Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies
Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies is an album by American country music singer Ferlin Husky (Ferlin Eugene Husky: December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) released in 1974 by ABC Records Inc. The Album reached #43 in the US Country Charts. The title track single "Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies" reached #34 in the US Country Charts and the single of "Burning" reached #37. These were his last chart-making singles. "Wings of a Dove," a gospel song, was a No. 1 country hit in 1960 and was one of his signature songs.[1]
Track listing[2]
Side A
- "Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies" (Dallas Frazier/A. L. "Doodle" Owens) – 2:41
- "How Is Your Love Life" (Troy Shondell/Chuck Wadley) – 2:27
- "Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson) – 2:14
- "Walls Instead of Bridges" (Barbara Shockley) – 2:59
- "I Feel Better All Over" (Ken Rogers/Leon Smith) – 2:33
Side B
- "Burning" (Jerry Foster/Bill Rice) – 2:39
- "Good News" (Rory Bourke) – 2:43
- "Ghost Story" (Joe Allen) – 2:34
- "A Touch of Yesterday" (Dallas Frazier/A. L. "Doodle" Owens) – 2:14
- "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) – 2:13
Musicians[2]
- Piano: Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Ron Oats
- Drums: Buddy Harman, Jim Isbell
- Bass: Billy Linneman, Jack Williams
- Steel Guitar: Weldon Myrick, Jeff Newman
- Electric Guitar: Dave Kirby, Grady Martin
- Rhythm Guitar: Ray Edenton, Bobby Thompson, Jim Colvard, Jimmy Capps
- Electric Bass Guitar: Harold Bradley, Tommy Alsup, Kelso Herston
- Fiddles: Buddy Spicher, Shorty Lavender, Johnny Gimble
- Percussion: Farrell Morris
Background Vocals[2]
- The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Jr., Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker)
- The Nashville Sound (Louis Nunley, Dotty Dillard, Gil Wright, Jeannine Walker, Ernest West)
- Marvin Husky
Production[2]
- Producer: Don Grant
- Recorded at: Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
- Mixing Engineer: Rex Collier
- Mastering Engineer: Bob Sowell
- Album Photography: Ken Kim
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