Especially for You (Duane Eddy album)

Especially for You
Especially for You
Studio album by Duane Eddy
Released	May 1959
Recorded	March 13–20, 1959
Studio	Audio Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	47:50
Label	Jamie
Producer	Lee Hazlewood, Lester Sill
Duane Eddy chronology
Singles from Especially for You
	"Yep!"; Released: March 1959; "Peter Gunn"; Released: June 1959 (UK); September 1960 (US);

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Especially for You is the second album by guitarist Duane Eddy. It was released in 1959. Unlike most albums of the time, it was not built around singles but was a collection of originals and cover material that featured Eddy's guitar playing.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood unless noted

"Peter Gunn" (Henry Mancini) – 2:30
"Only Child" – 3:34
"Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 1:41
"Fuzz" – 2:20
"Yep!" – 2:14
"Along the Navajo Trail" (Dick Charles, Eddie DeLange, Larry Markes) – 2:36
"Just Because" (Sydney Robin, Joe Shelton, Bob Shelton) – 2:42
"Quiniela" – 5:02
"Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 1:51
"Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson) – 2:43
"Hard Times" (Noble "Thin Man" Watts) – 2:58
"Along Came Linda" (Eddy) – 2:34

2000 re-release bonus tracks

"Only Child" [alternate take] – 2:55
"Yep!" [alternate take] – 3:04
"St. James" – 5:08
"Some Kind-a Earthquake" [alternate take] – 1:47
"First Love, First Tears" – 2:11

Personnel[edit]

Duane Eddy – guitar

Technical[edit]

Lee Hazlewood – producer
Lester Sill – producer
Eddie Brackett – engineer
Jack Miller – engineer
Tom Moulton – mastering
Greg Vaughn – mastering

Chart positions[edit]

Year	Title	U.S. Billboard 200	UK Albums Chart^[2]	Label and catalogue
1958	Especially for You	24	6^[3]	Jamie JLPS-3006

Singles[edit]

Year	Titles Both sides from that album except where indicated	Chart positions
Year	Titles Both sides from that album except where indicated	Billboard^[4]	Cashbox	UK^[5]
1959	"Yep!" b/w "Three-30-Blues" (from Have "Twangy" Guitar Will Travel)	30^[6]	27	17
1960	"Peter Gunn" b/w "Along the Navajo Trail"	27^[6]	26	6^[3]

References[edit]

^ Allmusic review
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 178. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b "Official Charts - Duane Eddy". Retrieved February 6, 2018.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 218. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 248. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard Hot 100 - Duane Eddy". Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[AM-1] Allmusic review

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-2] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 178. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[oc-3] "Official Charts - Duane Eddy". Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[whitburn-4] Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 218. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.

[betts-5] Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 248. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.

[bb100-6] "Billboard Hot 100 - Duane Eddy". Retrieved February 6, 2018.

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v t e Duane Eddy
Studio albums	Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel Especially for You The "Twangs" the "Thang" $1,000,000 Worth of Twang Road Trip
Singles	"Rebel-'Rouser" "Ramrod" "Cannonball" "Peter Gunn" "Yep!" "Forty Miles of Bad Road" "Some Kind-a Earthquake" "Bonnie Came Back" "Shazam!" "Because They're Young" "Kommotion" "Pepe" "Theme from Dixie" "Ring of Fire" "The Ballad of Paladin" "(Dance with the) Guitar Man" "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar"
Cover Songs	"Along the Navajo Trail" "Anytime" "Dear Lady Twist" "Detour" "I Almost Lost My Mind" "Just Because" "The Lonesome Road" "Lover" "Loving You" "Popeye the Hitchhiker" "Trouble in Mind" "Tuxedo Junction"