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Love Lifted Me (1976)

Where the lyrics of Love Lifted Me take you, and where it was really made.

The title track is a 1912 gospel hymn that reached number 97 on the U.S. Hot 100, even though the album itself only reached number 28 on the Country charts.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville (1976)

Recording site Nashville — The album is listed as recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio in Nashville. The map point is set at city-centre level, not at the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Love Lifted Me is the first solo studio album by Kenny Rogers
• Released in 1976 on United Artists Records
• Rogers's first solo effort after The First Edition broke up earlier that year
• Ten tracks, produced by Larry Butler
• Title track is a 1912 gospel hymn
• Second single "While The Feeling's Good" credited to Roger Bowling and Freddie Hart

Background

• Rogers was a member of Kenny Rogers and The First Edition before his solo career
• Title track credited to James Rowe and Howard E. Smith, with arrangement by Rogers
• Title track released as a single in 1975, a year before the album
• Daytime Friends, another Rogers album, was also released in 1976

Recording

• Engineers: Billy Sherrill on tracks 1, 2 and 5–10; Rick Horton on track 4
• Recording location listed as Jack Clement Recording Studio in Nashville
• Backing vocals by Carol Montgomery and The Jordanaires
• String arrangements by Bill Justis
• Steel guitar by Pete Drake

Cover

• Front cover photograph by Reid Miles
• Back cover photograph by John Brandon
• Album design by Leonard Spencer

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

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Kenneth Donald Ray Rogers was born on August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas, and began his recording career in the late 1950s with the Houston group the Scholars.
• He was an American country singer-songwriter who moved from teenage rock and roll through psychedelic rock to become a country-pop crossover artist of the 1970s and 1980s.
• In 1967 he co-founded the First Edition with former New Christy Minstrels members, later renamed Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.

Members

• The First Edition's members included Mike Settle, Terry Williams, Thelma Camacho, and Kin Vassy.
• Rogers's backing band Bloodline has toured with him since 1976.

Career

• The First Edition scored hits including "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" before the group disbanded in 1976.
• As a solo artist he charted more than 60 top-40 singles, including the number-one hits "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream".
• He recorded duets with Dottie West, Dolly Parton, and Sheena Easton, and partnered with Lionel Richie as songwriter.
• His signature song "The Gambler" won a Grammy in 1980 and was selected for the National Recording Registry in 2018.
• He sold more than 100 million records worldwide and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
• He retired from touring in 2017 and died on March 20, 2020, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released in 1976 by United Artists Records as Kenny Rogers's first solo studio album
• Issued after The First Edition broke up earlier that year, making it Rogers's first solo effort
• Produced by Larry Butler
• Described as a minor success on release
• Reached number 28 on the Country charts
• Title track is a 1912 gospel hymn, arranged by Kenny Rogers and credited to James Rowe and Howard E. Smith

Records

• Album peaked at number 28 on the Country charts
• Two singles were released from the album
• Title track single released in 1975, a year before the album
• Title track hit number 19 on the U.S. Country charts
• Title track crossed to the U.S. Hot 100 at number 97
• Second single "While The Feeling's Good" hit number 46 on the U.S. Country charts
• Track list of ten songs, with track 2 a medley of Abraham, Martin & John and Precious Memories

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Track 2 is a medley of Abraham, Martin & John and Precious Memories, credited to Dick Holler
• Rick Horton engineered track 4, while Billy Sherrill handled the other engineered tracks
• Track 1 is the title track, running 3:48
• The title track is a gospel hymn from 1912 with arrangement credited to Kenny Rogers

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

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