Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith

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Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith
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Studio album by
Released
  • January 1970
  • June 11, 2002
RecordedDecember 9 – 11, 1969
StudioRCA Victor Studios
Genre
Label
Producer
Connie Smith chronology
Back in Baby's Arms
(1969)
Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith
(1970)
The Best of Connie Smith Volume II
(1970)
Side one [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sunday Morning"
  • Dick Heard
  • Van Trevor
NA
2."His Love Takes Care of Me"Jimmy PeppersNA
3."Crumbs from the Table"Barbara MillerNA
4."Daddy Sang Bass" Carl Perkins NA
5."Now Lord What Can I Do for You"
NA
6."Well It's All Right" Cindy Walker NA
Side two [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If God Is Dead (Who's That Living in My Soul)" Lawrence Reynolds NA
2."He Turned the Water Into Wine" Johnny Cash NA
3."Way Up on the Mountain"
  • Louvin
  • Young
NA
4."God Will"NA
5."Did You Let Your Light Shine"MillerNA

Digital version

Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith (download and streaming) [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sunday Morning"
  • Heard
  • Trevor
2:18
2."His Love Takes Care of Me"Peppers2:31
3."Crumbs from the Table"Miller3:28
4."Daddy Sang Bass"Perkins2:25
5."Now Lord What Can I Do for You"
  • Louvin
  • Young
3:10
6."Well It's All Right"Walker3:04
7."If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)"Reynolds2:54
8."He Turned the Water Into Wine"Cash3:11
9."Way Up on the Mountain"
  • Louvin
  • Young
2:35
10."God Will"
  • Loudermilk
  • Wilkin
2:27
11."Did You Let Your Light Shine"Miller2:30

God Will track listings

Compact disc and digital versions

God Will (CD, download and streaming) [11] [13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."God Will"
  • Loudermilk
  • Wilkin
2:27
2."Now Lord What Can I Do for You"
  • Louvin
  • Young
3:10
3."Well It's All Right"Walker3:13
4."Crumbs from the Table"Miller3:26
5."Did You Let Your Light Shine"Miller2:38
6."Sunday Morning"
  • Heard
  • Trevor
2:17
7."Daddy Sang Bass"Perkins2:25
8."Way Up on the Mountain"
  • Louvin
  • Young
2:33
9."His Love Takes Care of Me"Peppers2:30
10."He Turned the Water Into Wine"Cash3:11
11."If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)"Reynolds2:54
12."Whispering Hope"
3:42

Cassette version

Side one [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."God Will"
  • Loudermilk
  • Wilkin
NA
2."Now Lord What Can I Do for You"
  • Louvin
  • Young
NA
3."Well It's All Right"WalkerNA
4."Crumbs from the Table"MillerNA
5."Did You Let Your Light Shine"MillerNA
6."Sunday Morning"
  • Heard
  • Trevor
NA
Side two [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Daddy Sang Bass"PerkinsNA
2."Way Up on the Mountain"
  • Louvin
  • Young
NA
3."His Love Takes Care of Me"PeppersNA
4."He Turned the Water Into Wine"CashNA
5."If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)"ReynoldsNA
6."Whispering Hope"
  • Hawthorne
  • Howard
NA

Personnel

All credits are taken from the original studio sessions, which are adapted from the biography booklet by Barry Mazor titled Just for What I Am. [7]

Release history

RegionTitleDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaSunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie SmithJanuary 1970VinylRCA Victor Records [8]
God WillJune 11, 2002
  • Compact disc
  • cassette
Music Row Talent Records [11] [12]
Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith2010s
  • Music download
  • streaming
Sony Music Entertainment [9]
God Will [13]

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References

Footnotes

  1. "Sunday Morning: Connie Smith: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard . Vol. 82, no. 9. February 28, 1970. p. 49. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 Kurutz, Steve. "Nat Stuckey Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 128.
  5. Bush, John. "Connie Smith: Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mazor 2012, p. 27.
  7. 1 2 Mazor 2012, pp. 61–62.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith, Connie; Stuckey, Nat (January 1970). "Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Victor . LSP-4300.
  9. 1 2 3 "Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith by Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith". Apple Music . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  10. Smith, Connie; Stuckey, Nat (February 1970). ""If God Is Dead (Who's That Living in My Soul)"/"Love Takes Care of Me" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor . 47-9805.
  11. 1 2 3 Stuckey, Nat; Smith, Connie (June 11, 2002). "God Will (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Music Row Talent Records. AMS-CD-11050.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Stuckey, Nat; Smith, Connie (June 11, 2002). "God Will (Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information)". Music Row Talent Records. AMS-CAS-11051.
  13. 1 2 "God Will by Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith". Apple Music . Retrieved 14 May 2022.

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