Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (album)

Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
Studio album by Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn
Released	August 9, 1965
Recorded	Mar. 10, 1964—Jan. 19, 1965
Studio	Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	30:56
Label	Decca
Producer	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology
Blue Kentucky Girl (1965) Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (1965) Hymns (1965)
Singles from Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" Released: June 1964 "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" Released: May 1965

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Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be is the first collaborative studio album by American country music artists Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn. It was released on August 9, 1965, by Decca Records.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 13 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The lead single, "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be", was the biggest hit the duo would achieve, peaking at No. 11 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The second single from the album, "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" peaked at No. 24.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"	Billy Joe Deaton	March 10, 1964	2:41
2.	"I'll Just Call You Darlin'"	Johnny Colmus	March 10, 1964	2:25
3.	"I Reached for the Wine"	Joyce Ann Allsup	January 18, 1965	2:39
4.	"My Past Brought Me to You (Your Past Brought You to Me)"	Bill Brock	January 18, 1965	2:45
5.	"Are You Mine?"	Don Grashey, Jim Armmadeo, Myrna Petrunka	January 12, 1965	2:41
6.	"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands"	Bill Anderson	January 19, 1965	2:36

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Keep Those Cards and Letter Coming In"	Harlan Howard	January 19, 1965	1:55
2.	"Just Between the Two of Us"	Liz Anderson	January 12, 1965	2:51
3.	"We're Not Kids Anymore"	Loretta Lynn	January 19, 1965	2:40
4.	"Love Was Right Here All the Time"	Billy Henson, Charles Snoddy	March 10, 1964	2:30
5.	"Two in the Cold"	Ellen Reeves	March 10, 1964	2:36
6.	"A Dear John Letter"	Billy Barton, Lewis Talley, Fuzzy Owen	January 18, 1965	2:37

Personnel

• Owen Bradley – producer
• Buddy Charleton – steel guitar
• Jack Drake – bass
• Jack Greene – drums
• Loretta Lynn – lead vocals
• Bill Pursell – piano
• Leon Rhodes – guitar
• Jerry Shook – guitar
• Cal Smith – guitar
• Jerry Smith – piano
• Ernest Tubb – lead vocals

Chart performance

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
1965	Country Albums	13

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1964	"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"	Country Singles	11
1965	"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands"		24