I Love Charley Brown
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I Love Charley Brown is the tenth studio album by American country music
artist, Connie Smith
. The album was released in April 1968 and was produced by Bob Ferguson
. The album contained three Top 10 hit singles Smith had between 1967 and 1968.
: "Run Away Little Tears," "Sunshine of My World," "I Love Charley Brown," and "Between Each Tear." Frazier had material for many of Smith's previous albums. The album was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee
between 1967 and 1968. The release was issued on a 12-inch LP record
, containing six songs on each side of the record. The album was reviewed by Allmusic, which rated it three out of five stars. No written review however was provided.
chart. This was followed by the second single, "Baby's Back Again" which peaked at #7 on the same chart, and thirdly, "Run Away Little Tears," which reached #10 on Billboards chart. The album itself also reached a peak position. I Love Charley Brown reached #14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart shortly after its release in 1968.
Singles
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, Connie Smith
Connie Smith
Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...
. The album was released in April 1968 and was produced by Bob Ferguson
Bob Ferguson (music)
Robert Bruce "Bob" Ferguson Sr was an American songwriter, record producer who was instrumental in establishing Nashville, Tennessee as a center of country music; movie producer, and Choctaw Indian historian. Ferguson wrote the bestselling songs "On the Wings of a Dove" and "The Carroll County...
. The album contained three Top 10 hit singles Smith had between 1967 and 1968.
Background
I Love Charley Brown was a studio album containing twelve tracks. It contained four songs written by songwriter, Dallas FrazierDallas Frazier
Dallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California...
: "Run Away Little Tears," "Sunshine of My World," "I Love Charley Brown," and "Between Each Tear." Frazier had material for many of Smith's previous albums. The album was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
between 1967 and 1968. The release was issued on a 12-inch LP record
LP record
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
, containing six songs on each side of the record. The album was reviewed by Allmusic, which rated it three out of five stars. No written review however was provided.
Release
I Love Charley Brown spawned three singles between 1967 and 1968. The first single, "Burning a Hole in My Mind" (1967) reached #5 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country SongsHot 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...
chart. This was followed by the second single, "Baby's Back Again" which peaked at #7 on the same chart, and thirdly, "Run Away Little Tears," which reached #10 on Billboards chart. The album itself also reached a peak position. I Love Charley Brown reached #14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart shortly after its release in 1968.
Side one
- "Run Away Little Tears" – (Dallas FrazierDallas FrazierDallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California...
) - "Sunshine of My World" – (Frazier)
- "That's All This Old World Needs" – (Demetrius Tapp, Bob Tubert)
- "Little Things" – (Shirley Nelson, Willie NelsonWillie NelsonWillie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
) - "If the Whole World Stopped Lovin'" – (Bob Peters)
- "Don't Feel Sorry for Me" – (Ted Harris)
Side two
- "I Love Charley Brown" – (Frazier)
- "Burning a Hole in My Mind" – (Cy Coben)
- "Baby's Back Again" – (Betty Jean Robinson)
- "Let Me Help You Work It Out" – (Jerry Foster)
- "Between Each Tear" – (Frazier)
- "There Are Some Things" – (Betty Anderson, Red Hayes)
Sales chart positions
Album| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Top Country Albums | 14 |
Singles
| Year | Song | 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... |
CAN Country | ||
| 1967 | "Burning a Hole in My Mind" | 5 | — |
| "Baby's Back Again" | 7 | 7 | |
| 1968 | "Run Away Little Tears" | 10 | 18 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||