Miss Smith Goes to Nashville

Miss Smith Goes to Nashville
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released	March 1966
Recorded	August 5, 1965 – November 2, 1965
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Connie Smith chronology
Cute 'n' Country (1965) Miss Smith Goes to Nashville (1966) Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs (1966)
Singles from Miss Smith Goes to Nashville
"If I Talk to Him" Released: August 1965 "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)" Released: January 1966

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Miss Smith Goes to Nashville is the third studio by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released March 1966 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson. The album included two of Smith's singles released between 1965 and 1966: "If I Talk to Him" and "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)."

Background

Miss Smith Goes to Nashville was released in March 1966 and was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee between August and November 1965. The album was released on a 12-inch LP album, consisting of twelve tracks, with six tracks on each side of the vinyl record. Three of the songs on the album were written by country artist Bill Anderson, who had written Smith's previous hits in 1964 and 1965. The album included a self-composed song by Connie Smith entitled, "I'll Never Get Over Loving You". The album was reviewed by Allmusic and received four and a half out of five stars, which is similar to the same amount^{[clarification needed]} of stars her previous albums were given by the website.^[2]

Release and aftermath

"If I Talk to Him" was the first single from the album and was released in late 1965. The song became a Top 10 hit, reaching a peak of #4 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart. The second single, "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)" also peaked at #4 on the same country chart. Miss Smith Goes to Nashville peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart shortly after its release, becoming Smith's first album not to top the Top Country Albums list, as her two previous releases (Connie Smith and Cute 'n' Country) had done so.^[3]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Back In My Baby's Arms Again" – (Dallas Frazier, Arthur Leo Owens)
2. "Go Ahead and Make Me Cry" – (Leslie Lyle)
3. "Same as Mine" – (Marge Barton)
4. "If I Talk to Him" – (Dolores Edgin, Priscilla Mitchell)
5. "Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves)" – (Frazier, Owens)
6. "I Don't Have Anyplace to Go" – (Bill Anderson)

Side two

1. "I'll Never Get Over Loving You" – (Connie Smith)
2. "Holdin' On" – (Lee Emerson)
3. "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)" – (Bill Anderson)
4. "For Better or for Worse" – (Anderson, Moneen Carpenter)
5. "Will You Please Stop the Crying" – (Bob Tubert)
6. "If You Won't Tell On Me" – (Frazier)

Personnel

• Kenneth Buttrey – drums
• Dorothy Dillard – background vocals
• Ray Edenton – guitar
• Dolores Edgin – background vocals
• Walter Haynes – bass guitar, guitar
• Keslo Herston – guitar
• Priscilla Hubbard – background vocals
• Roy Huskey – bass
• Millie Kirkham – background vocals
• Jimmy Lance – guitar
• Leonard Miller – drums
• Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
• Louis Nunley – background vocals
• Jerry Reed – guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Connie Smith – lead vocals
• Gordon Stoker – background vocals
• Henry Strzelecki – bass
• Ray Walker – background vocals
• William Wright – background vocals

Sales chart positions

Album

Chart (1966)	Peak position
U.S. Top Country Albums	2

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Country
1965	"If I Talk to Him"	4
1966	"Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)"	4

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Miss Smith Goes to Nashvile > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r91162. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
3. ^ "Charts & Awards". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r91162/charts-awards. Retrieved 2009-08-01.