Just One Time (album)

Just One Time
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released	June 1971
Recorded	February 1971 (RCA Studio, Nashville)
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Connie Smith chronology
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own (1971) Just One Time (1971) Come Along and Walk with Me (1971)
Singles from Just One Time
"Just One Time" Released: April 1971

Just One Time is the sixteenth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in June 1971 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson. The album's title track became a Top 5 country hit in 1971 in the United States and Canada.

Background

Just One Time consisted of ten tracks, including a song composed by Connie Smith entitled, "Don't Walk Away." The album's title track was written by Don Gibson and the songs, "He's My Everything" and "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" were written by Dallas Frazier. It also included a cover of the religious standard, "Amazing Grace" and the Gospel song, "Wait for the Light to Shine," as Smith was beginning to add more Christian music material into her RCA studio albums.^[1] The album was issued on a 12-inch LP record, with five songs on each side of the record.^[2] The album has not been reissued on a compact disc since its initial release on RCA Victor in Summer 1971.

Release

Just One Time's title track became the album's only single. The song was released as a single in April 1971 and became a major hit on the country chart that year, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart in 1971, becoming Smith's highest-charting hit since 1966.^[3] The song reached the same peaking position on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks as well. The album itself also reached a peaking position. Just One Time reached a peak of #20 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart upon its official release in June 1971.^[4]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Just One Time" – (Don Gibson)
2. "I Don't Want to Be with Me" – (Mickey Jaco)
3. "Amazing Grace" – (John Newton)
4. "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" – (Dallas Frazier)
5. "If You Were Mine to Lose" – (Jaco)

Side two

1. "Don't Walk Away" – (Connie Smith)
2. "He's My Everything" – (Frazier)
3. "One More Time" – (Larry Butler, Jan Crutchfield, Buddy Killen)
4. "I Love You More and More Everyday" – (Don Robertson)
5. "Wait for the Light to Shine" – (Fred Rose)

Personnel

• Stu Basore – electric bass
• Larry Butler – piano
• Jerry Carrigan – drums
• Ray Edenton – rhythm guitar
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• John Hughey – steel guitar
• Roy Huskey – bass
• Jimmy Isbell – drums
• Dave Kirby – rhythm guitar
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Bob Moore – bass
• Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
• The Nashville Edition – background vocals
• Dean Potter – guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Billy Sanford – guitar
• Jerry Shook – rhythm guitar
• Connie Smith – lead vocals
• Carol Snow – organ
• Pete Wade – guitar
• Billy Walker – vibes
• Jerry Whitehurst – piano

Sales chart positions

Album

Singles

References