[6] Up until Smith's album, no other notable artist had recorded a collection of Williams's gospel material.

The pair spent significant time at the Acuff-Rose publishing company in Nashville, Tennessee to find gospel material.

From searching through Williams's catalog, the pair found a series of lesser-known gospel songs.

[9] Nearly half of the songs chosen for the project were taken from Hank Williams's posthumous gospel album, I Saw the Light.

Remaining tracks had not been as readily accessible to the general public, according to biographer Barry Mazor.

[12][13] Smith and Baker found the six remaining tracks through the Acuff-Rose catalog, which owned Williams's songs at this point.

Smith had found the original demos of "Jesus Is Calling", "When the Life of the Book Is Read" and "Are You Walkin' and Talkin' with the Lord".

[8] The album later received a positive response from writers Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann, who called it "one of her greatest moments on disc".

[11] All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel[11] and the biography booklet by Barry Mazor titled The Latest Shade of Blue.