Roses for Mama is the fifth
album by
country musician
C. W. McCall (pseudonym for the singer and songwriter Bill Fries), released on
Polydor Records in 1977 (see
1977 in music). The album saw McCall singing several songs that were written by others, as opposed to his previous albums, which were written entirely by himself (credited as Bill Fries) and
Chip Davis. In fact, only three songs were written by the McCall and Davis; these are "I Don't Know (and I Don't Care)", "The Gallopin' Goose" and "Old Glory". "
The Battle of New Orleans" is a
cover version of
Johnny Horton's popular 1959 song.
Track listing
"
Roses for Mama" (Johnny Wilson, Gene Dobbins, Wayne Sharpe) – 3:24
"The Only Light" (Walt Meskell, Tim Martin) – 2:30
Roses for Mama is the fifth
album by
country musician
C. W. McCall (pseudonym for the singer and songwriter Bill Fries), released on
Polydor Records in 1977 (see
1977 in music). The album saw McCall singing several songs that were written by others, as opposed to his previous albums, which were written entirely by himself (credited as Bill Fries) and
Chip Davis. In fact, only three songs were written by the McCall and Davis; these are "I Don't Know (and I Don't Care)", "The Gallopin' Goose" and "Old Glory". "
The Battle of New Orleans" is a
cover version of
Johnny Horton's popular 1959 song.
Track listing
"
Roses for Mama" (Johnny Wilson, Gene Dobbins, Wayne Sharpe) – 3:24
"The Only Light" (Walt Meskell, Tim Martin) – 2:30