| The Wondering Boy | ||||
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| Released | August 1956 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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The Wondering Boy is an album from honky-tonk singer Webb Pierce that was released in August 1956 on the Decca label (DL 8295). [1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the album "one of his best albums of the '50s" with a "dynamite" track sequence. [2]
The album included seven songs that reached No. 1 on the US country charts: " Wondering" (Jockey #1, 1952), "That Heart Belongs to Me" (Jockey #1, 1952), " Back Street Affair" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1952), " It's Been So Long" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1953), " There Stands the Glass" (Best Seller #1, Juke Box #1, Jockey #1, 1953), " Slowly" (Best Seller #1, Juke Box #1, Jockey #1, 1954), and " Love Love Love" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1955). [3]
Track listing
Side A
- " Wondering" ( Joe Werner)
- " There Stands the Glass" (Autry Greisham, Mary Jean Shurtz, Russ Hull)
- "That's Me Without You" (J. D. Miller)
- "Don't Throw Your Life Away" (Billy Wallace, Webb Pierce)
- " Love Love Love" ( Ted Jarrett)
- "If You Were Me (And I Were You)" (Frank Miller, Webb Pierce)
Side B
- " Back Street Affair" (Billy Wallace)
- " It's Been So Long" (Autry Greisham)
- " Slowly" (Tommy Hill, Webb Pierce)
- " That Heart Belongs to Me" (Webb Pierce)
- "Yes I Know Why" (Webb Pierce)
- "I'm Gonna Fall Out of Love With You" (Martha Ellis Taylor, Randy Hughes)
References
- ^ "The Wondering Boy". Discogs. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "The Wondering Boy". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0823076326.