Pride of Country Music

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Pride of Country Music
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1967 [1]
Studio RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Ferguson, Chet Atkins, Felton Jarvis, Jack Clement
Charley Pride chronology
Country Charley Pride
(1966)
Pride of Country Music
(1967)
The Country Way
(1967)
Singles from The Country Way
  1. "Just Between You and Me"
    Released: September 1966
  2. "I Know One"
    Released: March 1967

Pride of Country Music is the second studio album by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in 1967 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LSP-3775). The album was awarded four-and-a-half stars from the web site AllMusic. [2] It debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on July 1, 1967, peaked at No. 33, and remained on the chart for 10 weeks. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In the Middle of Nowhere" Liz Anderson 2:57
2."The Last Thing on My Mind" Tom Paxton 2:07
3."Just Between You and Me" Jack Clement 2:13
4."Apartment #9"Bobby Austin, Johnny Paycheck 2:50
5."Spell of the Freight Train"Clement2:11
6."I Know One"Clement2:23
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."I'm Not the Boy I Used to Be" Curly Putman 3:16
8."A Good Woman's Love"Cy Coben2:10
9."Silence" Leon Ashley, Margie Singleton 2:30
10."Take Me Home" Allen Reynolds, Clement2:26
11."Touch My Heart"Aubrey Mayhew, Paycheck2:49
12."Best Banjo Picker"Clement2:08

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References

  1. Billboard June 10, 1967
  2. "Pride of Country Music". AllMusic . Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 138. ISBN   0898201241.