The One and Only (Lefty Frizzell album)

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The One and Only
One and Only Lefty 1959.jpg
Studio album by
Releasedearly 1959
Recorded1950-1958
Genre Country
Length31:38
Label Columbia
Producer Don Law
Lefty Frizzell chronology
Listen to Lefty
(1952)
The One and Only
(1959)
Saginaw, Michigan
(1964)

The One and Only is the third studio album of Lefty Frizzell released in 1959. The album is the last studio album of Frizzell's to be released in the 1950s (when he had his most success). It includes many of his fan favorites and most successful songs of the 1950s, including "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)", "Always Late (With Your Kisses)", "I Love You a Thousand Ways", and "Mom and Dad's Waltz".

Track listing

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)"Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck 2:58
2."Mom and Dad's Waltz"Frizzell3:06
3."Signed, Sealed, and Delivered" Cowboy Copas, Lois Mann 2:32
4."Nobody Knows But Me"Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers 2:23
5."Release Me" Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount 2:45
6."Why Should I Be Lonely"Estelle Lovell, Rodgers3:19
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Always Late (With Your Kisses)"Blackie Crawford, Lefty Frizzell3:04
2."I Love You a Thousand Ways"Frizzell, Beck2:46
3."My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" Clarence Williams 2:29
4."Is It Only That Your Lonely" Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman 2:21
5."I Want to Be With You Always"Frizzell, Beck3:03
6."If You're Ever Lonely Darling"Frizzell2:21

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