The Winning Hand

Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000006O1V
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #72,915 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. You're Gonna Love Yourself (In the Morning) - Brenda Lee, Willie Nelson

2. Ping Pong - Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton

3. You'll Always Have Someone - Willie Nelson

4. Here Comes That Rainbow Again - Kris Kristofferson

5. Bigger the Fool, the Harder the Fall - Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee

6. Help Me Make It Through the Night - Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee

7. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton

8. You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago - Brenda Lee, Willie Nelson

9. To Make a Long Story Short (She's Gone) - Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson

10. Someone Loves You Honey - Brenda Lee

11. Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way) - Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton

12. Bring on the Sunshine - Brenda Lee

13. Put If Off Until Tomorrow - Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton

14. I Never Cared for You - Willie Nelson

15. Casey's Last Ride - Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson

16. King of a Lonely Castle - Willie Nelson

17. Little Things - Dolly Parton

18. Bandits of Beverly Hills - Kris Kristofferson

19. What Do You Think About Lovin' - Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton

20. Born to Love Me - Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee

Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXELENT CD ESPECIALLY BRENDA LEE, June 1, 1999

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One of the best country "togethering" I've ever bought. Brenda Lee is of "giant great quallity" Kris Willy and Dolly are great supporting acts. Hope they will do a thing like this again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting curiosity, July 15, 2003

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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This album features four singers who could each be classed as a true original, but the album is not quite what you might expect. It features some newly recorded material, some old recordings and some tracks that mix up the two.

Dolly did not actually take part in the project, though I assume she gave permission for her old Monument recordings to be used. If you have heard any of her old Monument recordings, you will know what to expect - but some of the tracks here are not available in their original form. All except one of the tracks featuring Dolly were converted into duets by adding one of the other voices. Willie took part in the project but some of his old recordings were also used. I believe that Willie newly recorded all the duet parts, but the solo tracks were old recordings. I also believe that all the recordings by Kris and Brenda were new. Given all that, it is remarkable that the resultant album sounds as good as it does, but it is also no surprise that Brenda shines the brightest of the four.

This album is worth five stars for its curiosity value but only three for the quality of the music - if all four had been in the studio doing completely new recordings, the results would have been far better. Committed Dolly fans will want this for Ping pong (with Kris) and What do you think about loving (with Brenda) - these songs are (as far as I know) not available anywhere else in any form. I've seen both of Dolly's duets with Willie on other compilations, though I don't know if Dolly's solo recordings of any of those four songs were ever released. Similarly, committed fans of the other three will have their own reasons for wanting this.

Unless you're a committed fan of one of the four (or fairly keen on at least two of them), you may not find enough to get excited about. Each of them has recorded better music individually.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE WINNING HAND, June 2, 2001

By	Joseph Knobel (Rockledge Florida USA) - See all my reviews

THIS IS ONE GREAT CD AND BRENDA IS THE STAR BACKED UP WITH OTHER GREAT SINGING STARS OF COUNTRY. YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PRICE FOR THIS CD AND TO BRING IT BACK ON CD IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME. I HEARD IT YEARS AGO ON CASS AND WHEN I SAW IT ON AMAZON I WAS THRILLED TO NO ENDS. IT IS TOP BRENDA LEE MUSIC WITH THE HELP OF OTHER GREATS. SURE WISH THEY WOULD PUT SOME MORE OF BRENDA'S 70'S AND 80'E ABLUMS ON CD'S. I WOULD BUY THEM UP FAST.