Connie Smith~ "The Wonders You Preform"

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From the CD "That's The Way Love Goes", Sony Music 1973

 Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs is the fourth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in June 1966 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson. This album was Connie Smith's first Gospel recording and would set the trend for a series of Gospel releases she would issue in the next decade.

Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released	June 1966
Recorded	February 24, 1966 – February 28, 1966
Genre	Country, Gospel
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Connie Smith chronology
Miss Smith Goes to Nashville (1966) Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs (1966) Born to Sing (1966)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Background

Like previous country music recordings, Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs consisted of twelve tracks. Many of the album's songs were cover versions, including "In the Garden," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," Jimmie Davis's "I Wouldn't Take Anything from My Journey Now," and Martha Carson's "Satisfied."

The album also included a song written by Smith's producer, Bob Ferguson titled, "Wings of a Dove." The album itself was released on a 12-inch vinyl LP record, with six tracks on each side of the record. The album was reviewed by Allmusic, which gave the release four out of five stars, however an official review was not provided.^[2]

Upon the album's release, Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs entered the Billboard Magazine charts, peaking at #19 on their Top Country Albums chart, becoming Smith's first LP not to reach the Top 10.^[3]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Satisfied" – (Martha Carson)
2. "When God Dips His Love In My Heart" – (Cleavant Derricks, W.S. Stevenson)
3. "Farther Along" – (Jesse R. Baxter, W.B. Stevens)
4. "Where Could I Go But to the Lord" – (James B. Coats)
5. "I Wouldn't Take Nothing from My Journey Now" – (Jimmie Davis, Charles R. Goodman)
6. "I Saw a Man" – (Arthur Q. Smith)

Side two

1. "Wayfaring Pilgrim" – (traditional)
2. "In the Garden" – (Robert Hebble, Austin C. Miles)
3. "Wings of a Dove" – (Bob Ferguson)
4. "Keep on Holding to Those Nail Scarred Hands" – (Henry Slaughter)
5. "He Set Me Free" – (Albert E. Brumley)
6. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" – (unknown)

 Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel is the twenty sixth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in May 1975 on Columbia Records and was produced by Ray Baker. It was Smith's fourth and final Gospel music album released.

Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released	May 1975
Recorded	1975 Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia
Producer	Ray Baker
Connie Smith chronology
I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby Off My Mind (1975) Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel

Background and release

Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel was an eleven-track album of Gospel songs originally written and recorded by deceased American country artist, Hank Williams.

The album included Williams's best-known Gospel song, "I Saw the Light," as well as "Jesus Remembered Me" and "House of Gold."

The album would be Smith's final Gospel album released on the Columbia label. The album was released on a 12-inch LP, with six songs on the record's first side and five on its second side.^[1]

The album has not been reissued on compact disc since its original release on Columbia in 1975.

The record peaked at #47 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart and did not spawn any singles.^[2]


All songs composed by Hank Williams, except where noted.

Side one

1. "I Saw the Light"
2. "Home in Heaven"
3. "Jesus Remembered Me"
4. "How Can You Refuse Him Now"
5. "Jesus Is Calling" – (Charlie Monroe, Williams)
6. "When the Book of Light Is Read"

Side two

1. "Are You Walking and Talking for the Lord"
2. "House of Gold"
3. "I'm Gonna Sing Sing"
4. "Calling You"
5. "Jesus Died for Me"

Source: Wikipedia

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