Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2

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Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2
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Released1969
Studio Columbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length28:55
Label Smash
Producer Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Lee Lewis chronology
Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1
(1969)
Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2
(1969)
The Golden Cream of the Country
(1970)

Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2 is the 11th album by Jerry Lee Lewis, [1] released on Smash Records in 1969. [2]

Contents

Background

The album concludes producer Jerry Kennedy's concept of having Lewis record standards from the country music genre, further cementing his new reputation as a country music artist. Since his comeback single "Another Place, Another Time" in 1968, Lewis had enjoyed a successful commercial run with four top five country hits, and this streak continued when the Eddie Dean song "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" was released as a single and climbed to number three. Like Vol. 1, its sequel features covers of classic country songs by the likes of Hank Williams, Don Gibson, and Jim Reeves, as well as a duet with Jerry Lee's sister Linda Gail Lewis. It was not quite as successful as its predecessor, peaking at number five on the Billboard' country albums chart.[ citation needed ] The decision to record two albums worth of older country hits in a two-day session had more to do with Lewis fulfilling his contractual obligations for 1969 (three albums) rather than being necessitated by a lack of new material.[ citation needed ] Indeed, as Colin Escott points out in the liner notes to the retrospective The Killer: The Smash/Mercury Years, "Every music publisher in Music City was trying to get the ear of Jerry Lee Lewis and Jerry Kennedy."[ citation needed ] In his 2009 biography, Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found, Joe Bonomo laments that "the swift recordings of made-to-order arrangements didn't allow Jerry Lee much of an opportunity for nuance."[ citation needed ]

The album appeared on the Billboard 200 on May 10, 1969, staying for ten weeks and reaching a peak position of #124. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Can't Stop Loving You" Don Gibson 2:38
2."Fraulein" Lawton Williams 2:30
3."He'll Have to Go"
  • Audrey Allison
  • Joe Allison
2:22
4."More and More"2:26
5."Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)" Hank Williams 1:39
6."It Makes No Difference Now"2:26
7."Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" Harlan Howard 2:32
8."One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
  • Hal Blair
  • Dearest Dean
  • Eddie Dean
2:41
9."I Get the Blues When It Rains"
  • Marcy Klauber
  • Harry Stoddard
2:15
10."Cold, Cold Heart"Hank Williams3:01
11."Burning Memories"
2:09
12."Sweet Thang" (with Linda Gail Lewis)Nat Stuckey2:16
Total length:28:55

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  2. "Jerry Lee Lewis - Sings The Country Music Hall Of Fame Hits Vol. 2". Discogs. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. The Billboard Albums, 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 601. ISBN   0-89820-166-7.