Released 1968 Release date 1968 Label Decca Records | Artist Loretta Lynn Producer Owen Bradley Genre Country music | |
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Fist City
(1968) Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits
(1968) Similar Loretta Lynn albums, Country music albums |
Loretta lynn fist city 1968 country music greats
Fist City is a 1968 studio album by American country singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn. This was Lynn's eleventh studio album as a solo artist and was released by Decca Records. The album spawned two singles. The first single, "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" was released in late 1967 and became a Top 5 Country hit and also recorded by Australian Country Singer Jean Stafford in 1975 which won her first Golden Guitar award for Best Female vocalist. The second single was the title track, about a real-life incident Lynn experienced that peaked at #1 in 1968 and became Lynn's second #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart. Unlike Lynn's other albums, this album included 11 tracks, unlike her previous albums that included 12. Lynn covers a few Country hits by other artists in this album including, "Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town" by Norma Jean, "A Satisfied Mind" by Jean Shepard, and "I Don't Wanna Play House" by Tammy Wynette. The album also has compositions Lynn wrote herself. Five of the songs were either written or co-written by Lynn, making this album to have the most Lynn ever wrote for an album up to that point.
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- Loretta lynn fist city 1968 country music greats
- Loretta lynn fist city
- Track listing
- Chart positions
- Songs
- References
The album was released in early 1968, and became Lynn's second album to top the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album did not chart the Billboard 200. The cover of this album was later used on Lynn's 2005 compilation album, The Definitive Collection, which included the title track from this album.
Loretta lynn fist city
Track listing
- "Fist City" (Lynn)
- "Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town" (Vic McAlphin)
- "You Didn't Like My Lovin'" (Joe "Red" Hayes, Lynn, Teddy Wilburn)
- "I've Got Texas in My Heart" (Mildred Burk, Rose Burk)
- "You Never Were Mine" (Jay Lee Webb)
- "Somebody's Back in Town" (Lynn, Doyle Wilburn, Teddy Wilburn)
- "A Satisfied Mind" (Joe "Red" Hayes, Jack Rhodes)
- "How Long Will It Take" (Warren McPherson)
- "I Don't Wanna Play House" (Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton)
- "I'm Shootin' for Tomorrow" (Lynn)
- "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" (Lynn, Teddy Wilburn)
Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Fist City2:13
2Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town2:16
3You Didn't Like My Lovin'1:52