Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey & Connie Smith
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Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey & Connie Smith is the second and final collaboration album between American country music
artists, Nat Stuckey
and Connie Smith
. The album was released in January 1970 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson
and Felton Jarvis
. The album was a collection of Gospel
songs.
's "Daddy Sang Bass," as well as "If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)." It was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville Tennessee in late 1969, four months before its official release the following year. It was released on a 12-inch LP album
, with songs on each side of the record. Unlike their previous album together, Sunday Morning did not chart the Top Country Albums chart, but its only single, "If God is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)" reached a peak position of #59 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs
chart in 1970.
The album was re-released on a compact disc
and retitled, God Will.
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...
artists, Nat Stuckey
Nat Stuckey
Nathan Stuckey was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with "Sweet Thang", "Plastic Saddle", "Sweet Thang and Cisco" and "Take Time to Love Her"-Biography:Raised in Atlanta, Texas, in Cass County, Nat Stuckey...
and 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 January 1970 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson
Bob Ferguson (music)
Robert Bruce "Bob" Ferguson Sr was an American songwriter, record producer who was instrumental in establishing Nashville, Tennessee as a center of country music; movie producer, and Choctaw Indian historian. Ferguson wrote the bestselling songs "On the Wings of a Dove" and "The Carroll County...
and Felton Jarvis
Felton Jarvis
Felton Jarvis, , produced most of Elvis Presley's recordings from 1966-1977.He also released several singles in the late 1950s and early 1960s...
. The album was a collection of Gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
songs.
Background and release
Sunday Morning consisted of eleven tracks of Gospel material all performed as duets between Stuckey and Smith. The album includes cover versions of Johnny CashJohnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
's "Daddy Sang Bass," as well as "If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)." It was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville Tennessee in late 1969, four months before its official release the following year. It was released on a 12-inch LP album
LP record
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
, with songs on each side of the record. Unlike their previous album together, Sunday Morning did not chart the Top Country Albums chart, but its only single, "If God is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)" reached a peak position of #59 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart in 1970.
The album was re-released on a compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
and retitled, God Will.
Side one
- "Sunday Morning" – (Van Trevor, Dick Heard)
- "Love Takes Care of Me" – (Jimmy Peppers)
- "Crumbs form the Table" – (Barbara Miller)
- "Daddy Sang Bass" – (Carl PerkinsCarl PerkinsCarl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
) - "Now Lord What Can I Do for You" – (Ira LouvinIra LouvinIra Lonnie Loudermilk , known professionally as Ira Louvin, was an American country music singer, mandolinist and songwriter. He was a cousin of songwriter John D. Loudermilk.-Biography:...
, Anne Young) - "Well It's All Right" – (Cindy WalkerCindy WalkerCindy Walker was a prolific American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for a large number of popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists. She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, often tailoring...
)
Side two
- "If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)" – (Lawrence ReynoldsLawrence ReynoldsLawrence Reynolds was an American country singer. He had a hit single with "Jesus Is a Soul Man" in 1969, which hit #28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. He released an album in 1970, also called Jesus Is a Soul Man, which peaked at #45 on the U.S. Country Albums chart in 1970.-References:Jesus...
) - "If He Turned the Water Into Wine" – (Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
) - "Way Up on the Mountain" – (Louvin, Young)
- "God Will" – (John D. LoudermilkJohn D. LoudermilkJohn D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...
, Marijohn WilkinMarijohn WilkinMarijohn Wilkin , née Melson, was an American songwriter, famous in the country music genre for writing a number of hits. Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," as chronicled in her 1978 biography from Word Books--Lord, Let Me Leave a Song...
) - "Did You Let Your Light Shine" – (Miller)
Sales chart positions
Singles| Year | Song | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
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| 1970 | "If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)" | 59 |