Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel is the twenty sixth studio album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist, Connie Smith

Connie Smith

Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...

. The album was released in May 1975 on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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 and was produced by Ray Baker

Ray Baker (music producer)

Ray Baker is a Nashville music producer. His first hit record produced was I Just Started Hatin' Cheating Songs Today by Moe Bandy in 1974. He also produced It Was Always so Easy to Find an Unhappy Woman and It's a Cheatin' Situation, both by Moe Bandy...

. It was Smith's fourth and final Gospel music

Gospel music

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 album released.

Background and release

Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel was an eleven-track album of Gospel songs originally written and recorded by deceased American country artist, Hank Williams. The album included Williams's best-known Gospel song, "I Saw the Light," as well as "Jesus Remembered Me" and "House of Gold." The album would be Smith's final Gospel album released on the Columbia label. The album was released on a 12-inch LP

LP album

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, with six songs on the record's first side and five on its second side. The album has not been reissued on compact disc

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 since its original release on Columbia in 1975.

The record peaked at #47 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart and did not spawn any singles.

Side one

1. "I Saw the Light"
2. "Home in Heaven"
3. "Jesus Remembered Me"
4. "How Can You Refuse Him Now"
5. "Jesus Is Calling" – (Charlie Monroe
   Charlie Monroe
   Charlie Monroe was an American country and bluegrass music guitarist.-Biography:Monroe was born on his family's farm in Rosine, Kentucky; he was the older brother of the mandolin player Bill Monroe. His sister Bertha also played guitar, and brother Birch, fiddle...
   
   , Williams)
6. "When the Book of Light Is Read"

Side two

1. "Are You Walking and Talking for the Lord"
2. "House of Gold"
3. "I'm Gonna Sing Sing"
4. "Calling You"
5. "Jesus Died for Me"

Sales chart positions

Album

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Top Country Albums	47