Where Is the Circus

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Where Is the Circus
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Studio album by
Released1966
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Joe Allison
Hank Thompson chronology
Breakin' the Rules
(1966)
Where Is the Circus
(1966)
The Best of Hank Thompson, Volume 2
(1967)
Singles from Where Is The Circus
  1. "Squaws Along the Yukon"
    Released: July 13, 1958

Where Is the Circus (And Other Heart Breakin' Hits) is an album by country music artist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1966 by Warner Bros. (catalog no. W1664). Joe Allison was the producer. [1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on November 19, 1966, peaked at No. 6, and remained on the chart for a total of 22 weeks. [2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of two stars. [3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Where Is the Circus"
  2. "I'll Set My Teardrops to Music"
  3. "Number One on the Hurt Parade"
  4. "I've Got a Date with a Teardrop"
  5. "The Big One Got Away"
  6. "Love Walked Out Long Before She Did"

Side B

  1. "Green LIght"
  2. "Most of All"
  3. "New Blackboard of My Heart"
  4. "Breaking the Rules"
  5. "Humpty Dumpty Heart"
  6. "Squaws Along the Yukon"

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References

  1. "Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys - Where Is The Circus". Discogs. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 174. ISBN   0898201241.
  3. "Golden Country Hits". AllMusic . Retrieved December 18, 2020.