The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
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| The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 32:03 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits is a studio album released by Brook Benton in 1961 on Mercury LP record MG 20641 (mono) and SR 60641 (stereo).[3] The album appeared on Billboard's album charts in 1961 for 13 weeks, reaching position number 70.[4] The orchestrations were done by Stan Applebaum, who also conducted the orchestra on the sessions.[5]
Following the significant popularity of Benton's hit "The Boll Weevil Song," Mercury quickly arranged sessions[1] which largely rely on American Caucasian folk music for material,[6] although Benton took composition credit for most of the songs.[1] The result is a mix of R&B and pop.[6] Allmusic reviews the album favorably, but its reviewer, Greg Adams, wishes the rest of the album had the "fire" contained in the title track.[1]
