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Having been a fan of Sonny James for over 30 years, I truly enjoyed this CD. It is a wonderful mix of songs in his quiet and powerfully emotional upbeat and positive sound. Although it didn't contain some of his best known tracks, it is still a pleasure listening to.

I saw Sonny James on the Ed Sullivan show years ago as a young boy and he was an instant idol!Now I'm 53 and own 30 of his albums and have seen him 6 times in person.I've also had the unbelievable pleasure to meet Sonny backstage at one concert thanks to my sister who knew how much he meant to me.
For anyone who has followed Sonny's career like I have you know that all the compliments in the world are due the greatest country singer of all time,Sonny James the Southern Gentleman.
So when you buy a cd or an album your getting the best country songs money can buy,and their sung by everyones favorite country singer the fabulous Sonny James.
Thank You,
Don Raymer

This is a great CD with some of Sonny's best songs.All of these songs are great although "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" stands out because it's one of the few songs that I didn't have by him.I'd sure like to tell him a story about my 4 year old daughter,KERRI,and his hit record "DON'T KEEP ME HANGING ON".Thank you very much,Felix

Sonny's 1950s style comes thru on this CD. I have been a fan of Sonny's since the mid 50s and would like to hear from the fan in Orlando, or any other SJ fan, for that matter. I'm trying to locate three old SJ albums.

Have always liked Sonny James singing, the best part about buy CD's from Amazon.com you can listen to samples..Really enjoy this CD.

Sonny James had a lot of success in the sixties with his mellow pop-country music. More than anybody else, he symbolized the Nashville Sound. This is not the strongest compilation of his music available on CD but it includes some of his sixties hits not so far released elsewhere, plus one new recording.

The new recording, a duet with Karla Taylor, is a cover of Tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree. I don't know who Karla Taylor is but she makes a good partner for Sonny on this song.

Elsewhere there is a nice mix of originals and covers. The covers include Empty arms (Teresa Brewer), Endlessly (Brook Benton), My love (Petula Clark) and Born to be with you (Chordettes).

We still await the definitive Sonny James collection but we may be a long time waiting. So until then, Sonny's fans need this one.

Some folks are just in a bag, I guess. Today there are those who listen to nothing but hiphop or rap and apparently some people never heard of anything but country or country as represented by "Sonny James" Loden. I wonder if there are a few of you though who may have heard "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash or "Okie from Muskogee" by Merle Haggard and thought, "I'll wait until Sonny James brings out his COVER version of it". Sonny James had a good voice and delivery but rarely an individual, personally-written and -created bonafide HIT. He moved from the 60s from his cover versions to the 70s ("Tie a Yellow Ribbon") with easy aplomb. That song is on an album called "Classic County Duets" with oddball combinations of singers with no rhyme or reason. Little wonder Sonny got on the bandwagon. And for the unsophisticated, "Empty Arms" first came from Ivory Joe Hunter (NOT Teresa Brewer whose version was ALSO a cover). Sonny James' relentless pursuit of "covering" other people's hits is like someone taking a piece of sophisticated electronics deep into the African jungle and dazzling the natives with it. The product is NOT his creation; he doesn't deserve the credit. He's just a good karaoke singer. And if he could rasp out a tune today, it would be his doing somebody else's BETTER version. Thumbs down on this odd mixture of tunes.