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'Til I Can Make It on My Own (1976)

Where the lyrics of 'Til I Can Make It on My Own take you, and where it was really made.

The album's only single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, but the album itself peaked at No. 3 on the country albums chart.

Key places

Recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville (1976)

Recording site Nashville — The album is linked to Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The map point is set at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• 'Til I Can Make It on My Own: fifteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette
• Released March 8, 1976, by Epic Records
• The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart
• Its only single, the title track, reached No. 1 on Billboard Country Singles

Background

• The album is Wynette's fifteenth studio album
• Wynette is an American country music singer-songwriter
• The album notes say 'Easy Come, Easy Go' is a Dobie Gray cover from his 1975 album New Ray of Sunshine
• Wynette recorded a different song with the same title on her 1981 album You Brought Me Back

Recording

• Billy Sherrill is credited as producer
• Lou Bradley is credited as engineer
• Tammy Wynette is credited for lead vocals
• The album is linked to Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Virginia Wynette Pugh on May 5, 1942, in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
• Raised by her mother, stepfather and maternal grandparents; picked cotton on the family farm as a child.
• Married Euple Byrd at age 17; divorced in 1965.

Formation

• Moved to Nashville in 1966 and signed with Epic Records, produced by Billy Sherrill.
• Debut single "Apartment No. 9" (1966) reached number 44 on the US country chart.

Career

• Twenty singles topped the US country chart, including "Stand by Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E".
• Joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1969 and won two Grammy Awards.
• Recorded numerous duets with George Jones before their divorce in 1975.
• Returned as a solo headliner and continued charting into the 1980s.
• Collaborated with KLF on "Justified and Ancient" (1991) and with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton on Honky Tonk Angels (1993).
• Died April 6, 1998, in Nashville at age 55.

Legacy

• Estimated 30 million records sold worldwide; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released March 8, 1976, by Epic Records
• The fifteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette
• The album liner notes credit Lou Bradley as engineer and Billy Sherrill as producer
• Wynette sang lead vocals on the album

Records

• The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart
• The album's only single, "'Til I Can Make It on My Own", peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart
• The single title is the same as the album title
• Both chart positions come from Billboard country lists

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album notes say 'Easy Come, Easy Go' is a Dobie Gray cover from his 1975 album New Ray of Sunshine.
• Wynette recorded a different song titled 'Easy Come, Easy Go' on her 1981 album You Brought Me Back.
• That 1981 song is a cover of a Mama Cass Elliot song from her 1969 album Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama.
• The two Wynette 'Easy Come, Easy Go' recordings are different songs that share a title.
• Billy Sherrill is credited as producer on the album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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