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This a list of songs known to have been written by award winning<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/music/don-williams-dead-country-singer.html?mcubz=1/|title=Don Williams, Singer of Plain-Spoken Country Songs, Dies at 78|date=8 September 2017|newspaper=nytimes.com|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> [[United States|American]] [[Singer-songwriter|singer songwriter]] [[Don Williams]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-williams-mn0000196248/discography|title=Don Williams Discography|last=|first=|date=November 24, 2019|website=AllMusic|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref>
{{Infobox album
[[File:Donwilliams.jpg|thumb|Don Williams wrote several top 20 hot country hits]]
| name = Visions
| type = studio
| artist = [[Don Williams]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = January 17, 1977
| studio =
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| length =
| label = ABC-Dot
| producer = [[Don Williams]]
| prev_title = [[Harmony_(Don_Williams_album)|Harmony]]
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = [[Country Boy (Don Williams album)|Country Boy]]
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Visions
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Some Broken Hearts Never Mend]]
| single1date = 1977
}}
}}
'''''Visions''''' is the sixth [[LP record|LP]] by [[United States|American]] [[Country music|country]] [[Singer-songwriter|singer and songwriter]] [[Don Williams]]. Released on January 17, 1977 on the [[ABC Records|ABC]]-[[Dot Records|Dot]] label, the album reached number four on the [[Billboard Country Albums|US Country Albums chart]].<ref name="US">{{cite magazine|title=Artist Chart History – Don Williams|url=http://www.billboard.com/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> "[[Some Broken Hearts Never Mend]]" was released as a [[Single (music)|single]] in 1977, reaching number one on the [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' country singles]] chart.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|isbn=0-89820-177-2|pages=463–464}}</ref> ''Visions'' was the first of two Don Williams albums released in 1977, along with ''Country Boy'', which was released later the same year.


== Background ==
== Songs ==
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Don Williams had achieved his first number one country album the previous year with ''[[Harmony (Don Williams album)|Harmony]].'' For ''Visions'', Williams was again at the writing and producing helm, and brought on many of the same musicians who'd participated in all of his previous recordings, including [[Kenny Malone]] on drums and [[Danny Flowers]] on harmonica.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/visions-mw0000870433|title=Visions - Don Williams|last=|first=|date=November 24, 2019|website=AllMusic|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> Regular writing collaborators [[Wayland Holyfield]], [[Allen Reynolds]] and [[Bob McDill]] all made contributions to this album.
{| class="wikitable"

|+'''Songs written by Williams, with original, co-writers and originating album, showing year released<ref name=":0" />'''
While ''Visions'' was a solid bestseller, it did not have its predecessors chart success.<ref name="Sean">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r575535|pure_url=yes}}|title=Don Williams — ''Harmony''|last=|first=|date=|work=Allmusic|accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> However, along with ''Harmony'' and ''Country Boy'', ''Visions'' is considered part of the trio of albums that marked the foundation of Williams' commercial and artistic success in the 1970s, both in the [[United States|US]] and in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d18K8QWcEo8C&ppis=_c&lpg=PA539&dq=%22Don%20Williams%20Volume%20One%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA539#v=onepage&q=%22Don%20Williams%20Volume%20One%22%20-wikipedia&f=false|title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia|last=Stambler|first=Irwin|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|year=1997|isbn=0312151217|location=New York, NY|pages=539}}</ref> ABC-Dot Records had made a concerted effort to market American country music abroad throughout the mid-1970's, and Williams' ''Visions'' was a notable bestseller oversees at the time, with an excess of 200,000 units moved.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Jean|date=March 12, 1977|title=Williams' Visions Gives Label Foresight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XEUEAAAAMBAJ&ppis=_c&lpg=PT97&dq=don%20williams%20visions&pg=PT97#v=onepage&q=don%20williams%20visions&f=false|journal=Billboard|volume=89, No.10|pages=98|via=}}</ref>
!Title

!Co-writer(s)
Williams' was also becoming well known during this time for his intimate live performances, which featured his regular collaborators, Danny Flowers on [[Harmonica]] and [[Guitar|Guitars]], and David Williamson on [[Bass guitar|Bass]].<ref name=":1" />
!Release

!Year
== Track listing ==
!US Country
from the original [[Phonograph record|vinyl]]<ref name=":0" />
|-

|"Too Late To Turn Back Now"
'''Side A'''
|Allen Reynolds

|[[Don Williams Volume One]]
# "Time On My Hands" (Layng Martine) - 2:31
|1973
# "I'll Never Forget" (Don Williams) - 2:59
|
# "I'm Getting Good At Missing You" (Wayland Holyfield) - 2:51
|-
# "In The Mornin'" (Don Williams) - 2:16
|"[[The Shelter of Your Eyes]]"
# "Missing You, Missing Me" (Allen Reynolds, Don Williams) - 3:00
|

|Don Williams Volume One
#
|1973
#
|14
#
|-
#
|

|
'''Side B'''
|

|
# "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" (Wayland Holyfield) - 2:43
|
# "Fallin' In Love Again" (David Williamson) - 2:41
|}
# "We Can Sing" (Don Williams) - 2:30
# "I'll Need Someone To Hold Me (When I Cry)" (Bob McDill, Wayland Holyfield) - 3:06
# "Expert At Everything" (Deoin Elijah Lay, Joseph Paul Allen) - 2:41
# "Cup O'Tea" (Harlan "HS" White) - 3:06

== Musicians ==
from the original release:<ref name=":0" />

* Accordion, Organ, Piano, Vibraphone, and string arrangements – Charles Cochran
* Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Jimmy Colvard
* Backing Vocals – Don Williams, Garth Fundis
* Bass – Joe Allen
* Drums, Congas, Percussion – Kenny Malone
* Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano – [[Shane Keister]]
* Fiddle – [[Buddy Spicher]]
* Harmonica, Electric Guitar – Danny Flowers
* Steel Guitar, Dobro – [[Lloyd Green]]
* Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Don Williams

== Production ==
from the album liner notes:<ref name=":0" />

* Producer – Don Williams
* Engineer [Recording] – [[Garth Fundis]]
* Design [Album] – David Wright
* Art Direction, Photography By – John Donegan


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Revision as of 21:07, 24 November 2019

This a list of songs known to have been written by award winning[1] American singer songwriter Don Williams.[2]

Don Williams wrote several top 20 hot country hits

Songs

Songs written by Williams, with original, co-writers and originating album, showing year released[2]
Title Co-writer(s) Release Year US Country
"Too Late To Turn Back Now" Allen Reynolds Don Williams Volume One 1973
"The Shelter of Your Eyes" Don Williams Volume One 1973 14

References

  1. ^ "Don Williams, Singer of Plain-Spoken Country Songs, Dies at 78". nytimes.com. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Don Williams Discography". AllMusic. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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