Swamp Gold Explained

Swamp Gold
Type:	studio
Artist:	Freddy Fender
Cover:	Swamp Gold.jpg
Released:	1978
Genre:	Tejano
Label:	ABC
Prev Title:	Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Tex-Mex
Next Year:	1979

Swamp Gold is an album by Freddy Fender, released in 1978 on ABC Records.^{[1] [2]} It peaked at No. 44 on Billboardss Top Country Albums chart.^[3] Fender's version of "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" is a Tex-Mex standard.^[4]

Track listing

1. "The Clock" (Freddie Fender (Baldemar Huerta))
2. "She's About a Mover" (Doug Sahm)
3. "When It Rains It Really Pours" (Billy "The Kid" Emerson)
4. "It's Raining" (Naomi Neville)
5. "I'm Leaving It All Up to You"
6. "Tell It Like It Is" (George Davis/Lee Diamond)
7. "My Tears Are Falling Tonight Love"
8. "Talk to Me" (Joe Seneca)
9. "These Arms of Mine" (Otis Redding)
10. "Breaking Up Is Hard (To Do)" (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield)
11. "We've Got to Stop and Think It Over"
12. "Graduation Night (As You Pass Me By)"
13. "I'm Asking Forgiveness"
14. "Just a Moment of Your Time" (Freddie Fender (a.k.a. Baldemar Huerta))
15. "Please Mr. Sandman" (Pat Ballard)

Notes and References

1. News: Hinojosa . Cassandra . Museum to honor star in S. Texas hometown . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . 15 Oct 2006 . A1.
2. Bronson . Fred . Chart Beat . Billboard . Oct 27, 2001 . 113 . 43 . 6.
3. Web site: Freddy Fender . Billboard . 8 March 2024.
4. Friedland . Ed . Don't You Know I Love You? That's Why I'm Leaving It All Up to You on Blueberry Hill . Bass Player . Feb 2016 . 27 . 2 . 60, 61.