Connie in the Country

Connie in the Country
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released	February 1967
Recorded	August 22–23, 1966
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Camden
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Connie Smith chronology
Downtown Country (1967) Connie in the Country (1967) Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson (1967)
Singles from Connie in the Country
"Cry, Cry, Cry" Released: September 1968

Connie in the Country is the seventh studio album recorded by American country artist, Connie Smith. The recording was released in February 1967 as a budget album on RCA Camden Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson.

Background

Connie in the Country contained ten tracks. The album was a showcase of unreleased material Smith has recorded in the RCA studios between August 22 and August 23, 1966. The album included cover versions of Loretta Lynn's "World of Forgotten People," Buck Owens's "Foolin' Around" and "Love's Gonna Live Here," and "I Overlooked an Orchid (While Searching for a Rose)." ^[1] The album was issued on a 12-inch vinyl LP record, with five songs on each side of the record. The album did not receive any album reviews or ratings.

The album Connie in the Country was one of several albums of original new product by popular country stars released by RCA on its budget-line RCA Camden (which usually was just a line for repackaging older material) to encourage country fans to start collecting the label's currently popular artists. Smith's other albums on the Camden label are repackaged material from her RCA Victor albums.

The album's only single, "Cry, Cry, Cry" (not to be confused with Johnny Cash's 1955 hit of the same name) became a major hit on Billboard Magazine's Hot Country Songs chart, reaching #20, becoming Smith's first single to peak outside of the country Top 10.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Cry, Cry, Cry" – (Shirley Wood)
2. "Foolin' Around" – (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens)
3. "World of Forgotten People" – (Loretta Lynn)
4. "I'm Little But I'm Loud" – (Boudleaux Bryant, Jimmy Dickens)
5. "Slowly" – (Tommy Hill, Webb Pierce)

Side two

1. "I Overlooked an Orchid (While Searching for a Rose)" – (Shirley Lyn, Carl Smith, Carl Story)
2. "A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed" – (Luther Patrick, Happy Wilson)
3. "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" – (Lynn)
4. "Y'all Come Home" – (Arlie Duff)
5. "Love's Gonna Live Here" – (Owens)

Personnel

• Anita Carter – background vocals
• Dorothy Dillard – background vocals
• Dolores Edgin – background vocals
• Buddy Harman – drums
• Walter Haynes – bass guitar, guitar
• Priscilla Hubbard – background vocals
• Ron Huskey – bass
• Charles Justice – fiddle
• Leonard Miller – drums
• Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
• Louis Nunley – background vocals
• Dean Porter – guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Connie Smith – lead vocals
• Velma Smith – guitar
• William Wright – background vocals

Sales chart positions

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Country
1968	"Cry, Cry, Cry"	20

References

1. ^ "Connie in the Country > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r244474. Retrieved 2009-08-10.