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The liner notes to C&W twice refer to the principals as "this unlikely duo," and it's hard to argue that a pairing of Broadway star Carol Channing and country star Webb Pierce isn't exactly that. It becomes no less unlikely as you listen to the album, which finds Channing on Music Row, but not Pierce on the Great White Way. Pierce country hits "I Ain't Never," "Back Street Affair," and "Fool, Fool, Fool" are reprised with Channing chiming in, but Pierce never attempts "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" or "Hello, Dolly!," which hardly seems fair. Channing's exuberant, cracked alto turns out to be a reasonable-enough vehicle for country music, especially because she throws herself into it with her customary enthusiasm. If the experiment must be judged a failure, it's more because of the mediocrity of the material and the complete lack of chemistry between the two singers than because Channing can't make the transition to country. She's willing, but Pierce is phoning in his part, and the songs don't really exploit the possibilities of the pairing. Chalk the partnership up to being a strange idea executed without as much zaniness as it deserved.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Howard Biggs, ComposerLyricist - JOE THOMAS, ComposerLyricist - Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Kenneth Griffin, ComposerLyricist - Gerhard Ebeler, ComposerLyricist - Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist - DAVE DREYER, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Sun Record Co., Producer - J.F. Bard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Max Powell, ComposerLyricist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Max Powell, ComposerLyricist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Max Powell, ComposerLyricist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Mel Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Johnny McCollum, ComposerLyricist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Max Powell, ComposerLyricist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist - Billy Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Wayne Walker, ComposerLyricist - Webb Pierce, FeaturedArtist - Carol Channing, MainArtist - Max Powell, ComposerLyricist - Sun Record Co., Producer
℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
Album review
The liner notes to C&W twice refer to the principals as "this unlikely duo," and it's hard to argue that a pairing of Broadway star Carol Channing and country star Webb Pierce isn't exactly that. It becomes no less unlikely as you listen to the album, which finds Channing on Music Row, but not Pierce on the Great White Way. Pierce country hits "I Ain't Never," "Back Street Affair," and "Fool, Fool, Fool" are reprised with Channing chiming in, but Pierce never attempts "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" or "Hello, Dolly!," which hardly seems fair. Channing's exuberant, cracked alto turns out to be a reasonable-enough vehicle for country music, especially because she throws herself into it with her customary enthusiasm. If the experiment must be judged a failure, it's more because of the mediocrity of the material and the complete lack of chemistry between the two singers than because Channing can't make the transition to country. She's willing, but Pierce is phoning in his part, and the songs don't really exploit the possibilities of the pairing. Chalk the partnership up to being a strange idea executed without as much zaniness as it deserved.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:24:39
- Main artists: Carol Channing
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sun Records
- Genre: Country
© 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC ℗ 1977 Sun Label Group, LLC
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