Grand Ole Opry's New Star

Infobox Album
Name = Grand Ole Opry's New Star
Type = studio
Artist = George Jones


Released = 1957
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Starday Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wjfuxqq5ldde]
Last album =
This album = "Grand Ole Opry's New Star"
(1957)
Next album = "Hillbilly Hit Parade"
(1958)

"Grand Ole Opry's New Star" [Some online sites give the title with a leading "The", but multiple album cover images confirm that is not the case.] is the very first album by American country music artist George Jones.cite book | author=Irwin Stambler, Grelun Landon | title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia | publisher=Macmillan Books | year=2000 | isbn=0312264879 | pages=223] This album was released in 1957 [cite book | author=Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine | title=All Music Guide to Country | publisher=Backbeat Books | year=2003 | isbn=0-879-30760-9 | pages=388 Some online sites give the release year as 1956.] on the Starday Records label.

History

This was Starday Records' first album release ever as well. The title reflected Jones's 1956 appearance on the "Grand Ole Opry", which solidified his emerging status in the country music world. The album included three of his early Top 10 country hits, "Why Baby Why", "What Am I Worth", and "You Gotta Be My Baby". [cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifyxql5ldse~T51 | title=George Jones: Charts & Awards: Billboard Singles | publisher=Allmusic | accessdate=2008-08-27]

The album was also released in Canada in 1958.cite book | author=Ivy Press, Gary Dowell, Isaiah Evans, Kim Jones, James L. Halperin (eds.) | title=Heritage Music and Entertainment Dallas Signature Auction Catalog | publisher=Heritage Capital Corporation | year=2006 | isbn=1-599-67081-X | pages=27] Extant copies of "Grand Ole Opry's New Star" are rare, and collector's prices range from $400 and up.

Several other artists have released "Why Baby Why" (Jones's first chart single) as well. These include Red Sovine and Webb Pierce (as a duet in 1956), Charley Pride (1983), Palomino Road (1992) and Patty Loveless (2008). These first two versions were both Number One hits. "What Am I Worth" was also covered by Sammy Kershaw on 1991's "Don't Go Near the Water".

Track listing

As listed on the cover: [Various online sites, such as [http://artists.letssingit.com/george-jones-album-grand-ole-oprys-new-star-f64xw3 this] and [http://www.bsnpubs.com/king/starday100.html this] , list the same contents but in a different order from the album cover track listing.]

ide one

# "Why Baby Why"
# "You Gotta Be My Baby"
# "What Am I Worth"
# "Seasons of My Heart"
# "Ragged But Right"
# "Hold Everything"
# "It's OK"

ide two

# "Still Hurtin'"
# "Taggin' Along"
# "Boat of Life"
# "Your Heart"
# "Let Him Know"
# "Yearning"
# "Play It Cool"

Notes