Sonny James

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"You're The Only World I Know" is one of my favorite Sonny James songs. It went to #1 on the country charts in 1964. One of his first songs with mezzo-soprano background vocals, certainly unique in country music, then and now. He also liked using a harpsichord in his recordings. Marie Osmond covered this song on one of the three albums she recorded that were produced by Sonny James in the 1973-1975 era. You couldn't turn on WJJD when you didn't hear this song. I wish I had the money I put in the jukebox at the Marathon Inn to play this song for my girlfriend. I was 14, spending my lawn mowing money.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsPwiW7vmIc

The soprano who sang with Sonny James....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_Ki ... 0of%20them.

Sonny James had his own background vocal group, The Southern Gentlemen. Quite a collection of talent here..

https://www.sonnyjames.com/hof/photo-ga ... gentlemen/

"That's Why I Love You Like I Do" included both a harpsichord lead-in and Mexican trumpets. I don't know how to describe the "Sonny James beat", but it was unique and pleasant. 1972.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wgDmR4_ijs

Sonny James cover of the Brooke Benton classic, "It's Just A Matter of Time". It went to #1 on the country charts. Randy Travis had a hit on this in the 1980's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVXxNmdC4O4