Tell Me Why is the début album by 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 Jann Browne

Jann Browne

Jann Browne is an American country singer. Before her solo career, she was a vocalist with the Western swing group Asleep at the Wheel. She has recorded four studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest single is 1990's "Tell Me Why" at...

. Three singles from the album rose to positions on the Billboard Country Singles charts: "You Ain't Down Home" at #19, "Tell Me Why" at #18, and "Louisville" at #75. Also featured on the album is a cover of The Davis Sisters

The Davis Sisters

The Davis Sisters was an American gospel group founded by Ruth Davis and featuring her sisters Thelma, Audrey and Alfreda. Imogene Greene joined the group in 1950, and was later replaced by Jackie Verdell when Greene left to join the Caravans....

' "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know," a duet with veteran rockabilly

Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...

 artist Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Wanda Lavonne Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist...

. Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

 provides backing vocals on "Mexican Wind." The album rose to #46 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Tell Me Why" (Gail Davies
   Gail Davies
   Gail Davies is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of country singer Tex Dickerson....
   
   , Harry Stinson) – 2:54
2. "Ain't No Train" (Jann Browne, Pat Gallagher) – 3:26
3. "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose
   'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose
   "Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" is a single by American country music artist Leon Everette. It was released in 1985 from his Mercury Records album Where's the Fire. His version of the song peaked at number 44 on Hot Country Songs....
   
   " (Bill Rice
   Bill Rice
   Wilbur Steven "Bill" Rice is an American country music singer and songwriter. Rice charted six singles between 1971 and 1978, including the Top 40 hit "Travelin' Minstrel Man", but is better known for his songwriting...
   
   , Sharon Rice) – 3:50
4. "Louisville" (Browne, Gallagher) – 3:11
5. "Mexican Wind" (Browne, Gallagher, Roger Stebner) – 3:53
6. "Losing You" (Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer working in the American contemporary country music industry. His works include the concept albums, White Mansions and The Legend of Jesse James...
   
   ) – 3:20
7. "You Ain't Down Home" (Jamie O'Hara
   Jamie O'Hara (singer)
   Jamie O'Hara is an American country music artist. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Kieran Kane comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You"...
   
   ) – 3:41
8. "The One You Slip Around With" (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...
   
   , Fuzzy Owen) – 2:29
9. "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
   I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
   "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" was a number one country music single for The Davis Sisters in 1953. The song, written by Cecil Null, was the first hit for the duo of Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis and their only one as Betty Jack was killed in an automobile accident the week the record...
   
   " (Cecil Null
   Cecil Null
   Cecil Allen Null was an American songwriter. He began writing songs and singing publicly while serving in the Navy during World War II. After leaving the service, he performed with various groups on radio stations in Bristol, Va...
   
   ) – 3:16
   • duet with Wanda Jackson
     Wanda Jackson
     Wanda Lavonne Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist...
     
     
10. "Lovebird" (Steve Spurgin) – 4:13

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	46