Chiseled in Stone (album)
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Chiseled in Stone is a studio album by American country music
artist Vern Gosdin
. It was released in 1988 via Columbia Records
. The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
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 Vern Gosdin
Vern Gosdin
Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his...
. It was released in 1988 via Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Country Albums chart.
Track listing
- "Do You Believe Me NowDo You Believe Me Now (Vern Gosdin song)"Do You Believe Me Now" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1987, it was the first single from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
" (Max D. BarnesMax D. BarnesMax D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...
, Vern Gosdin) – 3:37 - "Tight as Twin Fiddles" (Hank CochranHank CochranGarland Perry "Hank" Cochran was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others...
, Dean DillonDean DillonDean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
) – 2:04 - "Is It Raining at Your House" (Cochran, Gosdin) – 3:00
- "Set 'Em Up JoeSet 'Em Up Joe"Set 'Em Up Joe" is a 1988 single by Vern Gosdin, who co-wrote the song with Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, and Buddy Cannon. "Set 'Em Up Joe" was a tribute song to Ernest Tubb and was Vern Gosdin's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total...
" (Buddy CannonBuddy CannonBuddy Cannon is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Active since the late 1970s, he is known primarily for his work as Kenny Chesney's record producer, for which he won the Academy of Country Music's Producer of the Year award in 2006.Along with Bill Anderson and Jamey...
, Cochran, Dillon, Gosdin) – 2:26 - "There Ain't Nothing Wrong (Just Ain't Nothing Right)" (Cochran, Dillon, Gosdin) – 4:32
- "Chiseled in StoneChiseled in Stone"Chiseled in Stone" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1988, it was the third single and title track from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....
" (Barnes, Gosdin) – 3:51 - "Who You Gonna Blame It On This TimeWho You Gonna Blame It On This Time"Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time" is a single by American county music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1989, it was the fourth single from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....
" (Cochran, Gosdin) – 2:51 - "It's Not Over, Yet" (Cochran, Gosdin) – 3:59
- "Nobody Calls from Vegas Just to Say Hello" (Bruce Burch, Jimmy Burch, Cochran, Gosdin) – 2:28
- "I Guess I Had Your Leavin' Coming" (Cannon, Dillon, Gosdin) – 3:15
Chart performance
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 7 |