Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel

Studio album by Connie Smith

Released

May 1975

Recorded

1975
Columbia Recording Studio
(Nashville, TN)

Connie Smith chronology

I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby Off My Mind
(1975)

Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel
(1975)

Joy to the World
(1975)

Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel is the twenty sixth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in May 1975 on Columbia Records and was produced by Ray Baker. It was Smith's fourth and final Gospel music album released.

Background and release

Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel was an eleven-track album of Gospel songs originally written and recorded by deceased American country artist, Hank Williams. The album included Williams's best-known Gospel song, "I Saw the Light," as well as "Jesus Remembered Me" and "House of Gold." The album would be Smith's final Gospel album released on the Columbia label. The album was released on a 12-inch LP, with six songs on the record's first side and five on its second side.^[1] The album has not been reissued on compact disc since its original release on Columbia in 1975.

The record peaked at #47 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart and did not spawn any singles.^[2]

Track listing

All songs composed by Hank Williams, except where noted.

Side one

"I Saw the Light"
"Home in Heaven"
"Jesus Remembered Me"
"How Can You Refuse Him Now"
"Jesus Is Calling" – (Charlie Monroe, Williams)
"When the Book of Light Is Read"

Side two

"Are You Walking and Talking for the Lord"
"House of Gold"
"I'm Gonna Sing Sing"
"Calling You"
"Jesus Died for Me"

Sales chart positions

Album

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Top Country Albums	47

References

↑ "Conniie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel by Connie Smith". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
↑ "Charts & awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-15.

Connie Smith

Albums Singles

Solo studio albums	Connie Smith Cute 'n' Country Miss Smith Goes to Nashville Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs Born to Sing Downtown Country Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson Soul of Country Music I Love Charley Brown Sunshine and Rain Connie's Country Back in Baby's Arms I Never Once Stopped Loving You Where Is My Castle Just One Time Come Along and Walk with Me Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs A Lady Named Smith God Is Abundant That's the Way Love Goes I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before) I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel Joy to the World The Song We Fell in Love To I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore Pure Connie Smith New Horizons Connie Smith Long Line of Heartaches

Collaborative studio albums	Young Love Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith Love Never Fails

Other albums	Connie in the Country Love Is the Look You're Looking for Dream Painter Connie Smith Now Live in Branson, MO, USA

Compilation albums	The Best of Connie Smith The Best of Connie Smith, Vol. 2 My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own City Lights: Country Favorites Connie Smith's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 The Best of Connie Smith Greatest Hits on Monument The Essential Connie Smith Connie Smith Sings Her Hits

See also	Marty Stuart Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Grand Ole Opry RCA Victor Records

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