Album Review:
...And the Answer Is: Great Country Answer Discs from '60s, Vol. 3
- Release Date: 1994
- Genre: Country
- Label: Bear Family
- Artist: Various Artists
- Flags: Lyrics are included with the album, Collection (various artists)
- Rating:
- Styles: Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Traditional Country, Rock & Roll
- Similar Albums: Lone Star: The Best of Freddy Fender,
Crazy Cajun Recordings , Greatest Hits, Musical Journey to the Caribbean & Mexico, The Conway Twitty Collection, Rockin' Conway: The MGM Years, The Buddy Holly Collection, Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros., All I Want Is Everything: The Best of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology, Classic Scott, Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits: 1957-1961
Review
Bear Family's three-volume And the Answer Is: Great Answer Discs from the '50s and '60s series documents the phenomenon of answer records, presenting both the original hit and the response to the single. These were songs designed to respond to hit singles, with the hopes that the second record would climb up the charts as well. Answer records were prevalent in pop and R&B as well as country, but on And the Answer Is: Vols. 1 and 3, Bear Family concentrates on country records. At their best, answer records became classics of their own but most of the singles were simply novelties. Consequently, the music here is for fetishists and collectors, but for any country or pop music fan with an interest in the arcane and unusual, And the Answer Is is a very enjoyable series. Highlights of Vol. 3 include Johnny Cash's "Ballad of A Teenage Queen" / Tommy Tucker's "Return of the Teenage Queen," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go" / Jeannie Black's "He'll Have to Stay," David Houston's "Almost Persuaded" / Donna Harris' "(He Was) Almost Persuaded," Kenny Rogers' "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" / Geraldine Stevens' "Billy, I've Got To Go To Town," Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" / Skeeter Davis' "(I Can't Help You) I'm Fallin' Too," and Billy Walker's "Charlie Shoes" / Jonie Mosby & Johnny's "The Answer to 'Charlie's Shoes.'" ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | iTunes | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Ballad of a Teenage Queen | Jack Clement | Johnny Cash | (2:13) | |
| Return of the Teenage Queen | Tommy Tucker | (2:10) | ||
| Charlie's Shoes | Roy Baham | Billy Walker | (2:17) | |
| The Answer to 'Charlie's Shoes' | Johnny Mosby, Jonie Mosby | (2:25) | ||
| He'll Have to Go | Joe Allison, Audrey Allison | Jim Reeves | (2:21) | |
| He'll Have to Stay | Charles Randolph Grean, Audrey Allison | Jeanne Black | (2:44) | |
| She's Got You | Hank Cochran | Patsy Cline | (3:01) | |
| She Can Have You | (2:18) | |||
| Almost Persuaded | Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton | David Houston | (2:59) | |
| (He Was) Almost Persuaded | Donna Harris | (2:59) | ||
| Detroit City | Mel Tillis, |
Bobby Bare | (2:51) | |
| Why Don'tcha Come Home | (3:03) | |||
| Wolverton Mountain | Claude King, Merle Kilgore | Claude King | (2:58) | |
| I'm the Girl from Wolverton Mountain | Jo Ann Campbell | (2:46) | ||
| Walk on By | Kendall Hayes | Leroy Van Dyke | (2:22) | |
| I'll Just Walk on By | Margie Singleton | (2:24) | ||
| Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | Mel Tillis | Kenny Rogers | (2:52) | |
| Billy, I've Got to Go to Town | Geraldine Stevens | (2:58) | ||
| King of the Road | Roger Miller | Roger Miller | (2:30) | |
| Queen of the House | Roger Miller, Mary Taylor | Jody Miller | (2:20) | |
| 500 Miles Away from Home | Bobby Bare, Hedy West, Curley Williams | Bobby Bare | (2:44) | |
| He's Comin' Home | Mary Taylor | (3:03) | ||
| Evil on Your Mind | Harlan Howard | Jan Howard | (2:19) | |
| Evil off My Hand | (2:27) | |||
| Please Help Me, I'm Falling | Don Robertson, Hal Blair | Hank Locklin | (2:24) | |
| (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too | Don Robertson, Hal Blair | Skeeter Davis | (2:47) | |
| Good Hearted Woman | Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson | (3:03) | |
| Good Hearted Man | Connie Cato | (3:31) | ||
| Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line | Ivy J. "Jimmy" Bryant | Waylon Jennings | (2:23) | |
| Only Mama That'll Walk the Line | Jean Shepard | (2:14) |
