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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
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(1975)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.
Contents
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]
Track listing
All songs composed by Hank Williams, except where noted.
Side one
- "I Saw the Light"
- "Home in Heaven"
- "Jesus Remembered Me"
- "How Can You Refuse Him Now"
- "Jesus Is Calling" – (Charlie Monroe, Williams)
- "When the Book of Light Is Read"
Side two
- "Are You Walking and Talking for the Lord"
- "House of Gold"
- "I'm Gonna Sing Sing"
- "Calling You"
- "Jesus Died for Me"
Sales chart positions
- Album
Chart (1975) Peak
positionU.S. Top Country Albums 47 References
Studio albums Connie Smith · Cute 'n' Country · Miss Smith Goes to Nashville · Born to Sing · Downtown Country · Connie in the Country · Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson · Soul of Country Music · I Love Charley Brown · Sunshine and Rain · Connie's Country · Back in Baby's Arms · I Never Once Stopped Loving You · Where Is My Castle · Just One Time · Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time · If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs · A Lady Named Smith · That's the Way Love Goes · I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before) · I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind · The Song We Fell in Love To · I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore · Pure Connie Smith · New Horizons · Connie SmithGospel albums Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs · Come Along and Walk with Me · God Is Abundant · Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams GospelCollaborations Young Love · Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey & Connie Smith · Love Never FailsLive albums Live in Branson, MO, USACompilation albums The Best of Connie Smith · The Best of Connie Smith, Vol. 2 · My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own · City Lights: Country Favorites · Love Is the Look You're Looking for · Dream Painter · Connie Smith's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 · Connie Smith Now · Joy to the World · The Best of Connie Smith · Greatest Hits on Monument · The Essential Connie Smith · Connie Smith Sings Her HitsSee also Categories:- 1975 albums
- Connie Smith albums
- Columbia Records albums
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