A Taste of Country

Compilation album by Jerry Lee Lewis

Released

1969

Recorded

Memphis, Tennessee

Genre

Country

Label

Sun

Jerry Lee Lewis chronology

She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye (1970)

A Taste of Country (1970)

Best of Jerry Lee Lewis (1970)

A Taste of Country is a compilation album by Jerry Lee Lewis, released on the Sun Record Company label in 1970.

The album was the second LP issued by Shelby Singleton in 1970 containing sides that Lewis had cut at Sun Records in the late fifties and early sixties. The first, The Golden Cream of the Country, had been extremely successful; in the wake of Jerry Lee's comeback, the previously unreleased track "One Minute Past Eternity" was released as a single and went to number 2 on the country charts. Like its predecessor, A Taste of Country featured a recent photo of Lewis, a shrewd move that created the impression that these were recent recordings.

The album features a mix of Lewis's early hits, such as his breakout version of "Crazy Arms" and the Hank Williams classic "You Win Again," with obscure B-sides and unreleased recordings. "It Hurt Me So" had been the B-side to the 1959 single "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" while "As Long As I Live" had been the flipside of the 1961 release "Save The Last Dance For Me" (it had also been featured on Lewis's second and final 1961 Sun LP Jerry Lee's Greatest). "Am I To Be The One" features Charlie Rich on background vocals. The album did nearly as well as Lewis's 1970 Mercury release She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye, rising to number 15 on the Billboard country album charts (She Even Woke Me Up peaked at number 9).

Track listing

"I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye" (Don Robertson)
"I Love You So Much It Hurts" (Floyd Tillman)
"I'm Throwing Rice" (Eddy Arnold/Steve Nelson)
"Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly/John A. Lomax)
"Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams)
"Am I to Be the One" (Otis Blackwell/B.W. Stevenson)
"Crazy Arms" (Ralph Mooney/Chuck Seals)
"Night Train to Memphis" (Owen Bradley/Marvin Hughes/Harry Beasley Smith)
"As Long As I Live" (Dorsey Burnette)
"You Win Again" (Williams)
"It Hurt Me So" (Charlie Rich/Bill Justis)

Jerry Lee Lewis

Studio albums	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee's Greatest Last Man Standing Mean Old Man Soul My Way Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis The Golden Cream of the Country Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?

Collaborations	Class of '55 (with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison) Million Dollar Quartet (with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley)

Live albums	Live at the Star Club, Hamburg The Survivors Live Last Man Standing Live

Soundtrack albums	Jamboree (1957) American Hot Wax (1978) Great Balls of Fire! (1989) Dick Tracy (1990)

Compilation albums	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology

Songs	"Baby Baby Bye Bye" "Baby, Hold Me Close" "Breathless" "Chantilly Lace" "Cold, Cold Heart" "Come as You Were" "Crazy Arms" "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (with Linda Gail Lewis) "End of the Road" "Down the Line" "Great Balls of Fire" "Hi Heel Sneakers" "High School Confidential" "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "In the Mood" "Invitation to Your Party" "It'll Be Me" "Jackson" (with Linda Gail Lewis) "Lewis Boogie" "Me and Bobby McGee" "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" "One Minute Past Eternity" "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" "She Still Comes Around (to Love What's Left of Me)" "Sixteen Candles" "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" "Sweet Little Sixteen" "There Must Be More to Love Than This" "To Make Love Sweeter For You" "Turn On Your Love Light" "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" "What'd I Say" "When He Walks on You (Like You Have Walked On Me)" "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" "Would You Take Another Chance on Me" "You Win Again"

Filmography	Jamboree (1957) High School Confidential (1958) American Hot Wax (1978)

Family	Mickey Gilley Linda Gail Lewis Carl McVoy Jimmy Swaggart

Related articles	Discography Great Balls of Fire! Walk the Line Kenny Lovelace Mack Vickery

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