Sing the Songs They Like Best, released by King Records in November 1961, gathers Stanley Brothers material recorded during a productive January 1961 stretch at the label's Cincinnati studio — the period when Syd Nathan was working the brothers hard through quick, multi-album sessions. The program leans into the gospel and traditional material the duo had been performing for nearly fifteen years by that point, with the Clinch Mountain Boys lineup of the time framing Carter's lead and Ralph's high tenor. King's late-Stanley LPs would lean heavily on this kind of session backlog, and Sing the Songs They Like Best stands as one of the more cohesive of them — an unhurried late selection.
Tracklist
- 1 The Wild Side Of Life 2:11
- 2 Lover's Quarrel 2:40
- 3 The Window Up Above 2:29
- 4 The Story of the Lawson Family alt version 2:32
- 5 Little Willie alt version 2:37
- 6 Hey, Hey, Hey 2:01
- 7 Mountain Dew alt version 2:43
- 8 I’ll Take the Blame alt version 2:19
- 9 Wild Bill Jones alt version 3:23
- 10 She’s More to be Pitied alt version 2:15
- 11 I'd Worship You 2:17
- 12 Jenny Lynn alt version 2:52
