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The late Charley Pride recorded this tribute to velvet-voiced soul crooner Brook Benton in the mid-1980s, but it went unreleased.  Now, Pride’s estate has unearthed his original recordings which were co-produced by Bob Pickering and recorded not in Nashville but in Dallas; Pickering has mixed and mastered them for this release which celebrates what would have been Benton’s 94th birthday on September 19.  (He died in 1988 at the age of just 56.) The label notes that “Other than digitally transferring, mixing and mastering the original multi-track performances, virtually no other post-production has been applied–no instrumentation has been added and no trendy artificial intelligence has been used to modify or enhance Charley’s vocals or the recordings in any way.”  Available on CD and digital formats.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.