The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits

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]

The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
Studio album by
Brook Benton
Released1961
GenreR&B
Length32:03
LabelMercury
Brook Benton chronology
If You Believe
(1961)		 The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
(1961)		 There Goes That Song Again
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

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 listing

All tracks composed by Brook Benton except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Boll Weevil Song"Brook Benton - Clyde Otis2:35
2."Honey Babe"Dave Dreyer2:21
3."A Worried Man" 3:24
4."Careless Love" 2:43
5."My Last Dollar" 2:40
6."Key to the Highway"Charles Segar - Willie Broonzy2:26
7."Frankie and Johnny"adapted by Brook Benton2:21
8."The Intoxicated Rat" 2:42
9."Johnny-O" 2:09
10."It's My Lazy Day"Smiley Burnette2:35
11."Child of the Engineer" 3:35
12."Four Thousand Years Ago" 2:32
Total length:32:03

References
  1. Brook Benton The Boll Weevil Song at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 549.
  3. Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  4. The Billboard Albums, 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 95. ISBN 0-89820-166-7.
  5. Brook Benton (1961). The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits (12-inch vinyl LP) (phonograph record). Mercury. MG 20641. {{cite AV media}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  6. Journal of American Folklore. Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. 75: 184. 1962. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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