DAVID HOUSTON - Almost Persuaded (1967) Movie Video Clip HD

60s Country Ballad from the soundtrack of "Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers" (1967) an American "Hicksploitation" film produced by Southeastern Pictures Corporation directed by Larry E. Jackson whose cast includes some great Country Music artists including among others : Del Reeves, David Houston, Mel Tillis ...
This exuberant and zany comedy takes us through improbable scenarios with southern flavors and unfolds to vibrant Country and Western sounds.
Charles David Houston (December 9, 1935 – November 30, 1993)
was an American country music singer, born in Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana, United States.
His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s.
He started in the middle 50s at RCA Records, then at Sun and Phillips International.
David was a regular singer as a teenager on the Louisiana Hayride (KWKH of Shreveport, Louisiana) in 1956 and also on the Ozark Jubilee (ABC-TV) in 1957.
Apparently, his soaring tenor voice wasn't totally appreciated.
He found trouble getting work in the music business, and ended up as an insurance underwriter.
But record producer Billy Sherrill brought Houston into the fold when Epic Records was still a young label (the early '60s), and Houston brought the company its first real hit with "Mountain of Love."
His biggest success came in 1966, when his recording of "Almost Persuaded", topped the Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart for nine weeks, and garnered Houston a pair of Grammy Awards and brought Pop recognition as well.
A member of The Grand Ole Opry since 1971, he racked up 28 hit records over a decade, including duets with Tammy Wynette and Barbara Mandrell.
David Houston made his last appearance on the show on November 6, 1993, later in the month he suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm and remained in a coma for five days until his death on November 30, 1993,
in Bossier City, one week before his 58th birthday.
He had been residing in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner.

Song written by Billy Sherrill & Glen Sutton and also sung by:
David Houston (Epic - US / Columbia - UK) 1966
Patti Page (Columbia - US) 1966
Conway Twitty (Decca - US) 1966
Leroy Van Dyke (Warner Bros. Records - US) 1966
Roy Drusky (Mercury - US) 1966
Wilma Lee And Stoney Cooper (Decca - US) 1966
Audrey Williams (MGM - US) 1966
Betty Amos With Judy And Jean (Starday Records - US) 1966
Sheb Wooley as Ben Colder, parody version entitled "Almost Persuaded No. 2." (MGM - US) 1966
Jerry Naylor (Tower - US) 1966
Lefty Frizzell (Columbia - US) 1967
Dottie West (RCA Victor - US - UK) 1967
Molly Bee (MGM - US) 1967
The Statler Brothers (Columbia - US) 1967
The Wilburn Brothers (Decca - US) 1967
Jack Greene (Decca - US) 1967
Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor - US) 1967
Molly Bee (MGM - US) 1967
Ace Cannon (Hi Records - US) 1967
Wayne Newton (Capitol Records - US) 1967
Vic Dana (Sunset - US) 1967
The Doodletown Pipers (Epic - US) 1967
Crispian St. Peters (Decca - UK) 1967
Webb Pierce (Decca - US) 1968 (recorded in 1967)
Etta James (Cadet - US) 1968
Faron Young (Faron Young Record Co. Records - US) 1968
Jim Ed Brown (RCA Victor - US) 1968
Johnny Paycheck (Little Darlin' - US) 1968
Mac Curtis (Epic - US) 1968
Louis Prima with Sam Butera And The Witnesses (ABC - US) 1968
Brendan Dugan (Master - NZ) 1968
Charlie Walker (Epic - US) 1969
Nancy Wilson (Capitol Records - US) 1969
Ray Anthony (Ranwood -US) 1969
Louis Armstrong (AVCO Embassy - US) 1970
Henry Mancini (RCA Victor - US) 1970
David Houston And Barbara Mandrell (Epic - US) 1972
Bob Luman (Epic - US) 1972
Charlie McCoy (Monument -US) 1973
Charlie Rich (Epic - US) 1974
Tammy Wynette (Epic - US) 1975
Tanya Tucker (Columbia - US) 1977
Johnny Rodriguez And Charly McClain (Epic - US) 1979
Freddy Fender (Piccadilly - US) 1981
George Jones (Epic - US) 1983
Merle Haggard (Epic - US) 1986
Boxcar Willie (Heartland Music - US) 1988
Hank Williams Jr. (Warner Bros. Records - US) 1990
And many others...

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