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]

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 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. 1 2 3 4 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). Mercury. MG 20641.
  6. 1 2 Journal of American Folklore. Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. 75: 184. 1962. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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