Released 1965 Release date 1965 Label Decca Records | Artist Loretta Lynn Producer Owen Bradley Genre Gospel music | |
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Hymns
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Hymns is a 1965 Gospel album by American country singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn.
Contents
Released on the Decca label, this was Lynn's first Gospel album of her career. The album was a pick of 12 Gospel and Inspirational music songs that were either popular over the years or were written by Lynn herself for this album. Well known Christian songs such as "How Great Thou Art" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" appear in this album. The album peaked at #10 on the Top Country Albums chart. It was reissued by MCA Records in 1973, after Decca's consolidation into the MCA label. It was reissued on CD by MCA Special Products in 1991, then again by King Records in 1998. The King release features a different track running order than the Decca/MCA issues.
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" was covered by Alison Krauss & the Cox Family on their 1994 album I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.
Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven2:22
2Where No One Stands Alone2:48
3When They Ring Those Golden Bells3:09