Story Songs for Country Folks

1964 studio album by Faron Young

Story Songs for Country Folks

Studio album by

Faron Young

Released| 1964
Recorded| October 29, 1963
Studio| Bradley's Recording Studio, Nashville
Genre| Country
Label| Mercury Records
Faron Young chronology
| Faron Young Aims at the West
(1963)  | Story Songs for Country Folks
(1964)  | Country Dance Favorites
(1964)

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Story Songs for Country Folks is a studio album by country music singer Faron Young with backing vocals by The Jordanaires. It was released in 1964 by Mercury Records (catalog SR-60896).[1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on February 15, 1964, peaked at No. 7, and remained on the chart for a total of 33 weeks.[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars.[3]

## Track listing

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Side A

1. "Rhinestones" (Merle Kilgore)
2. "Saw Mill" (Horace Whatley, Mel Tillis)
3. "Family Bible" (Claude Gray, Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland)
4. "Company's Comin'" (Johnny Mullins)
5. "Pickin' Time" (Johnny Cash)
6. "Busted" (Harlan Howard)

Side B

1. "Sharecropper Family" (Jerry Smith)
2. "Old Courthouse (Danny Dill, Wayne P. Walker)
3. "Po Folks" (Bill Anderson)
4. "Mama Sang a Song" (Bill Anderson)
5. "Black Land Farmer" (Frankie Miller)
6. "Y'all Come" (Arlie Duff)

## References

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1. ^ "Story Songs for Country Folks". Discogs. August 1964. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 202\. ISBN 0898201241.
3. ^ "Story Songs for Country Folks". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

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Faron Young

Albums|

* Sweethearts or Strangers (1957)
* The Object of My Affection (1958)
* This Is Faron Young! (1959)
* My Garden of Prayer (1959)
* Faron Young Sings the Best of Faron Young (1960)
* Hello Walls (1961)
* The All-Time Great Hits of Faron Young (1963)
* Story Songs for Country Folks (1964)
* Country Dance Favorites (1964)
* The Best of Faron Young Vol. 2 (1977)

Singles|

* "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
* "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young"
* "All Right""
* "Sweet Dreams"
* "I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone)"
* "The Shrine of St. Cecilia"
* "Alone with You"
* "Country Girl"
* "Hello Walls"
* "Three Days"
* "I Just Came to Get My Baby"
* "Wine Me Up"
* "It's Four in the Morning"

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