Dwight Sings Buck
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Dwight Sings Buck is country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...

's tribute album to Buck Owens
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...

. The album was released on October 23, 2007 (Yoakam's fifty-first birthday) by New West Records
New West Records
New West Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California, Austin, Texas, and Athens, Georgia. It was established in 1998, and has been home to several indie rock and alternative country bands as well as representing the PBS show Austin City Limits...

.

Track listing

  1. "My Heart Skips a Beat
    My Heart Skips a Beat
    "My Heart Skips a Beat" is a 1964 single by Buck Owens. The single was Owens's third number one on the U.S. country singles chart. "My Heart Skips a Beat" spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top with a total of twenty-six weeks on the chart...

    " (Buck Owens
    Buck Owens
    Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...

    ) - 2:25
  2. "Foolin' Around" (Harlan Howard
    Harlan Howard
    Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...

    , Owens) - 2:54
  3. "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)
    I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)
    "I Don't Care " is a 1964 single by Buck Owens, his fourth number one on the country chart. "I Don't Care " spent six weeks at number one and a total of twenty-seven weeks on the chart. The B-side of the song, "Don't Let Her Know", peaked at number thirty-three on the country chart.-Chart...

    " (Owens) - 2:15
  4. "Only You (Can Break My Heart)
    Only You (Can Break My Heart)
    "Only You " is a 1965 single by Buck Owens. The song was Owens's seventh number one in a row on the U.S. country singles chart. It spent one week at the top of the chart and a total of seventeen weeks. The B-side, "Gonna Have Love", peaked at number ten on the country chart.-Chart performance:...

    " (Owens) - 3:56
  5. "Act Naturally
    Act Naturally
    "Act Naturally" is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison, originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, whose version reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1963, his first chart-topper...

    " (Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell
    Johnny Russell
    John Bright "Johnny" Russell was an American country singer, songwriter, and comedian best-known for his song "Act Naturally", which was made famous by Buck Owens, who recorded it in 1963, and The Beatles in 1965...

    ) - 2:33
  6. "Down on the Corner of Love" (Owens) - 2:40
  7. "Crying Time
    Crying Time
    "Crying Time" is a song from 1964 written by country music artist Buck Owens.Owens recorded a version of his song, but it failed to reach the music charts. A cover version of "Crying Time" was then recorded by R&B singer Ray Charles, and his version proved to be a hit...

    " (Owens) - 2:40
  8. "Above and Beyond
    Above and Beyond (song)
    "Above and Beyond", also known as "Above and Beyond " is the title of a song written by Harlan Howard and recorded by American country music singer Buck Owens. Released in 1960 as a single with "'Til These Dreams Come True" on the b-side, Owens' rendition reached #3 on the Billboard country singles...

    " (Howard) - 2:36
  9. "Love's Gonna Live Here
    Love's Gonna Live Here
    "Love's Gonna Live Here" is a 1963 single by Buck Owens, who also wrote the song. The single would be Buck Owens' second number one on the country charts spending sixteen weeks at the top spot and a total of thirty weeks on the chart.-Chart performance:...

    " (Owens) - 2:04
  10. "Close Up the Honky Tonks" (Red Simpson
    Red Simpson
    Red Simpson is an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs.-Biography:Red Simpson was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of a dozen children...

    ) - 6:24
  11. "Under Your Spell Again" (Owens, Dusty Rhodes) - 3:13
  12. "Your Tender Loving Care
    Your Tender Loving Care (song)
    "Your Tender Loving Care" is the title track from Buck Owens' 1967 album. The single was number one country hit spending one week at the top and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart .-Chart performance:...

    " (Owens) - 3:18
  13. "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" (Howard, Owens) - 2:36
  14. "Think of Me
    Think of Me (Buck Owens song)
    "Think of Me" is a 1966 single by Buck Owens. The single reached number one on the country charts and stayed at the top for six weeks. "Think of Me" spent a total of twenty weeks on the country charts .-Chart performance:...

    " (Estella Olson, Don Rich
    Don Rich
    Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...

    ) - 2:53
  15. "Together Again
    Together Again (Buck Owens song)
    "Together Again" is a 1964 song by United States country singer and guitarist Buck Owens.The song, best known as the "B" side to Owens' No. 1 hit, "My Heart Skips a Beat", interrupted that song's run at Number One on the U.S. country charts...

    " (Owens) - 4:36

Album

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 11
U.S. Billboard 200 42
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 1

Singles

Year Single Chart positions
US Country
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

2007 "Close Up the Honky Tonks"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Personnel

  • Dwight Yoakam - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Eddie Perez - Harmony vocals, electric guitar, electric sitar
  • Joshua Grange - pedal steel, organ and piano
  • Kevin Smith - bass guitar
  • Mitch Marine - drums
  • Skip Edwards - piano
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