Sunday, June 1, 2025

The Nashville Legends Series: Connie Smith, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette

I can't remember exactly when or why I decided to put together this compilation, but there is a good chance that I started it after watching "George and Tammy", the great mini-series about George Jones and Tammy Wynette.  Even though I thought Michael Shannon was a little miscast as Jones (mostly because he just really doesn't look like him at all) and Jessica Chastain (Tammy) and Michael Shannon's (George) vocals could never match the originals, it's still one of 2-3 best music biopics I've ever seen.  And Chastain definitely deserved all the acclaim she got for he performance.  It also sent me on a Tammy Wynette listening jag, including her album with Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn.  I'm also not sure why or when I decided to include Connie Smith, other than she's an unfairly overlooked country star from the 1960s.  

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                     Disc 1

I Never Once Stopped Loving You

Connie Smith

Apartment #9

Tammy Wynette

Our Hearts Are Holding Hands

Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn

Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

Dr. Robert F. Thomas

Dolly Parton

Gentle On My Mind

Tammy Wynette

Alone with You

Loretta Lynn

Wait for the Light to Shine

Connie Smith

Games People Play

Dolly Parton

Ain't Had No Lovin'

Connie Smith

Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven

Loretta Lynn

You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out On Me)

Loretta Lynn

I'll Come Running

Connie Smith

It's My Time

Dolly Parton

Don't Make Me Go To School

Tammy Wynette

I'm So Used to Loving You

Connie Smith

Help Me Make It Through The Night

Tammy Wynette

                     Disc 2

Farther To Go

Loretta Lynn

Wouldn't I?

George Jones & Tammy Wynette

You Ain't Woman Enough

Connie Smith

I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open

Dolly Parton

Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)

Dolly Parton

Your Squaw Is On The Warpath

Loretta Lynn

Louisiana Man

Connie Smith

Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)

Tammy Wynette

When Love Is New

Dolly Parton & Emmy Rossum

Lonesome 7-7203

Loretta Lynn

Today I Started Loving You Again

Connie Smith

Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town

Tammy Wynette

'Til I Can Make It on My Own

Tammy Wynette

Touch Your Woman

Dolly Parton

After the Fire Is Gone

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

A Million and One

Connie Smith

I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven

Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Loretta Lynn


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