Johnny Clark (7) – Here's The Key To My Heart

Johnny Clark "Here's The Key To My Heart" (Ripcord Records, 19--?) (LP)
(Produced by Gene Breeden & Ray Eldred)
An early offering on the Washington-based Ripcord label... I'm not sure where singer Johnny Clark was from, but it's a fairly safe bet he lived somewhere up in the Pacific Northwest. Clark wrote all but two on the songs on this album, including one co-written with Paula Miller, another Ripcord artist who also penned one of the two holdouts, a cheerful ditty called "The Penitentiary." Clark's songs include the title track, "The Key To My Heart," "Swingin' Ladies," "Bad Luck Town" and "Doctor, Lawyer, Psychiatrist." The album also includes an old Mel Tillis song, "Snakes Crawl At Night" which was a hit for Charley Pride in 1966. There are no liner notes about any other musicians involved with this one, but any info is welcome!