You're My Best Friend (Don Williams album)

You're My Best Friend is the fourth LP by American country 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]

You're My Best Friend
Studio album by
Don Williams
ReleasedApril 1975
StudioJack Clement Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length28:38
LabelABC/Dot
ProducerAllen Reynolds (tracks 2, 3, 9), Don Williams (all tracks)
Don Williams chronology
Don Williams Vol. III
(1974)		 You're My Best Friend
(1975)		 Harmony
(1975)
Singles from You're My Best Friend

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]

Side A

  1. "You're My Best Friend" (Wayland Holyfield) – 2:43
  2. "Help Yourselves to Each Other" (Bob McDill) – 2:29
  3. "I Don't Wanna Let Go" (Holyfield) – 3:12
  4. "Sweet Fever" (Dickey Lee, McDill) – 2:17
  5. "Someone Like You" (Lee, McDill) – 3:02

Side B

  1. "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" (McDill) – 2:18
  2. "Where Are You" (Don Williams) – 2:51
  3. "Tempted" (Al Turney) – 3:27
  4. "You're the Only One" (Williams) – 2:44
  5. "Reason to Be" (Kerry Livgren, Williams) – 3:02

Personnel

References
  1. "Artist Chart History – Don Williams". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. Kingsbury, Paul (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. see URL. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7.
  4. Stambler and Landon, Irwin and Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 539. ISBN 0312151217.
  5. "Don Williams - You're My Best Friend". Allmusic. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
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