Someday We'll Look Back
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Someday We'll Look Back is an album by American
country
singer Merle Haggard
, released in 1971. It reached #4 on the Billboard
Country album chart and #108 on the Pop album chart. The lead-off singles were "Someday We'll Look Back" which peaked at #2 and "Carolyn
" which reached #1.
United States
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country
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...
singer Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
, released in 1971. It reached #4 on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Country album chart and #108 on the Pop album chart. The lead-off singles were "Someday We'll Look Back" which peaked at #2 and "Carolyn
Carolyn (song)
"Carolyn" is a 1971 single written by Tommy Collins and recorded by Merle Haggard. "Carolyn" was Haggard's eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart....
" which reached #1.
Track listing
All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.- "Someday We'll Look Back"
- "Train of Life" (Roger MillerRoger MillerRoger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...
) - "One Sweet Hello"
- "One Row at a Time" (Red Lane, Dottie WestDottie WestDottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...
) - "Big Time Annie's Square"
- "I'd Rather be Gone"
- "California Cottonfield" (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...
, Earl Montgomery) - "CarolynCarolyn (song)"Carolyn" is a 1971 single written by Tommy Collins and recorded by Merle Haggard. "Carolyn" was Haggard's eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart....
" (Tommy Collins) - "Tulare Dust"
- "Huntsville" (Haggard, Red SimpsonRed SimpsonRed Simpson is an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs.-Biography:Red Simpson was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of a dozen children...
) - "The Only Trouble With Me"
Personnel
- Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
- Roy NicholsRoy NicholsRoy Nichols was an American country music guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for Merle Haggard for more than two decades. He was known for his guitar technique, a mix of fingerpicking and pedal steel-like bends, usually played on a Telecaster.-Biography:Roy Ernest Nichols was born in...
– guitar, harmonica - James BurtonJames BurtonJames Burton is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 , Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame...
– guitar, dobro - Red Lane – guitar
- Bobby Wayne – guitar
- Tommy Collins – guitar
- Glen CampbellGlen CampbellGlen 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...
– guitar - Lewis Talley – guitar
- Norman HamletNorm HamletNorm Hamlet is an American steel guitarist best known as a member of Merle Haggard's Stranger's group. In 2005 Hamlet had quadruple heart bypass surgery and recovered well at his home in Bakersfield, California. In April 2006 while on tour with Merle Haggard Hamlet's Dobro was stolen and a reward...
– pedal steel guitar, dobro - Dennis Hromek – bass
- Willard Price – bass
- Leon Copeland – bass
- Chuck Berghofer – bass
- Jerry Ward – bass
- Biff Adam – drums
- Eddie Burns – drums
- Tommy Ash – drums
- Johnny GimbleJohnny GimbleJohn Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....
– fiddle - George French – piano
- Glen D. HardinGlen HardinGlen D. Hardin is an American piano player, songwriter and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such notable artists as Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Ricky Nelson and many others.-Career:...
– piano - Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Billboard Country albums | 4 |
| 1971 | Billboard Pop albums | 108 |