{"product_id":"sammi-smith-looks-like-stormy-weather-1969-1975-cd","title":"Sammi Smith - Looks Like Stormy Weather 1969-1975 (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eUK collection. Sammi Smith sang soulful, melancholy country music. Her low, distinctively husky voice was built for sad songs, and she has been described as country music's Dusty Springfield. Compiled and annotated by Bob Stanley, \"Looks Like Stormy Weather\" is a collection built for winter nights. There was a compelling warmth to her voice that should have taken her out of country and into the Hot 100 - or even the UK charts - more than once, but her only real crossover moment came in 1971 when she scored the original hit version of 'Help Me Make It Through The Night'. DJ Ralph Emery recalled being in a motel room with Sammi one night in 1970 where she had sat and played him a whole bunch of Kris Kristofferson songs. At that point, neither the DJ nor Sammi had a clue what was around the corner for her or for her friend Kristofferson, who was then just the janitor at Columbia Records. 'Help Me Make It Through The Night' topped Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart for three weeks in 1971, peaked at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100, won \"Single of the Year\" and the \"Best Country Song\" at the CMA awards, and a Grammy for \"Best Country Vocal Performance by a Female\". Sammi's voice would have been new to most listeners - it's melancholic ache and sensuous depth suited the song's needs perfectly. Now signed to the tiny Mega label, she would record seven albums for them between 1970 and 1975, and the pick of them are the heart of this compilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm in for Stormy Weather\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Manhattan Kansas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e This Room for Rent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Saunders' Ferry Lane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e But You Know I Love You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I've Got to Have You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brownville Lumberyard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Good-For-Something Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Was Just Fifteen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cover Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Birmingham Mistake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jimmy's in Georgia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Long Black Veil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e He Makes It Hard to Say Goodbye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Then You Walk in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e When Michael Calls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Toast of '45\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Miss You Most When You're Right Here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sunshine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Today I Started Loving You Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e He's Everywhere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Help Me Make It Through the Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Desperados Waiting for a Train\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Texas 1947\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400960151826,"sku":"029667103725","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/4044505-2778800.jpg?v=1729119232","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sammi-smith-looks-like-stormy-weather-1969-1975-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}