Why So Lonely?

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Why So Lonely?
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 1968
RecordedEarly 1968
Studio RCA Victor (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length30:07
Label RCA
Producer Felton Jarvis
Skeeter Davis chronology
What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)
(1967)
Why So Lonely?
(1968)
I Love Flatt and Scruggs
(1968)

Why So Lonely? is the fourteenth studio album by American country musician Skeeter Davis. It was released on March 25, 1968 through RCA Records.

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Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Why So Lonely?"Paul Tannen2:26
2."Burning a Hole in My Mind" Cy Coben 2:38
3."Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long" Melba Montgomery 2:32
4."Promises, Promises"
1:50
5."The Most Wanted Man"
  • Jan Zackery
  • Rupert Stephens
2:46
6."Somewhere with Me Sometime" Paul Craft 2:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Wanna Play House"2:54
2."You've Still Gotta Place in My Heart" Leon Payne 2:25
3."Little Things Got Big" Skeeter Davis 2:36
4."I Wouldn't Treat My Dog (Like You Treat Me)"Coben2:06
5."Lonely Again" Jean Chapel 2:55
6."You Mean the World to Me"
  • Sherrill
  • Sutton
2:18
Total length:30:07

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Why So Lonely? - Skeeter Davis | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-11-07