The Originals (The Statler Brothers album)

The Originals
The Originals
Studio album by The Statler Brothers
Released	1979
Genre	Country
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jerry Kennedy
The Statler Brothers chronology
Singles from The Originals
	"How to Be a Country Star"; Released: March 1979; "Nothing as Original as You"; Released: October 27, 1979;

Released1979

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Allmusic	^[1]

The Originals is the twentieth studio album by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in 1979 via Mercury Records. The album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How to Be a Country Star"	Don Reid, Harold Reid	3:26
2.	"When the Yankees Come Home"	D. Reid	3:23
3.	"Here We Are Again"	D. Reid	2:45
4.	"Where He Always Wanted to Be"	D. Reid, H. Reid	2:50
5.	"Mr. Autry"	D. Reid, H. Reid	3:05
6.	"Nothing as Original as You"	D. Reid	2:21
7.	"Counting My Memories"	Kim Reid	2:40
8.	"Little Farther Down the Road"	Lew DeWitt	2:32
9.	"Just a Little Talk with Jesus"	Cleavant Derricks	2:30
10.	"Almost in Love"	D. Reid, H. Reid	2:45
11.	"The Star-Spangled Banner"	Francis Scott Key	1:43

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	183
Canadian RPM Country Albums	21

v t e The Statler Brothers
Phil Balsley Lew DeWitt Jimmy Fortune Don Reid Harold Reid
Studio albums	Flowers on the Wall Sing the Big Hits How Great Thou Art Bed of Rose's Pictures of Moments to Remember Short Stories Entertainers...On and Off the Record Christmas Card The Originals 10th Anniversary Years Ago The Legend Goes On Today Atlanta Blue Pardners in Rhyme Christmas Present Four for the Show Maple Street Memories
Notable singles	"I Still Miss Someone" "Flowers on the Wall" "Oh Happy Day" "Bed of Rose's" "Do You Remember These" "The Class of '57" "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You" "How Great Thou Art" "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" "Who Am I to Say" "The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell" "How to Be a Country Star" "Nothing as Original as You" "Charlotte's Web" "In the Garden" "Don't Wait on Me" "Years Ago" "You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams)" "Whatever" "A Child of the Fifties" "Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" "Guilty" "Elizabeth" "Atlanta Blue" "One Takes the Blame" "My Only Love" "Hello Mary Lou" "Too Much on My Heart" "Sweeter and Sweeter" "Count On Me" "Only You" "Forever" "I'll Be the One" "The Best I Know How" "Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart" "More Than a Name on a Wall"
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Chart performance