Sweet and Sentimental

Background and content

Sweet and Sentimental comprises twelve tracks, mainly consisting of cover version of songs by other artists. The album was recorded in five separate sessions at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between February and May 1962. Six of the album's twelve tracks had been written by Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard, who was also Jan's husband at the time. Some of these Howard-penned compositions on the album included "He Called Me Baby" (which Patsy Cline and Charlie Rich would later record) and "Heartaches by the Number" (which had already been a major hit for Guy Mitchell and Ray Price). Sweet and Sentimental also featured Willie Nelson's composition, "Funny How Time Slips Away" and a cover of Doris Day's "Everybody Loves a Lover". Additional sides that Howard recorded for Capitol during this time, including "All Alone Again" and "My Baby's in Berlin" were never issued on an official studio album.

Release

Sweet and Sentimental was officially released in August 1962 under Capitol Records. The album was originally issued on Vinyl and contained six tracks on both sides of the record. Although Capitol did issue singles by Howard, the album itself did not spawn any. Additionally, Sweet and Sentimental did not chart on any album chart by Billboard Magazine.

Track listing

1. "Don't Worry" – (Marty Robbins)
2. "Funny How Time Slips Away" – (Willie Nelson)
3. "Looking Back" – (Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis)
4. "Padre" – (Alan Webster, Peter F. Webster)
5. "Bell of the Ball" – (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens)
6. "Everybody Loves a Lover" – (Robert Allen, Richard Adler)

1. "This Sad Old House" – (Howard, Carlos Minor)
2. "He Called Me Baby" – (Howard)
3. "They Listened While You Said Goodbye" – (Howard)
4. "You'd Better Go" – (Howard, Wynn Stewart)
5. "Is This My Destiny" – (Helen Carter)
6. "Heartaches by the Number" – (Howard)

Personnel