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Sweet Sixteen (1989)

Where the lyrics of Sweet Sixteen take you, and where it was really made.

The title 'Sweet Sixteen' counts compilation and Christmas albums, so it is McEntire's sixteenth album overall, though only her fifteenth studio album.

Key places

Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville (1989)

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Album story

Overview

• Sweet Sixteen: fifteenth studio album by American country singer Reba McEntire
• Released May 1, 1989 by MCA Records
• Title counts compilation and Christmas albums, making it her sixteenth album overall
• Italian listing gives ten tracks
• Four singles from the album entered the Billboard country charts
• Penultimate album with producer Jimmy Bowen; Reba Live would be her last album

Background

• 'Cathy's Clown' is a cover of a song by The Everly Brothers and reached number one
• 'Walk On' reached the top 5
• 'Til Love Comes Again' and 'Little Girl' were top ten hits
• Track list includes 'Cathy's Clown', 'Til Love Comes Again', 'It Always Rains on Saturday', 'Am I the Only One Who Cares', 'Somebody Up There Likes Me', 'You Must Really Love Me', 'Say the Word', 'Little Girl', 'Walk On' and 'A New Love'
• Writing credits include Don Everly, Bob Regan, Ed Hill, Kendal Franceschi, Quentin Powers, Reba McEntire, Don Schlitz, Suzi Hoskins-Wills and Bill Cooley

Recording

• Jimmy Bowen is credited as producer
• Reba McEntire is credited as producer, pre-production, liner notes and make-up
• Bob Bullock is credited as recording engineer and overdub recording
• Tim Kish is credited with overdub recording
• John Guess is credited with mixing
• Glenn Meadows mastered the album at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Bill Payne played acoustic piano, Mike Lawler synthesizers and Brent Rowan electric guitar
• Leland Sklar played bass, and Eddie Bayers and Russ Kunkel played drums
• Vince Gill, Patty Loveless and Steve Wariner sang harmony vocals

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · 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

Records

• Debuted at number 17 on the Country Albums chart for the week of May 27, 1989
• Peaked at number 1 for the week of June 24, 1989
• Stayed at number 1 for 13 consecutive weeks
• Sold over 500,000 copies in its first 9 weeks
• Certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling over 1 million copies
• Four singles from the album entered the Billboard country charts
• 'Cathy's Clown' reached number one; it is a cover of an Everly Brothers song
• 'Walk On' reached the top 5
• 'Til Love Comes Again' and 'Little Girl' were top ten hits
• Released May 1, 1989 by MCA Records
• Fifteenth studio album; penultimate album with producer Jimmy Bowen
• Title counts compilation and Christmas albums toward sixteen

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Title counts compilation and Christmas albums toward sixteen, while it is her fifteenth studio album
• 'Cathy's Clown' is a cover of a song by The Everly Brothers and became the album's number one single
• The Italian track listing credits Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters and Michael Garvin for 'Say the Word'
• Vince Gill, Patty Loveless and Steve Wariner sang harmony vocals on the album
• Reba Live would be her last album

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

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