Houston (I'm Comin' to See You)
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Houston is the 26th album
Album
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 by American
United States
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 singer/guitarist
Guitarist
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 Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...

, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music
1974 in music
-January–April:*January 3 – Bob Dylan and The Band kick off their 40-date concert tour at Chicago Stadium. It's Dylan's first time on the road since 1966.*January 17...

).

Track listing

Side 1:
  1. "Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)" (David Paich
    David Paich
    David Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...

    ) - 3:21
  2. "Too Many Mornings" (George Place) - 2:50
  3. "Lovesick Blues" (I. Mills, C. Friend) - 2:33
  4. "Yesterday, When I Was Young" (Charles Aznavour
    Charles Aznavour
    Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...

    , H. Kretzmer) - 3:41
  5. "Lovelight" (Bill C. Graham) -2:21


Side 2:
  1. "No Love At All" (W. C. Thompson, J. Christopher) - 2:42
  2. "Honestly Loved " (Bill C. Graham, G. Castleberry) - 2:45
  3. "Bonaparte's Retreat
    Bonaparte's Retreat (Pee Wee King song)
    "Bonaparte's Retreat" is the title of a song written by American country music artist Pee Wee King. Various versions of the melody themes exist as traditional fiddle tunes dating back to before the turn of the 20th Century, and probably well before that. King's version was released as a single in...

    " (Pee Wee King
    Pee Wee King
    Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski , known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "The Tennessee Waltz"....

    ) - 2:48
  4. "If I Were Loving You" (Bill C. Graham, G. Castleberry) - 2:55
  5. "A Beautiful Love Song" (Bill C. Graham) - 2:28

Personnel

  • Glen Campbell - acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
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    , electric guitars
    Electric Guitars
    Electric Guitars were formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport and Richard Hall who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders , Matt Salt and Dick Truscott , they also later added two backing singers: Sara and Wendy...

    , bagpipes
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  • Hal Blaine
    Hal Blaine
    Hal Blaine is an American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and...

     - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Joe Osborn
    Joe Osborn
    Joe Osborn is an American bass guitar virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s. Osborn's work is widely admired by fellow musicians.Osborn began his career working in local clubs, then played on a hit...

     - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Larry Muhoberac
    Larry Muhoberac
    Larry Muhoberac is an American musician, producer and composer who at various times has also been known as Larry Owens and Larry Gordon....

     - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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  • David Paich
    David Paich
    David Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...

     - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • Dean Parks
    Dean Parks
    Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...

     - acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...


Production

  • Producer - Jimmy Bowen
    Jimmy Bowen
    Jimmy Bowen is an American record producer and former pop music performer.Bowen was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He began as a teenage recording star in 1957 with "I'm Stickin' With You," originally the flip side of the hit record "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox, but ultimately a Top 20 recording...

  • Arranger - Dennis McCarthy
  • "Houston (I'm Coming to See You)", "Honestly Loved" arranged by Marty Paich
    Marty Paich
    Martin Louis "Marty" Paich was an American pianist, composer, arranger, producer, music director and conductor....

  • Engineer - John Guess
  • Art director - Roy Kohara
  • Illustration - Brian Zick

Charts

Album - Billboard
Billboard charts
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 (United States)
Chart Entry date Peak position No. of weeks
Billboard Country Albums 06/22/1974 12 13


Singles - Billboard
Billboard charts
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 (United States)
Year Single Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs
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Hot 100 Easy Listening
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...

1974 "Houston (I'm Comin' to See You)" 20 68 13
1974 "Bonaparte's Retreat" 3 - 42
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