You're My Best Friend (album)

You're My Best Friend
Studio album by
Don Williams
ReleasedApril 1975
StudioJack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length28:38
LabelABC/Dot
ProducerAllen Reynolds (tracks 2, 3, 9), Don Williams (all tracks)
Don Williams chronology
Don Williams Vol. III
(1974) 		You're My Best Friend
(1975) 		Harmony
(1975)
Singles from You're My Best Friend

You're My Best Friend is the fourth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Don Williams. Released in April 1975 on the ABC-Dot label, the album reached number five on the US Country Albums chart.[1] "You're My Best Friend" and "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" were released as singles in 1975, both reaching number one on the Billboard country singles chart.[2]

Background

The previous year, Don Williams achieved his first number-one single with the song "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me".[3] He teamed up again with regular collaborators, including Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds, Dickey Lee and Wayland Holyfield to craft another chart success.[4]

Track listing

from the original vinyl[5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're My Best Friend"Wayland Holyfield2:43
2."Help Yourselves to Each Other"Bob McDill2:29
3."I Don't Wanna Let Go"Holyfield3:12
4."Sweet Fever"Dickey Lee, McDill2:17
5."Someone Like You"Lee, McDill3:02
6."(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight"McDill2:18
7."Where Are You"Don Williams2:51
8."Tempted"Al Turney3:27
9."You're the Only One"Williams2:44
10."Reason to Be"Kerry Livgren, Williams3:02

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Artist Chart History – Don Williams". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ Kingsbury, Paul (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. see URL. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7.
  4. ^ Stambler and Landon, Irwin and Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 539. ISBN 0312151217.
  5. ^ "Don Williams - You're My Best Friend". Allmusic. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "Don Williams Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.