What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Produced by Owen Bradley, also Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, You Can Depend on Me and After the Fire Is Gone (Conway Twitty)
Recorded at Bradley Recording Studios, also You Can Depend on Me, Fool #1 and I Fall to Pieces (Patsy Cline)
Released on Vocalion, also The Man I Love (Billie Holiday), Night and Day (Billie Holiday) and Come On in My Kitchen (Robert Johnson)
Written by Chris Smith, also Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home (Clarence Williams’ Blue Five), Long Gone (From the Bowlin’ Green) (Louis Armstrong) and Down in Honky Tonk Town (Louis Armstrong)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
115 other songs on fono were recorded at Bradley Recording Studios, by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and Bill Anderson and others
Owen Bradley produced 5 of Brenda Lee’s top 10 songs
Owen Bradley produced 130 songs on fono
Chris Smith first appears on fono in 1925, 34 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Chris Smith and Jim Burris
- Produced by
- Owen Bradley
- Performed by
- Anita Kerr Singers
- Recorded at
- Bradley Recording Studios
- Released on
- Vocalion
- Written by
- Chris Smith and Jim Burris
- Produced by
- Owen Bradley
- Performed by
- Anita Kerr Singers
- Recorded at
- Bradley Recording Studios
- Released on
- Vocalion
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Owen Bradley
Same writer: Chris Smith
Same studio: Bradley Recording Studios
Same label: Vocalion
Same release: Grandma What Great Songs You Sang!
Same writer: Chris Smith
Same studio: Bradley Recording Studios
Same label: Vocalion
Elsewhere
Sources (8)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz Ballin’ the Jack was performed by Anita Kerr Singers
Ballin’ the Jack was performed by Anita Kerr Singers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Ballin’ the Jack was produced by Owen Bradley
Ballin’ the Jack was produced by Owen Bradley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Ballin’ the Jack was written by Chris Smith
Ballin’ the Jack was written by Chris Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Ballin’ the Jack was written by Jim Burris
Ballin’ the Jack was written by Jim Burris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Ballin’ the Jack is part of the release Grandma What Great Songs You Sang!
Ballin’ the Jack is part of the release Grandma What Great Songs You Sang!
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Ballin’ the Jack was recorded at Bradley Recording Studios
Ballin’ the Jack was recorded at Bradley Recording Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Vocalion is the label of the song Ballin’ the Jack
Vocalion is the label of the song Ballin’ the Jack
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Ballin’ the Jack was released on 1959-08-03
Ballin’ the Jack was released on 1959-08-03
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026