Young Love (Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey album)
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Young Love is a collaboration album by American country
artists, Connie Smith
and Nat Stuckey
. The album was released in July 1969 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson
and Felton Jarvis
. It was one of two collaboration albums Smith and Stuckey would record together.
and Dottie West
entitled, "Rings of Gold." It also included a cover of "Whispering Hope" and Sonny James
's "Young Love." The album was recorded at the RCA Victor studios in Nashville, Tennessee
in April 1969. The album was released on a 12-inch vinyl LP record
with six songs on each side of the playing record. The album was reviewed by Allmusic. From the website, Young Love received a total of three out of five stars. The album has not since been reissued on compact disc
since its initial release in 1969.
chart. In addition, the album itself also reached a peak position on the Billboard charts. Upon its official release in July 1969, Young Love peaked at #29 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
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...
artists, 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...
and Nat Stuckey
Nat Stuckey
Nathan Stuckey was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with "Sweet Thang", "Plastic Saddle", "Sweet Thang and Cisco" and "Take Time to Love Her"-Biography:Raised in Atlanta, Texas, in Cass County, Nat Stuckey...
. The album was released in July 1969 on RCA Victor Records 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...
and Felton Jarvis
Felton Jarvis
Felton Jarvis, , produced most of Elvis Presley's recordings from 1966-1977.He also released several singles in the late 1950s and early 1960s...
. It was one of two collaboration albums Smith and Stuckey would record together.
Background
Young Love consisted of twelve tracks recorded as duets between Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey. The album included cover versions of the duet hit between Don GibsonDon Gibson
Donald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
and Dottie West
Dottie West
Dottie 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...
entitled, "Rings of Gold." It also included a cover of "Whispering Hope" and Sonny James
Sonny James
James Loden , known professionally as Sonny James, is an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love". Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, James had 72 country and pop chart hits from 1953 to 1983, including a five-year streak of 16 straight among his 23 No. 1...
's "Young Love." The album was recorded at the RCA Victor studios 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...
in April 1969. The album was released on a 12-inch vinyl 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...
with six songs on each side of the playing record. The album was reviewed by Allmusic. From the website, Young Love received a total of three out of five stars. The album has not since been reissued on compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
since its initial release in 1969.
Release
Young Love only spawned one single from the album, a cover version of Sonny James's "Young Love." The song became a major hit in the United States. Released in 1969, "Young Love" reached a peak of #20 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. In addition, the album itself also reached a peak position on the Billboard charts. Upon its official release in July 1969, Young Love peaked at #29 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Side one
- "Even the Bad Times Are Good" – (Carl Belew, Clyde Pitts)
- "Young Love" – (Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner)
- "Two Together" – (Nat Stuckey)
- "Whispering Hope" – (Alice Hawthorne, Alton Howard)
- "I'll Share My World with You" – (Ben Wilson)
- "I Got You" – (Gordon Galbraith, Ricci Mareno)
Side two
- "Together Alone" – (Bruce CockburnBruce CockburnBruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
) - "Something Pretty" – (Wayne Stokes, Charles P. Williams)
- "Yours Love" – (Harlan HowardHarlan HowardHarlan 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...
) - "Stand Beside Me" – (Tompall GlaserTompall GlaserTompall Glaser is an American country music artist. Active since the 1950s, he has recorded both as a solo artist and with his brothers Chuck and Jim in the trio Tompall & the Glaser Brothers...
) - "Rings of GoldRings of Gold"Rings of Gold" is a single by American country music artists Dottie West and Don Gibson. Released in February 1969, it was the first single from their album Dottie and Don. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks...
" – (Gene Thomas) - "Let It Be Me" – (Gilbert BécaudGilbert BécaudGilbert Bécaud was a French singer, composer and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" and "Et Maintenant", a 1961 release that became an English language hit as "What Now My Love"...
, Mann Curtis, Pierre DelanoëPierre DelanoëPierre Delanoë , born Pierre Leroyer, was a French songwriter/lyricist who wrote for dozens of singers such as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Petula Clark, and Johnny Hallyday....
)
Sales chart positions
Albums| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Top Country Albums | 29 |
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... |
||
| 1969 | "Young Love" | 20 |