Why So Lonely? | ||||
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Released | March 25, 1968 | |||
Recorded | Early 1968 | |||
Studio | RCA Victor (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
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Length | 30:07 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Felton Jarvis | |||
Skeeter Davis chronology | ||||
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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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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Why So Lonely?" | Paul Tannen | 2:26 |
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" |
| 2:46 |
6. | "Somewhere with Me Sometime" | Paul Craft | 2:35 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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)" | Coben | 2:06 |
5. | "Lonely Again" | Jean Chapel | 2:55 |
6. | "You Mean the World to Me" |
| 2:18 |
Total length: | 30:07 |
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