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Singin' with Feelin' (1967)

Where the lyrics of Singin' with Feelin' take you, and where it was really made.

Recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, this album's only single, "If You're Not Gone Too Long", reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

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Where the album was recorded (1967)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Recording sessions for the album started at Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on January 18, 1967. Two more sessions followed on April 19 and 20, 1967. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Singin' with Feelin' is the tenth solo studio album by Loretta Lynn, an American country music singer-songwriter
• Released October 9, 1967, by Decca Records
• Producer: Owen Bradley
• The album's only single, "If You're Not Gone Too Long", was released in April 1967
• The album peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot Country Albums chart

Background

• Two songs on the album were recorded during the sessions for Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind), a 1967 release
• The album was issued in the period when Lynn was well established as a leading country female vocalist

Recording

• Recording sessions took place at Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, beginning on January 18, 1967
• Two more sessions followed on April 19 and 20, 1967
• Two tracks were recorded earlier, on July 16, 1966 and October 5, 1966
• Personnel: Floyd Cramer on piano, Grady Martin on lead electric guitar, Buddy Harman on drums, Harold Bradley on electric bass, and The Jordanaires on background vocals
• Personnel list is adapted from the Decca recording session records

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.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: "Three extremely well-performed tunes are on this album—but one is so far above the rest that it glows."
• Billboard named "I'll Sure Come a Long Way Down" as the standout, described as solid, traditional in aspect, and soulful in delivery
• Billboard called "Dark Moon" and "Secret Love" the other two outstanding songs, both pop in nature
• Cashbox: "Hordes and hordes of country fans have massed to secure for Loretta Lynn the position of No. 1 female vocalist"
• Cashbox praised the sincerity and feeling in her vocals and named "Dark Moon", "A Place to Hide And Cry", and "If You're Not Gone Too Long" as standout tracks

Reappraisal

• No reappraisal material is recorded in the source

Records

• US Billboard Hot Country Albums chart: peaked at No. 3
• Only single "If You're Not Gone Too Long": released April 1967, peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Two of the album's songs were recorded during the sessions for Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind), released in 1967.
• The album's only single, "If You're Not Gone Too Long", was released in April 1967, months before the album itself.
• Sessions began on January 18, 1967, at Bradley's Barn, with the earliest tracks on the album dating back to July 1966.
• The Italian Wikipedia entry lists the LP as having two sides, with twelve tracks split across Side A and Side B.
• The album is credited to Decca Records, and its personnel list is adapted from the Decca recording session records.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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