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1974 studio album by Ferlin Husky
Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies
Released 1974
Genre
Country
Label
ABC
Producer Don Grant
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Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies is an album by American
country music singer
Ferlin Husky , released in 1974 by
ABC Records . The album reached #43 in the US Country Charts. The title track single "Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies" reached #34 in the US Country Charts and the single of "Burning" reached #37. These were his last chart-making singles. "Wings of a Dove," a gospel song, was a No. 1 country hit in 1960 and was one of his signature songs.
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Track listing
Side A
"Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies" (
Dallas Frazier ,
A.L. "Doodle" Owens ) – 2:41
"How Is Your Love Life" (
Troy Shondell , Chuck Wadley) – 2:27
"
Wings of a Dove " (
Bob Ferguson ) – 2:14
"Walls Instead of Bridges" (Barbara Shockley) – 2:59
"I Feel Better All Over" (Ken Rogers, Leon Smith) – 2:33
Side B
"Burning" (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) – 2:39
"Good News" (
Rory Bourke ) – 2:43
"Ghost Story" (Joe Allen) – 2:34
"A Touch of Yesterday" (Dallas Frazier, A.L. "Doodle" Owens) – 2:14
"
Gone " (
Smokey Rogers ) – 2:13
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Musicians
Hargus "Pig" Robbins , Ron Oats - piano
Buddy Harman , Jim Isbell - drums
Billy Linneman, Jack Williams - bass guitar
Weldon Myrick , Jeff Newman - steel guitar
Dave Kirby,
Grady Martin - electric guitar
Ray Edenton ,
Bobby Thompson , Jim Colvard, Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
Harold Bradley ,
Tommy Allsup , Kelso Herston - electric bass guitar
Buddy Spicher , Shorty Lavender,
Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Farrell Morris - percussion
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Background Vocals
The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Jr., Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker)
The Nashville Sound (Louis Nunley, Dotty Dillard, Gil Wright, Jeannine Walker, Ernest West)
Marvin Husky
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Production
Producer: Don Grant
Recorded at: Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Mixing Engineer: Rex Collier
Mastering Engineer: Bob Sowell
Album Photography: Ken Kim
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References