billy Sherrill)
  4. "Everybody's Reaching Out for Someone" (Dickey Lee, Allen Reynolds)
  5. "If You Can't Be Your Woman" (G. Stovart, R. Sprague)
  6. "Just Keep it Up" (Otis Blackwell)
  7. "Fool Me" (Joe South)
  8. "Take Me to Your World" (Glenn Sutton, Billy Sherrill)
  9. "You're Everything" (Glenn Sutton, Billy Sherrill)
  10. "It Don't Do No Good to Be a Good Girl" (Liz Anderson)
  11. "That's What Loving You Has Meant to Me" (Glenn Sutton)

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