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Connie's Country
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Connie's Country is the twelfth studio album by American country singer Connie Smith. It was released in April 1969 via RCA Victor and contained 12 tracks. The pop-inspired project included a mixture of original and cover songs. The album's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "Ribbon of Darkness" was released as a single, reaching the top 20 of the American country songs chart. The album itself would place in the top 20 of the American country albums chart. It was met with favorable reviews following its release.
Connie Smith had a string of uninterrupted top ten country singles during the 1960s, launched by 1964's "Once a Day". The song topped the country songs chart for eight weeks and launched her career. In 1968, Smith became a Christian which affected her many of the recordings during her time with her label, RCA Victor. She began incorporating more gospel songs into her regular studio albums, which would reflect in Smith's 1969 album. Smith went into recording sessions to make her next album, Connie's Country in 1968. Biographer Barry Mazor notes that "despite the title" the sort of pop music that "Ms. Smith found most agreeable".
The recordings for Connie's Country were taken from sessions held between February 1967 and December 1968. The sessions took place at RCA Studio A, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Bob Ferguson. The album consisted of 12 tracks. With the album's pop influence, there was an emphasis on string instrumentation. Smith sought out direction from Brenton Banks, who led the string instrumentation for her sessions. The album mixed new recordings with covers of previously recorded country and pop material.
One of the covers Smith cut for the album was "Ribbon of Darkness". Although written and first cut by Gordon Lightfoot, Smith recalled first hearing Marty Robbins's 1965 country single version. Smith also covered "Seattle", which was first recorded by Perry Como and appeared as the theme song to the television show Here Come the Brides.
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