Maps of Music

Country Memories (1977)

Where the lyrics of Country Memories take you, and where it was really made.

This studio album by a rock-and-roll pianist reached No. 21 on the Top Country Albums chart.

Key places

Recording location: Nashville, Tennessee (1977)

Recording site Nashville — The source names Nashville, Tennessee as the recording location of the album. The pin uses a building-level coordinate, but the exact studio is not named in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Country Memories: studio album by American musician and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis
• Released on Mercury Records in 1977
• Peaked at No. 21 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart
• Eleven tracks in the listing
• Track list combines cover versions and songs by several writers

Background

• Jerry Lee Lewis is an American musician and pianist
• The album came out on Mercury Records, the label that released it in 1977
• The track list includes Georgia on My Mind, written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
• Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello (In a Friendly Kind of Way) is credited to Jimmie Skinner and Ernest Tubb
• Who's Sorry Now? is credited to Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Ted Snyder
• Country Memories, the title track, is credited to Jerry Foster and Bill Rice
• Middle Age Crazy opens the track listing and is credited to Sonny Throckmorton
• Tennessee Saturday Night closes the track listing and is credited to Billy Hughes

Recording

• The source names Nashville, Tennessee as the recording location
• The recording place is the only location tied to the album in the source

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• American country and rock and roll pianist, singer, and songwriter, nicknamed "The Killer".
• Made first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans; early Sun Records recordings in 1956 in Memphis.
• 1957 hit "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" brought worldwide fame; followed by "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", and "High School Confidential".
• 1964 live album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg is widely regarded as one of the greatest live rock albums.
• Switched to country in 1968 with "Another Place, Another Time", which revived his career; 30 songs reached the Billboard country top 10 across his career.
• Last Man Standing (2006) was his best-selling release; Mean Old Man (2010) was another major seller.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (2022).

Members

• Solo artist; the Million Dollar Quartet session on Sun Records included Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released on Mercury Records in 1977
• Peaked at No. 21 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart

Records

• Billboard Top Country Albums: peak No. 21
• Eleven tracks in the album listing
• Middle Age Crazy: written by Sonny Throckmorton
• Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello (In a Friendly Kind of Way): written by Jimmie Skinner and Ernest Tubb
• Who's Sorry Now?: written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Ted Snyder
• Jealous Heart: written by Jenny Carson
• Georgia on My Mind: written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
• Come On In: written by Bobby Braddock
• As Long as We Live: written by Bob McDill
• (You'd Think by Now) I'd Be Over You: written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice
• Country Memories: written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice
• What's So Good About Goodbye: written by Bob McDill
• Tennessee Saturday Night: written by Billy Hughes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album opens with Middle Age Crazy, written by Sonny Throckmorton.
• Georgia on My Mind in the track list is credited to Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell.
• Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello (In a Friendly Kind of Way) is credited to Jimmie Skinner and Ernest Tubb.
• The title track Country Memories was written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice, the same pair credited on (You'd Think by Now) I'd Be Over You.
• Bob McDill wrote two songs on the album: As Long as We Live and What's So Good About Goodbye.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Maps of Ages ↗ (mapsofages.com)

Privacy · Contact