Johnny Duncan, June Stearns – Back to Back (1969/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Johnny Duncan, June Stearns – Back to Back (1969/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 27:58 minutes | 615 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Nashville Legacy

Not to be confused with the American expatriate and British skiffle star of the same name, Johnny Duncan was a country-pop singer best known for a string of hits with producer Billy Sherrill in the late ’70s. Born in the farm town of Dublin, TX, in 1938, Duncan learned guitar from his mother as a child and also had two future performers in his family in the person of cousins Dan and Jimmy Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley and Seals & Crofts, respectively). All four family members, plus Duncan’s fiddle-playing uncle, Ben Moroney, played together in a local dance band. Duncan took up singing in his late teens and moved to Clovis, NM, in 1959, where he recorded some pop-oriented demos under producer Norman Petty. Nothing came of them, and he spent several years working as a DJ. He moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked odd jobs before landing a guest spot on Ralph Emery’s television show in 1966. That led to a deal with Columbia Records, which released his debut single, “Hard Luck Joe,” in 1967. Duncan had a few minor chart entries over the next few years, including two duets with June Stearns, but nothing that could be considered a breakout hit.

Tracklist:

1. Johnny Duncan – Jackson Ain’t a Very Big Town (02:35)
2. Johnny Duncan – We Had All the Good Things Going (02:21)
3. Johnny Duncan – What Locks the Door (02:56)
4. Johnny Duncan – We’ll Get Married or Nothing (02:31)
5. Johnny Duncan – Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (02:45)
6. Johnny Duncan – The Wild Side of Life (02:46)
7. Johnny Duncan – Back to Back (We’re Strangers) (02:19)
8. Johnny Duncan – Sweet Thang (02:41)
9. Johnny Duncan – Now I Lay Me Down to Dream (With a Nightmare by My Side) (02:31)
10. Johnny Duncan – Can You Match That Kind of Love (02:03)
11. Johnny Duncan – The True and Lasting Kind (02:25)

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