The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits is a studio album released by Brook Benton in 1961 on Mercury LP record MG 20641 (mono) and SR 60641 (stereo).[3] The album appeared on Billboard's album charts in 1961 for 13 weeks, reaching position number 70.[4] The orchestrations were done by Stan Applebaum, who also conducted the orchestra on the sessions.[5]
Following the significant popularity of Benton's hit "The Boll Weevil Song," Mercury quickly arranged sessions[1] which largely rely on American Caucasian folk music for material,[6] although Benton took composition credit for most of the songs.[1] The result is a mix of R&B and pop.[6]Allmusic reviews the album favorably, but its reviewer, Greg Adams, wishes the rest of the album had the "fire" contained in the title track.[1]
Track listingedit
All tracks composed by Brook Benton except where indicated.
^ abcdBrook Benton The Boll Weevil Song at AllMusic
^Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 549.
^Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN9781440229169 – via Google Books.
^The Billboard Albums, 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 95. ISBN0-89820-166-7.
^Brook Benton (1961). The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits (12-inch vinyl LP). Mercury. MG 20641.
^ abJournal of American Folklore. Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. 75: 184. 1962. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
December 20, 2023
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