Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (album)

Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be

Studio album by Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn

Released

August 9, 1965

Recorded

Mar. 10, 1964—Jan. 19, 1965

Studio

Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN

Genre

Country

Length

30:56

Loretta Lynn chronology

Blue Kentucky Girl
(1965)

Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
(1965)

Hymns
(1965)

Singles from Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be

"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"
Released: June 1964
"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands"
Released: May 1965

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be is the first collaborative studio album by American country music artists Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn. It was released on August 9, 1965, by Decca Records.^[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 13 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The lead single, "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be", was the biggest hit the duo would achieve, peaking at No. 11 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The second single from the album, "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" peaked at No. 24.

Recording

Recording for the album took place over four sessions at Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN, beginning on March 10, 1964. Additional sessions followed on January 12, January 18, and January 19, 1965.^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"	Billy Joe Deaton	March 10, 1964	2:41
2.	"I'll Just Call You Darlin'"	Johnny Colmus	March 10, 1964	2:25
3.	"I Reached for the Wine"	Joyce Ann Allsup	January 18, 1965	2:39
4.	"My Past Brought Me to You (Your Past Brought You to Me)"	Bill Brock	January 18, 1965	2:45
5.	"Are You Mine?"	Don Grashey, Jim Armmadeo, Myrna Petrunka	January 12, 1965	2:41
6.	"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands"	Bill Anderson	January 19, 1965	2:36

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Keep Those Cards and Letter Coming In"	Harlan Howard	January 19, 1965	1:55
2.	"Just Between the Two of Us"	Liz Anderson	January 12, 1965	2:51
3.	"We're Not Kids Anymore"	Loretta Lynn	January 19, 1965	2:40
4.	"Love Was Right Here All the Time"	Billy Henson, Charles Snoddy	March 10, 1964	2:30
5.	"Two in the Cold"	Ellen Reeves	March 10, 1964	2:36
6.	"A Dear John Letter"	Billy Barton, Lewis Talley, Fuzzy Owen	January 18, 1965	2:37

Personnel

Owen Bradley - producer
Buddy Charleton - steel guitar
Jack Drake - bass
Jack Greene - drums
Loretta Lynn - lead vocals
Bill Pursell - piano
Leon Rhodes - guitar
Jerry Shook - guitar
Cal Smith - guitar
Jerry Smith - piano
Ernest Tubb - lead vocals

Chart performance

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
1965	Country Albums	13

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1964	"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"	Country Singles	11
1965	"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands"	Country Singles	24

References

↑ Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be at AllMusic
↑ "Ernest Tubb And Loretta Lynn - Mr. And Mrs. Used To Be". Discogs.
↑ "Loretta's Recording Sess - LORETTA LYNN FAN WEBSITE". lorettalynnfan.net. Retrieved 2017-05-27.

Loretta Lynn
Studio albums	Loretta Lynn Sings (1963) Before I'm Over You (1964) Songs from My Heart... (1965) Blue Kentucky Girl (1965) Hymns (1965) I Like 'Em Country (1966) You Ain't Woman Enough (1966) Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967) Singin' with Feelin' (1967) Who Says God Is Dead! (1968) Fist City (1968) Your Squaw Is on the Warpath (1969) Woman of the World/To Make a Man (1969) Wings Upon Your Horns (1970) Coal Miner's Daughter (1970) I Wanna Be Free (1971) You're Lookin' at Country (1971) One's on the Way (1972) God Bless America Again (1972) Here I Am Again (1972) Entertainer of the Year (1973) Love Is the Foundation (1973) They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy (1974) Back to the Country (1975) Home (1975) When the Tingle Becomes a Chill (1976) Somebody Somewhere (1976) I Remember Patsy (1977) Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (1978) We've Come a Long Way, Baby (1979) Loretta (1980) Lookin' Good (1980) I Lie (1981) Making Love from Memory (1982) Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You (1983) Just a Woman (1985) Who Was That Stranger (1988) Still Country (2000) Van Lear Rose (2004) Full Circle (2016) Wouldn't It Be Great (2017)
Christmas albums	Country Christmas (1966) White Christmas Blue (2016)
Collaboration albums	Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (1965) Singin' Again (1967) If We Put Our Heads Together (1969) Honky Tonk Angels (1993)
Compilation albums	Here's Loretta Lynn (1968) Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits (1968) Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em (1970) Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II (1974) Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection (1991) All-Time Greatest Hits (2002)
Independent albums	Making More Memories (1994) All Time Gospel Favorites (1997)
Related topics	Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Conway Twitty Butcher Hollow, Kentucky Coal Miner's Daughter Still Woman Enough
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