You're My Best Friend (album) explained

You're My Best Friend
Type:studio
Artist:Don Williams
Cover:youremybestfrienddonwilliamsalbum.jpg
Released:April 1975
Studio:Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:28:38
Label:ABC/Dot
Producer:Allen Reynolds (tracks 2, 3, 9), Don Williams (all tracks)
Prev Title:Don Williams Vol. III
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:Harmony
Next Year:1975

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]

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

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