You're My Best Friend (album)

You're My Best Friend
Studio album by Don Williams
Released	April 1975
Studio	Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	28:38
Label	ABC/Dot
Producer	Allen Reynolds (tracks 2, 3, 9), Don Williams (all tracks)
Don Williams chronology
Don Williams Vol. III (1974) You're My Best Friend (1975) Harmony (1975)
Singles from You're My Best Friend
"You're My Best Friend" Released: 1975 "(Turn Out The Light And) Love Me Tonight" Released: 1975

You're My Best Friend is the fourth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Don Williams. Released in April 1975 on the ABC-Dot label, the album reached number five on the US Country Albums chart.^[1] "You're My Best Friend" and "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" were released as singles in 1975, both reaching number one on the Billboard country singles chart.^[2]

Background

The previous year, Don Williams achieved his first number-one single with the song "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me".^[3] He teamed up again with regular collaborators, including Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds, Dickey Lee and Wayland Holyfield to craft another chart success.^[4]

Track listing

from the original vinyl^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're My Best Friend"	Wayland Holyfield	2:43
2.	"Help Yourselves to Each Other"	Bob McDill	2:29
3.	"I Don't Wanna Let Go"	Holyfield	3:12
4.	"Sweet Fever"	Dickey Lee, McDill	2:17
5.	"Someone Like You"	Lee, McDill	3:02
6.	"(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight"	McDill	2:18
7.	"Where Are You"	Don Williams	2:51
8.	"Tempted"	Al Turney	3:27
9.	"You're the Only One"	Williams	2:44
10.	"Reason to Be"	Williams	3:02

Personnel

• Joe Allen - bass guitar
• Jim Colvard - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Lloyd Green - steel guitar, dobro
• Shane Keister - keyboards
• Kenny Malone - drums, conga, marimba
• Danny Flowers - harmonica
• Don Williams - acoustic guitar
• Jerry Stembridge - acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1975) Peak position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 5

Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 26

References

1. "Artist Chart History – Don Williams". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
3. Kingsbury, Paul (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. see URL. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7.
4. Stambler and Landon, Irwin and Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 539. ISBN 0312151217.
5. "Don Williams - You're My Best Friend". Discogs. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
6. "Don Williams Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.