The album was a re-recording of Smith's most well-known singles, including "Once a Day" and "Ain't Had No Lovin'".

The song spent eight weeks at number one on the American country chart and launched a series of commercially successful singles over the next ten years.

[1] The Best of Connie Smith included remakes of the singles "Once a Day", "Ain't Had No Lovin'", "Then and Only Then", "The Hurtin's All Over", "Cincinnati, Ohio" and "If I Talk to Him".

[4] In 2006, the American Legends label released the songs on the album in their compilation The Queen of Broken Hearts.

Although no formal review was given in the album's original issue, the 2006 re-release was given a negative reception from AllMusic: "The ten tracks that make up Connie Smith's Queen of the Broken Hearts should be avoided as these are re-recorded versions of her most popular songs," wrote reviewer Al Campbell.