Sings Tommy Collins Explained

Sings Tommy Collins
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Buck Owens
Cover:	Buckowenssingstommycollins.jpg
Recorded:	July 1963
Studio:	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre:	Country
Length:	27:52
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Ken Nelson
Prev Title:	On the Bandstand
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	The Best of Buck Owens
Next Year:	1964

Sings Tommy Collins is an album by Buck Owens, released in 1963. It reached number one on the Billboard Country Albums charts.

It was re-issued on CD in 1997 by Sundazed Records.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "Owens didn't have hits with this record, but it did go to number one, and it does stand as one of his most consistently satisfying long-players, thanks to the pen of Tommy Collins and the wonderful performances of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos."

Track listing

All songs by Tommy Collins unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') – 2:01
2. "But I Do" – 2:26
3. "It Tickles" (Tommy Collins, Wanda Collins) – 2:13
4. "I Always Get a Souvenir" – 2:19
5. "My Last Chance With You" – 2:26
6. "Smooth Sailin'" – 2:11

Side two

1. "You Gotta Have a License" – 2:15
2. "High on a Hilltop" – 2:32
3. "There'll Be No Other" – 2:48
4. "Whatcha Gonna Do Now?" – 2:24
5. "No Love Have I" – 2:18
6. "Down, Down, Down" – 1:59

Personnel

• Buck Owens – guitar, vocals
• Don Rich – guitar, fiddle
• Mel King – drums
• Bob Morris – bass guitar
• Jay McDonald – pedal steel guitar
• Jelly Sanders – fiddle, guitar
• Bonnie Owens – vocals

Production notes

• Bob Irwin – mastering
• Ken Nelson – producer
• Richard Russell – design

External links

• Reissue review at No Depression magazine.