STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BILL ANDERSON - THE BILL ANDERSON STORY : HIS GREATEST HITS

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again, as we usher in November . Today is also the 85th Birthday of South Carolina native,  country music singer, songwriter, and television host, "Whispering Bill" Anderson (James William Anderson III) . Happy Birthday Bill ! With him in mind, we spotlight his 5th compilation album, the double LP, The Bill Anderson Story: His Greatest Hits. The record(s) were  released March 1969 on the Decca label and produced by Owen Bradley. It peaked at #43 on the Top Country Albums chart and featured  hits from his 10 years at Decca.

1. "Bright Lights and Country Music"
Bill Anderson, Jimmy Gateley
2:35

2. "No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore"
Ted Cooper, Steve Karliski
2:25

3. "I Get the Fever" 2:06

4. "Mama Sang a Song" 3:27

5. "I Love You Drops" 2:45

6. "The Tip of My Fingers" 2:29

Side two

1. "Still" 2:45

2. "Easy Come – Easy Go" 2:03

3. "Once a Day" 2:35

4. "I Can Do Nothing Alone" 2:50

5. "Cincinnati, Ohio" 2:08

6. "Golden Guitar"
Billy Gray, Curtis Leach
4:08

Record two
Side one 

1. "Wild Week-End" 2:22

2. "Think I'll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself to Sleep" 2:39

3. "Ninety-Nine" 2:28

4. "Papa" 2:33

5. "Happiness" 2:12

6. "Five Little Fingers" 3:00

Side two 

1. "Po' Folks" 2:50

2. "City Lights" 3:00

3. "Get While the Gettin's Good" 2:32

4. "8×10" 2:48

5. "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" 2:30

6. "For Loving You" (with Jan Howard)
Karliski, Rossini Pinto
2:43

Bill Anderson – lead vocals

Harold Bradley – guitar, banjo
James Colvard – guitar
Floyd Cramer – piano
Pete Drake – steel guitar
Ray Edenton – guitar
Jimmy Gateley – guitar
Roy Huskey – bass
The Jordanaires – background vocals
Jimmy Lance – guitar
Grady Martin – guitar
Len Miller – drums
Bob Moore – bass
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
The Po' Boys – various
Joe Zinkan – bass

Buddy Harman – drums
Harold Morrison – banjo
Hal Rugg – steel guitar
Jerry Smith – piano
Buddy Spicher – fiddle
The Anita Kerr Singers – background vocals
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
Jerry Shook – guitar

Brenton Banks – strings
George Brinkley – strings
Cecil Brower – strings
Howard Carpenter – strings
Martin Catahn – strings
Pete Drake – steel guitar
Sofie Fott – strings
Lillian Hunt – strings
Tommy Jackson – fiddle
Jerry Kennedy – guitar


Bill McElhiney – trumpet
Bob Moore – bass
Morris Palmer – drums
Hank Garland – guitar
Michael Gattozzi – strings
Bob Johnson – banjo
Douglas Kirkham – drums
Bill McElhiney – trumpet
Bob Moore – bass
Jerry Smith – piano

Jan Howard – lead vocals

Owen Bradley – record producer