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The Last One to Know (1987)

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Its title track reached Number One, and this was Reba McEntire's first album to chart on the Billboard 200.

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The Last One to Know: twelfth studio album by American country artist Reba McEntire
Released September 7, 1987, by MCA Nashville
Title track and "Love Will Find Its Way to You" were both Number One singles
Ten tracks, including "Just Across the Rio Grande" and "The Girl Who Has Everything"

Ron Treat was the recording engineer
Bob Bullock, Willie Pevear, and Steve Tillisch did overdub recording
Chuck Ainlay mixed the album at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
Mark J. Coddington, Tim Kish, Russ Martin, and Marty Williams worked as second engineers
Milan Bogdan handled digital editing
Glenn Meadows mastered the album at Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee

1	The Last One to Know	3:18
2	The Girl Who Has Everything	3:13
3	Just Across the Rio Grande	4:17
4	I Don’t Want to Mention Any Names	2:43
5	Someone Else	3:47
6	What You Gonna Do About Me	3:32
7	I Don’t Want to Be Alone	2:45
8	The Stairs	3:08
9	Love Will Find Its Way to You	3:38
10	I’ve Still Got the Love We Made	3:16

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.

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.

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

Released September 7, 1987, by MCA Nashville
Twelfth studio album by Reba McEntire
Title track and "Love Will Find Its Way to You" both reached Number One as singles

"Just Across the Rio Grande" was covered by Holly Dunn the following year on Across the Rio Grande
Album remains a key release in McEntire's late-1980s run of country hits

The title track and "Love Will Find Its Way to You" were both Number One singles from this album.
In 1988, Holly Dunn covered "Just Across the Rio Grande" on her album Across the Rio Grande.
"Love Will Find Its Way to You" was written by Dave Loggins and J. D. Martin.
Chuck Ainlay mixed the album at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
Glenn Meadows mastered the album at Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee.
Photographer Jim "Señor" McGuire and stylist Ann Payne worked on the album's cover.