I Never Once Stopped Loving You

I Never Once Stopped Loving You
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released September 1970
Recorded September 10, 1969;
March 1970
(RCA Studio, Nashville)
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Ferguson
Ronny Light
Connie Smith chronology
The Best of Connie Smith, Vol. 2
(1970)		 I Never Once Stopped Loving You
(1970)		 Where Is My Castle
(1971)
Singles from I Never Once Stopped Loving You
  1. "I Never Once Stopped Loving You"
    Released: March 1970
  2. "Louisiana Man"
    Released: August 1970

I Never Once Stopped Loving You is the fifteenth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in September 1970 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson and Ronny Light. The album spawned two singles, the title track, which became a Top 10 hit, and "Louisiana Man."

Contents

Background

I Never Once Stopped Loving You consisted of ten tracks of newly-recorded material by Connie Smith. The album was recorded at the RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, between September 1969 and March 1970. Unlike Smith's other albums, the release was co-produced with Ronny Light (as it was normally produced by Bob Ferguson). The album included Smith's hit from 1969, "You and Your Sweet Love," although it wasn't a single officially spawned from the studio album. The album contained two songs that were written by Bill Anderson and one written by Dallas Frazier (both of whom had written Smith's previous hits).[1] I Never Once Stopped Loving You was released on a 12-inch vinyl LP record, with five songs on each side of the record.[2] The album has not been reissued on a compact disc since its original release on RCA Victor in 1970.

Release

I Never Once Stopped Loving You spawned two singles in 1970. The title track was released as the album's first single in March 1970, becoming a Top 10 hit that year, reaching #5 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart.[3] The second single, "Louisiana Man" was released in August 1970, which became a Top 15 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart that year. The album itself also reached a peak position. I Never Once Stopped Loving You peaked at #15 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart upon its official release in September 1970.[4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Louisiana Man" – (Doug Kershaw) 2:24
  2. "There's Something Lonely in This House" – (Lola Jean Dillon) 2:48
  3. "If My Heart Had Windows" – (Dallas Frazier) 2:53
  4. "You and Your Sweet Love" – (Bill Anderson) 2:47
  5. "I'll Fly Away" – (Albert B. Brumley) 2:17

Side two

  1. "Alone with You" – (Roy Drusky, Lester Vanadore, Faron Young) 1:52
  2. "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" – (Anderson, Jan Howard) 2:51
  3. "The Sun Shines Down on Me" – (Larry Lee) 3:32
  4. "Think I'll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself to Sleep" – (Anderson) 2:51
  5. "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" – (Frazier, Arthur Leo Owens) 2:51

Sales chart positions

Album
Chart (1970) Peak
position
U.S. Top Country Albums 15
Singles
Year Song Chart positions
US Country CAN Country
1970 "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" 5 17
"Louisiana Man" 14 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

  1. ^ "I Never Once Stopped Loving You > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r576123. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  2. ^ "I Never Once Stopped Loving You by Rate Your Music". Rate Your Music. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/connie_smith/i_never_once_stopped_loving_you/. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  3. ^ Bush, John. "Connie Smith > Biography". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2398/biography. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  4. ^ "Charts & awards". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r576123/charts-awards. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
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