Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (album)

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Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2, 1965
RecordedMarch 10, 1964–January 19, 1965
Studio Columbia, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length30:56
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn chronology
Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
(1965)
Singin' Again
(1967)
Loretta Lynn chronology
Blue Kentucky Girl
(1965)
Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
(1965)
Hymns
(1965)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"Billy Joe DeatonMarch 10, 19642:41
2."I'll Just Call You Darlin'"Johnny ColmusMarch 10, 19642:25
3."I Reached for the Wine"Joyce Ann AllsupJanuary 18, 19652:39
4."My Past Brought Me to You (Your Past Brought You to Me)" Bill Brock January 18, 19652:45
5."Are You Mine"
January 12, 19652:41
6."Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" Bill Anderson January 19, 19652:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Keep Those Cards and Letter Coming In" Harlan Howard January 19, 19651:55
2."Just Between the Two of Us" Liz Anderson January 12, 19652:51
3."We're Not Kids Anymore" Loretta Lynn January 19, 19652:40
4."Love Was Right Here All the Time"
  • Billy Henson
  • Charles Snoddy
March 10, 19642:30
5."Two in the Cold"Ellen ReevesMarch 10, 19642:36
6."A Dear John Letter"
  • Billy Barton
  • Lewis Talley
  • Fuzzy Owen
January 18, 19652:37

Personnel

Adapted from the Decca recording session records. [6]

Charts

Album

Chart (1965)Peak
position
US Hot Country Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 13

Singles

TitleYearPeak position
US
Country

[8]
CAN
Country

[9]
"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"1964114
"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands"196524

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