Sweethearts of Country Music

1960 compilation album by Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard

Sweethearts of Country Music

Compilation album by

Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard

Released| 1960 (1960)
Genre|

* Country
* Bakersfield sound[1]

Label| Challenge
Producer| Joe Johnson
Wynn Stewart chronology
|  | Sweethearts of Country Music
(1960)  | Wynn Stewart
(1962)

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Jan Howard chronology
|  | Sweethearts of Country Music
(1960)  | Sweet and Sentimental
(1962)

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Sweethearts of Country Music is a compilation album by American country artists Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard. It was released in 1960 via Challenge Records and was produced by Joe Johnson. It was the debut album releases for both music artists and their only album releases for the Challenge label. A combination of solo and duet recordings by both artists are featured on the package.

## Background, content and release

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Sweethearts of Country Music was compilation that featured a collection of songs Stewart and Howard had recorded for the Challenge label. By the release of this album, Stewart and Howard were both newly established artists that were recording on the west coast of the United States. This songs were recorded in a several year span and were packaged on this compilation for their first album release. The songs were produced by Joe Johnson.[2]

The songs were recorded in the Bakersfield sound style of country music.[1] Sweethearts of Country Music featured songs that recorded as duets by Stewart and Howard. This included their debut single release: "Yankee Go Gome."[2] The pair's one charting single, "Wrong Company," was not featured on the album. It would later be released on a compilation in 2004.[3]

Six additional sides are solo cuts by Stewart. This included his top five country hit, "Wishful Thinking." Four solo cuts by Howard also included. The first being her major hit, "The One You Slip Around With." Many of the album's songs were written by Harlan Howard, the then-husband of Jan Howard. Other songs featured writing credits from Stewart himself. Stewart wrote three songs that were included on the album.[2]

Sweethearts of Country Music was released in 1960 via Challenge Records. It was the pair's debut albums in their careers and their only album releases for Challenge. The record was issued as a vinyl LP, containing six songs on each side of the record.[2] The record did not reach any chart positions on Billboard upon its release. This included the Top Country Albums chart.[4]

## Track listing

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Side one[2]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Artist performing| Length

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1.| "Wishful Thinking"| Wynn Stewart| Wynn Stewart|
2.| "Above and Beyond (The Call of Love)"| Harlan Howard| Wynn Stewart|
3.| "Playboy"|

* Eddie Miller
* Bob Morris

| Wynn Stewart|
4.| "Heartaches for a Dime"| H. Howard| Wynn Stewart|
5.| "Wrong Company"| H. Howard| Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard|
6.| "We'll Never Love Again"| Howard| Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard|

Side two[2]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Artist performing| Length

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1.| "The One You Slip Around With"| H. Howard| Jan Howard|
2.| "I Wish I Could Fall in Love Again"|

* H. Howard
* Wynn Stewart

| Jan Howard|
3.| "If You Conscience Can't Stop You"| H. Howard| Jan Howard|
4.| "Many Dreams Ago"| H. Howard| Jan Howard|
5.| "Yankee Go Home"| H. Howard| Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard|
6.| "How the Other Half Lives"|

* Beverley Stewart
* W. Stewart

| Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard|

## Personnel

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All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Sweethearts of Country Music.[2]

* Jan Howard – lead vocals
* Joe Johnson – producer
* Wynn Stewart – lead vocals

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Format  | Label  | Ref.

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United States  | 1960  | Vinyl  | Challenge Records | [2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Sweethearts of Country Music: Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard: Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Stewart, Wynn; Howard, Jan (1960). "Sweethearts of Country Music (Liner Notes and Album Information)". Challenge Records.
3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Very Best of Wynn Stewart & Jan Howard: Wynn Stewart and Jan Howard: Songs, Reviews, and Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums: 1967-1997. Record Research Inc. ISBN 0898201241.

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* t
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Wynn Stewart

Discography

Studio albums|

* The Songs of Wynn Stewart (1965)
* It's Such a Pretty World Today (1967)
* Love's Gonna Happen to Me (1967)
* Something Pretty (1968)
* In Love (1968)
* Let the Whole World Sing It with Me (1969)

Compilation albums|

* Sweethearts of Country Music (with Jan Howard) (1960)

Songs|

* "Waltz of the Angels"
* "Wishful Thinking"
* "Wrong Company" (with Jan Howard)
* "Big, Big Love"
* "Another Day, Another Dollar"
* "It's Such a Pretty World Today"
* "'Cause I Have You"
* "Love's Gonna Happen to Me"
* "Something Pretty"
* "In Love"
* "Let the Whole World Sing It with Me"
* "World-Wide Travelin' Man"
* "It's a Beautiful Day"
* "After the Storm"
* "Sing a Sad Song"

Related people and acts|

* Harlan Howard
* Jan Howard
* Cliffie Stone

See also|

* Bakersfield sound
* Capitol Records

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* e

Jan Howard

* Discography

Studio albums|

* Sweet and Sentimental (with The Jordanaires) (1962)
* Jan Howard Sings Evil on Your Mind (1966)
* Bad Seed (1966)
* This Is Jan Howard Country (1967)
* For Loving You (with Bill Anderson) (1968)
* Count Your Blessings, Woman (1968)
* Jan Howard (1969)
* For God and Country (1970)
* If It's All the Same to You (with Bill Anderson) (1970)
* Rock Me Back to Little Rock (1970)
* Bill and Jan (Or Jan and Bill) (with Bill Anderson) (1972)
* Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel (1972)
* Singing His Praise (with Bill Anderson) (1972)
* Stars of the Grand Ole Opry (1981)
* Jan Howard (1985)

Compilation albums|

* Sweethearts of Country Music (with Wynn Stewart) (1960)

Songs|

* "The One You Slip Around With"
* "Wrong Company" (with Wynn Stewart)
* "What Makes a Man Wander?"
* "Evil on Your Mind"
* "Bad Seed"
* "Any Old Way You Do"
* "Roll Over and Play Dead"
* "For Loving You" (with Bill Anderson)
* "Count Your Blessings, Woman"
* "I Still Believe in Love"
* "My Son"
* "When We Tried"
* "We Had All the Good Things Going"
* "If It's All the Same to You" (with Bill Anderson)
* "Rock Me Back to Little Rock"
* "I Never Once Stopped Loving You"
* "Love Is a Sometimes Thing"
* "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Bill Anderson)
* "Dis-Satisfied" (with Bill Anderson)
* "Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel"
* "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"

See also|

* Harlan Howard
* Bill Anderson

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