Grand Ole Opry Favorites
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Grand Ole Opry Favorites is a 1964 album by American
Country music
group, the Browns
. In 2000, this album and another album, Sweet Sounds by the Browns
, were re-released together on the same compact disc.
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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...
group, the Browns
The Browns
The Browns were an American country and folk music vocal trio best known for their 1959 Grammy-nominated hit, "The Three Bells". The group, composed of Jim Ed Brown and his sisters Maxine and Bonnie Brown, had a close, smooth harmony characteristic of the Nashville sound, though their music also...
. In 2000, this album and another album, Sweet Sounds by the Browns
Sweet Sounds by the Browns
Sweet Sounds by the Browns is a 1959 album by American country music trio, The Browns, originally released on the RCA Victor label. In 2000, this album and another album, Grand Ole Opry Favorites, were re-released together on the same compact disc....
, were re-released together on the same compact disc.
Side one
- "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your EyesDon't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" is an off meter ballad concerning a man away from home worried that his paramour may unwittingly stray from their relationship. The song was recorded in many different styles by many artists. It was written by Winston L. Moore and was published in 1952...
" (Slim WilletSlim WilletSlim Willet was an American disc jockey, musician, and songwriter....
) – 2:20 - "Sugarfoot Rag" (Hank GarlandHank GarlandWalter Louis Garland , better known as Hank Garland, was a Nashville studio musician who performed with Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and many others.-Biography:...
, Horton Vaughn) – 1:58 - "Great Speckled BirdThe Great Speckled Bird (song)"The Great Speckled Bird" is a Southern hymn whose lyrics were written by the Reverend Guy Smith. It is an allegory referencing Fundamentalist self-perception during the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy. The song is in the form of AABA and has a 12 bar count...
" (Roy Carter, Guy Smith) – 2:36 - "You Nearly Lose Your Mind" (Ernest TubbErnest TubbErnest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...
) – 2:19 - "Mansion on the Hill" (Hank Williams, Fred RoseFred Rose (musician)Fred Rose was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive.-Biography:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Fred Rose started playing piano and singing as a small boy. In his teens, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked in bars busking for tips, and finally vaudeville...
) – 2:21 - "Tragic Romance" (Louis M. Jones, Wiley Morris, Zak Morris) – 2:48
Side two
- "Fair and Tender Ladies" (Traditional) – 2:34
- "The Rhumba BoogieThe Rhumba Boogie"The Rhumba Boogie" is a 1951 song by Hank Snow. The single was his follow up to "The Golden Rocket". "The Rhumba Boogie" was Hank Snow's third number one in a row on the Country & Western Best Seller charts where it stayed at the top for eight weeks and a total of twenty-seven weeks on the chart....
" (Hank SnowHank SnowClarence Eugene "Hank" Snow was a Canadian-American country music artist. He charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980...
) – 2:01 - "Mommy, Please Stay Home With Me" (Eddy ArnoldEddy ArnoldRichard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
, Wally Fowler, Graydon J. Hall) – 3:04 - "Looking Back to See" (Jim Ed BrownJim Ed BrownJim Ed Brown is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of The Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with Helen Cornelius through 1981...
, Maxine BrownMaxine Brown (country singer)Maxine Brown is an American country music singer who was originally a member of the successful 1950s trio, The Browns, before a brief solo career.-Biography:...
) – 2:18 - "Four WallsFour Walls (song)"Four Walls" is a country song published in 1957 by Marvin Moore and George Campbell, written by Winifred J. Bartly in 1957.Jim Reeves’ recording is the best known; it has been recorded by other artists, including Bing Crosby and Willie Nelson...
" (Marvin Moore, George Campbell) – 3:06 - "Wondering" (Joe Werner) – 2:25
Personnel
- Jim Ed BrownJim Ed BrownJim Ed Brown is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of The Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with Helen Cornelius through 1981...
– vocals - Maxine BrownMaxine Brown (country singer)Maxine Brown is an American country music singer who was originally a member of the successful 1950s trio, The Browns, before a brief solo career.-Biography:...
– vocals - Bonnie BrownBonnie Brown (musician)Bonnie Jean Brown is an American country music singer and former member of The Browns, a trio popular in the 1950s.-Biography:...
– vocals - Jerry ReedJerry ReedJerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...
– guitar - Velma Smith – guitar
- Harold Morrison – dobro, banjo
- Henry Strzelecki – bass
- Kenneth ButtreyKenny ButtreyAaron Kenneth Buttrey was an American drummer and arranger. According to CMT, he was "one of the most influential session musicians in Nashville history"....
– drums - Bill Pursell – piano
- Vocals by Anita KerrAnita KerrAnita Jean Grilli , known profesioanlly as Anita Kerr, is an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer. She recorded and performed successfully with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Europe.-Nashville:Kerr was born in Memphis, Tennessee...
, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, Bill Wright, Glenn Baxter