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One's on the Way (1972)

Where the lyrics of One's on the Way take you, and where it was really made.

The title track was recorded months before the rest of the album, in sessions for a different record.

Key places

Recorded at Bradley's Barn (1972)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Sessions for the album ran from January 18 to 20, 1972, at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The title track had been recorded earlier, in 1971, for another album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• One's on the Way: nineteenth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released March 6, 1972, by Decca Records
• Its only single is the title track, "One's on the Way"
• The title track topped the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart

Background

• Two songs on the album were recorded during sessions for earlier albums
• The title track was recorded on August 3, 1971, during the sessions for 1971's You're Lookin' at Country
• "L-O-V-E, Love" was recorded during the November 18, 1968 session for 1969's Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
• The single "One's on the Way" came out in November 1971, before the album

Recording

• Recording sessions took place on January 18, 19 and 20, 1972, at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
• Owen Bradley produced the album
• Loretta Lynn sang lead vocals, and The Jordanaires sang background vocals
• Floyd Cramer and Hargus Robbins played piano
• Grady Martin, Ray Edenton and Dave Thornhill played guitar
• Harold Bradley and Bob Moore played bass; Junior Huskey also played bass
• Buddy Harman played drums; Hal Rugg played steel

Cover

• Photography credited to Larry Barbier

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, the oldest daughter in a coal miner's family.
• Married Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn in 1948 at age 15; the marriage lasted almost 50 years until his death in 1996.
• Began singing in local clubs in the late 1950s and formed her own band, the Trailblazers.

Career

• Signed with Zero Records in 1960; her first release was "Whispering Sea" and "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl".
• Joined Decca Records through the Wilburn Brothers; joined the Grand Ole Opry on September 25, 1962.
• Scored a string of hits from the 1960s, including "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'".
• Wrote songs on women's issues such as birth control ("The Pill") and double standards ("Rated 'X'"), many inspired by her own marriage.
• Recorded five No. 1 duets with Conway Twitty between 1971 and 1975.
• Her 1976 autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter became a bestseller and inspired the 1980 Oscar-winning film starring Sissy Spacek.
• Named Artist of the Decade for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music, the only woman to win this honor.
• Released Van Lear Rose (2004), produced by Jack White, which won the Grammy for Best Country Album.
• Had a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018, which ended her touring after 57 years.
• Died on October 4, 2022, at age 90, at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard, April 15, 1972 issue: called it "Ms. Lynn's latest LP is an agreeable coupling of some well-known and some not-so-well-known contemporary country material."
• Billboard: told programmers to note "L-O-V-E, Love" and "It's Not the Miles I've Traveled"
• Cash Box, March 18 issue: praised the album as one that "is bound to take off for the top and stay there for quite a while"
• Cash Box: described her style as clean and simple, with a direct approach to tasteful material

Records

• US Billboard Hot Country LP chart: No. 3
• US Billboard Top LP's & Tape chart: No. 109
• Single "One's on the Way": No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
• Single "One's on the Way": No. 1 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track came out as a single in November 1971, months before the album was released in March 1972.
• The title track was recorded in August 1971 during the sessions for another album, You're Lookin' at Country.
• "L-O-V-E, Love" dates from a November 1968 session, more than three years before the album.
• Billboard noted the album included her recent No. 1 country hit.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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