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Didn't Impress Everybody is Right, Petey
Nobody in music history has so shamelessly taken other people's hits and recorded them for another group of music fans, in this case country bumpkins impressed by a "southern gentleman". Why? He KNEW they were bumpkins with their minus-IQ ears glued to country music radio. He KNEW he would be credited with the delivery of the songs to those ears; it worked. The single-gaited country listeners who had never heard of The Seekers, Ivory Joe Hunter, Brook Benton, etc ate it right up and put the man into the Country Music Hall of Fame. When will there be a definitive collection of his Muzak versions of hits? Who cares?

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A good sampling of his best years
Sonny's mellow style of pop-country music did not impress everybody but he was hugely successful in his heyday, sometimes with covers of pop songs, although he also had some great original material. This was the first collection of his music released on CD and was intended to be the first of two volumes. Capitol eventually abandoned their Collectors series so the second volume was never released. This fate also befell Merle Haggard, but while Merle has been reasonably well served by CD releases, Sonny has not. There have been several compilations but they have all been single CD's. Trying to collect all Sonny's big country hits therefore remains a challenge. <
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>This collection is presented in chronological order, beginning with Young love, the song he is best known for despite having to compete head-on with Tab Hunter's version of the same song. <
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>Brits will be familiar with The minute you're gone, which Cliff Richard covered and took all the way to the top of the UK charts. Sonny's version is the original, but he took several pop classics to (or close to) the top of the country charts including (on this collection) I'll never find another you (Seekers), Only the lonely (Roy Orbison), It's just a matter of time (Brook Benton), My love (Petula Clark) and Only love can break a heart (Gene Pitney). <
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>Of the original songs, Baltimore (written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant), You're the only world I know and True love's a blessing (both co-written by Sonny James) are particularly noteworthy. <
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>Most of these tracks have been re-issued on more recent Sonny James collections but we still await the definitive collection of his Capitol hits. <
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>Young love <
>First date first kiss first love <
>The minute you're gone <
>Baltimore <
>Ask Marie <
>You're the only world I know <
>True love's a blessing <
>Take good care of her <
>Room in your heart <
>Need you <
>I'll never find another you <
>Heaven says hello <
>Only the lonely <
>Since I met my baby <
>It's just a matter of time <
>My love <
>Empty arms <
>Bright lights big city <
>Only love can break your heart <
>That's why I love you like I do