George Jones & Gene Pitney (1995)

About this title: When George Jones left United Artists to join Musicor in 1965, it was decided to start off with a duet recording session with teen idol (and labelmate) Gene Pitney. The session resulted in two duet albums -- George Jones & Gene Pitney and It's Country Time Again -- as well as a solo country album by Pitney, The Country Side of Gene Pitney. Bear Family's George Jones & Gene Pitney collects the 31 songs recorded during these sessions. For a seemingly unlikely pairing, the two complemented each other well, with Pitney proving himself not only a fan of the genre but also a competent country ... read more

Tracks:

1. Why Baby Why [Edwards/Jones]
2. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) [Hodges]
3. For Me This Is Happy [Karliski]
4. That's All It Took [Edwards/Grier/Jones]
5. I'm Gonna Listen to Me [Frazier]
6. I'm a Fool to Care
7. She Thinks I Still Care [Duffy/Lipscomb]
8. Big Job [Mills]
9. I'm up to My Neck in I.O.U.'s [Montgomery]
10. Sweeter Than the Flowers [Burns/Nathan/Rouse]
11. Wreck on the Highway [Dixon]
12. The More I Saw of Her (The Blinder I Became)
13. A Thousand Arms (Five Hundred Hearts) [Singleton/Snyder]
14. I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night [Daffan]
15. Louisana Man
16. Drinking from the Well of Your Love [Frazier]
17. Life to Go [Jones]
18. One Has My Name [Blair/Dean/Dean]
19. Mockin' Bird Hill
20. I'd Like to See Me Stop You [Boyce/Hart]
21. I Can't Stop Loving You [Gibson]
22. Your Old Standby [Eanes/Perry]
23. Won't Take Long [Montgomery]
24. I've Got a New Heartache [Walker]
25. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You [Ross/Wills]
26. I Really Don't Want to Know [Barnes/Robertson]
27. As Long as I Live [Acuff]
28. Born to Lose [Brown/Daffan]
29. Don't Rob Another Man's Castle [Carson]
30. Love Bug [Kemp/Wayne]
31. Y'all Come

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.