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Heart to Heart (1981)

Where the lyrics of Heart to Heart take you, and where it was really made.

A 1981 country album by Reba McEntire includes a cover of a doo-wop standard.

Key places

Recorded at Sound Stage Studios (1981)

Recording site Sound Stage Studios — Heart to Heart was recorded at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Fourth studio album by American country artist Reba McEntire
• Released 17 August 1981 via Mercury Records
• Track listing has ten songs
• Tracks include Indelibly Blue, Ease the Fever, There Ain't No Love and How Does It Feel to Be Free
• Also includes Only You (And You Alone), Today All Over Again, Gonna Love Ya (Till the Cows Come Home), Who?, Small Two-Bedroom Starter and Love by Love
• Singles: Today All Over Again and Only You and You Alone
• Only You and You Alone is a cover of a doo-wop standard
• Discogs release data lists the record company as PolyGram
• Discogs notes give the copyright as 1981
• Discogs notes list the album as made and printed in U.S.A.

Background

• Only You (And You Alone) is credited to Buck Ram and Ande Rand
• Today All Over Again is credited to Bobby Harden and Lola Jean Dillon
• Reba McEntire is presented as an American country music artist

Recording

• Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, Tennessee is listed as the recording location
• Jerry Kennedy is credited as producer
• Brent King handled recording and mixing
• Mastering was done at Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• Bergen White wrote the string arrangements
• Hargus Pig Robbins played keyboards and acoustic piano
• Ray Edenton, Gordon Kennedy, Pete Wade and Chip Young played guitars
• Weldon Myrick played steel guitar, Mike Leech bass and Jerry Carrigan drums
• Backing vocals include Ricky Skaggs and Susie McEntire
• The Shelly Kurland Strings performed on the album

Cover

• Cover photography by Dennis Carney
• Art direction and design by Bob Heimall and Mo Ström

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born March 28, 1955 in McAlester, Oklahoma; raised on a ranch in Chockie, Oklahoma.
• Third of four children of Clark and Jacqueline McEntire; her father was a three-time world steer roping champion.
• With her siblings she formed the trio the Singing McEntires, performing at local events and dance halls.
• Studied elementary education and music at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Career

• Country singer Red Steagall heard her at a 1974 rodeo and helped her sign with PolyGram/Mercury Records in 1975.
• Her breakout came with the 1984 MCA album My Kind of Country, which produced two number-one country singles.
• The album Whoever's in New England won a Grammy Award and topped the Billboard country albums chart.
• After a 1991 plane crash that killed eight band members, she released For My Broken Heart, her best-selling album.
• Sold more than 75 million records worldwide; 24 of her singles reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
• Starred in the sitcom Reba (six seasons) and in the NBC sitcom Happy's Place.

Members

• Solo artist; her siblings Pake and Susie were early members of the Singing McEntires.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Fourth studio album by Reba McEntire, released 17 August 1981
• Released through Mercury Records
• Jerry Kennedy is credited as producer
• Session guitars by Ray Edenton, Gordon Kennedy, Pete Wade and Chip Young
• Steel guitar by Weldon Myrick, bass by Mike Leech and drums by Jerry Carrigan
• Backing vocals include Ricky Skaggs and Susie McEntire
• Strings performed by The Shelly Kurland Strings

Records

• Reached number 42 on Top Country Albums
• Singles released from the album: Today All Over Again and Only You and You Alone

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Only You (And You Alone) is a cover of a doo-wop standard credited to Buck Ram and Ande Rand.
• Today All Over Again is credited to Bobby Harden and Lola Jean Dillon.
• Ricky Skaggs is among the backing vocalists on the album.
• Bergen White did both the string arrangements and backing vocals.
• Discogs notes give the copyright as 1981 and list the album as printed in U.S.A.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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