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...And the Answer Is: Great Country Answer Discs from '60s, Vol. 3

Various Artists
1 disc

1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
2. Return of the Teenage Queen
3. Charlie's Shoes - Billy Walker
4. Answer to 'Charlie's Shoes', The - Johnny Mosby/Jonie Mosby/Jonie & Johnny Mosby
5. He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
6. He'll Have to Stay - Jeanne Black
7. She's Got You - Patsy Cline
8. She Can Have You - Judy
9. Almost Persuaded - David Houston
10. (He Was) Almost Persuaded - Donna Harris
11. Detroit City - Bobby Bare
12. Why Don'tcha Come Home - Shirley Ray
13. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
14. I'm the Girl from Wolverton Mountain - Jo Ann Campbell
15. Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
16. I'll Just Walk on By - Margie Singleton
17. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
18. Billy, I've Got to Go to Town - Geraldine Stevens
19. King of the Road - Roger Miller
20. Queen of the House - Jody Miller
21. 500 Miles Away from Home - Bobby Bare
22. He's Comin' Home - Mary Taylor
23. Evil on Your Mind - Jan Howard
24. Evil off My Hand - Burl Ives
25. Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin
26. (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too - Skeeter Davis
27. Good Hearted Woman - Willie Nelson
28. Good Hearted Man - Connie Cato
29. Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line - Waylon Jennings
30. Only Mama That'll Walk the Line - Jean Shepard
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 15793
Credits

Producer Richard Weize (Reissue)
Engineer
Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.
Illustrators: R.A. Andreas; Brian Henson.
Photographers: R.A. Andreas; Brian Henson.
Bear Family's three-volume And the Answer Is: Great Answer Discs from the '50s and '60s series documents the phenomenon of answer records, presenting both the original hit and the response to the single. These were songs designed to respond to hit singles, with the hopes that the second record would climb up the charts as well. Answer records were prevalent in pop and R&B as well as country, but on And the Answer Is: Vols. 1 and 3, Bear Family concentrates on country records. At their best, answer records became classics of their own but most of the singles were simply novelties. Consequently, the music here is for fetishists and collectors, but for any country or pop music fan with an interest in the arcane and unusual, And the Answer Is is a very enjoyable series. Highlights of Vol. 3 include Johnny Cash's "Ballad of A Teenage Queen" / Tommy Tucker's "Return of the Teenage Queen," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go" / Jeannie Black's "He'll Have to Stay," David Houston's "Almost Persuaded" / Donna Harris' "(He Was) Almost Persuaded," Kenny Rogers' "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" / Geraldine Stevens' "Billy, I've Got To Go To Town," Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" / Skeeter Davis' "(I Can't Help You) I'm Fallin' Too," and Billy Walker's "Charlie Shoes" / Jonie Mosby & Johnny's "The Answer to 'Charlie's Shoes.'" ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine