From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1▶CD: The Stringband Era
2▶CD: The Soul Country Years
3▼CD: Forward With Pride
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1The Snakes Crawl at Night
recording engineer:
Jim Malloy
producer:
Chet Atkins and Jack Clement
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
The Snakes Crawl at Night (on 1965-11-11)
writer:
Fred Burch and Mel Tillis
Charley Pride2.52:48
2I’m So Afraid of Losing You Again
Charley Pride3:13
3Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone
recording of:
Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone
writer:
Dave Kirby (US country singer/songwriter) and Glenn Martin (1960s country pop)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Charley Pride32:17
4Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’
producer:
Jack Clement
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 19)
recording of:
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' (1971 song) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
recording of:
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' (1971 song) (in 1994)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
Charley Pride4.22:05
5Color Him Father
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 86)
cover recording of:
Color Him Father (in 1969-07)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Spencer (US musician & teacher)
Linda Martell2:44
6How I Got to Memphis
cover recording of:
That’s How I Got to Memphis
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Otis Williams and The Midnight Cowboys2:36
7The Man That Made a Woman Out of Me
La Melle Prince3:03
8She’s My Rock
producer:
Earl Ball (US country pianist)
recording of:
She’s My Rock (on 1972-08-09)
writer:
S.K. Dobbins
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Famous Music Corp. (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Ironside Music and Sony/ATV Harmony
Stoney Edwards42:28
9Hank and Lefty Raised My Country Soul
Stoney Edwards2:36
10Pickin’ Wildflowers
Stoney Edwards2:44
11Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You
O.B. McClinton2:39
12Fairytale
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 1975 winner)
recording of:
Fairytale
writer:
Anita Pointer and Bonnie Pointer
publisher:
Polo Grounds Music and Sony/ATV Melody
The Pointer Sisters5:07
13Show Me Where
Ruby Falls2:48
14Touch Me (I’ll Be Your Fool Once More)
Big Al Downing3:49
15Jambalaya
Professor Longhair3:13
16Whiskey Heaven
recording of:
Whiskey Heaven (on 1980-06-30)
writer:
C. Crofford (musician & songwriter), J. Durrill (Singer/songwriter) and S. Garrett (aka.Tommy Garrett, singer, songwriter, producer and disc jockey)
Fats Domino3:04
17From Where I Stand
Dobie Gray3:14
18Love Light
Cleve Francis2:48
19The Grand Tour
cover recording of:
The Grand Tour
writer:
George Richey, Carmol Taylor and Norris “Norro” Wilson
Aaron Neville3:19
20Irma Jackson
Barrence Whitfield2:55
21There Stands the Glass
Ted Hawkins2:32
22I’m a Happy Cowboy
Herb Jeffries2:49

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part of:Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Country-Soul Albums (2024-03-28) (number: 7) (order: 8)