Delta Dawn (album)
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Delta Dawn is the début album of thirteen-year-old Tanya Tucker
. Working with famed producer Billy Sherrill
, who also produced the records of Tammy Wynette
, the young girl with the voice mature beyond her years thus began her long career in country music
. Her first released single from the album was the title song, "Delta Dawn," which reached #6 on the Billboard Country Singles charts in April 1972. The other two charting singles both did slightly better: "Love's the Answer" and "The Jamestown Ferry" both rose to #5. The album itself was at #32 on the Country Albums chart.
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...
. Working with famed producer Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...
, who also produced the records of Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
, the young girl with the voice mature beyond her years thus began her long career in country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. Her first released single from the album was the title song, "Delta Dawn," which reached #6 on the Billboard Country Singles charts in April 1972. The other two charting singles both did slightly better: "Love's the Answer" and "The Jamestown Ferry" both rose to #5. The album itself was at #32 on the Country Albums chart.
Track listing
- "Delta DawnDelta Dawn"Delta Dawn" is a song written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey , best known as a 1972 top ten C&W hit for Tanya Tucker and a number-one hit for Helen Reddy in 1973.-Lyrical story:The title character is a faded southern...
" (Alex Harvey/Larry Collins) – 2:52 - "New York City Song" (Linda HargroveLinda HargroveLinda Hargrove was an American country songwriter and musician. She wrote many country music hits for a variety of artists and had a respectable career for herself in the mid-1970s, as "Linda Hargrove"...
) – 2:27 - "Smell the Flowers" (Jerry Reed HubbardJerry ReedJerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...
) – 2:23 - "If You Touch Me (You've Got to Love Me)" (Carmol Taylor/Norro WilsonNorro WilsonNorris "Norro" Wilson is an American country music singer, songwriter and producer, and member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame....
/Joe StampleyJoe StampleyJoe Stampley is an American country music singer.-Biography:He was born to R.C. Stampley, Jr. , and Mary E. Stampley...
) – 2:18 - "He's All I GotShe's All I Got"She's All I Got" is a moderate up-tempo song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams, Jr. in which the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit,...
" (Jerry WilliamsJerry WilliamsJerome Ralph "Jerry" Williams was an American football player and coach who served as head coach of two Canadian Football League teams, as well as the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles.-Early life:...
/Gary U.S. BondsGary U.S. BondsGary U.S. Bonds is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer. He is also a prolific songwriter.-Career:...
) – 2:23 - "The Jamestown Ferry" (Mack VickeryMack VickeryMack Vickery was a musician, songwriter, and inductee in the Hillbilly Hall of Fame whose songs have been recorded by artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, George Strait, and George Jones....
/Bobby BorchersBobby BorchersRobert Jerome "Bobby" Borchers is an American country music singer.Borchers was raised in Kentucky. He learned to play guitar at age twelve, and got his first break in the mid-1970s, when Tanya Tucker recorded his song "Jamestown Ferry." In the mid-1970s, recorded for the Playboy Records label...
) – 2:53 - "Loving You Could Never Be BetterLoving You Could Never Be Better"Loving You Could Never Be Better" is a single by American country music artist George Jones. Released in April 1972, it was the second single from his album George Jones . The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks...
" (Earl Montgomery/Carl Montgomery/Betty Tate) – 2:37 - "Soul SongSoul Song“Soul Song” is a song made famous by country music singer Joe Stampley. Originally released in 1972, the song became his first No. 1 song and was the title track to Stampley’s album, released in early 1973....
" (George RicheyGeorge RicheyGeorge Richey, born George Baker Richardson, was an American songwriter and record producer. He was married to country singer Tammy Wynette from 1978 until her death in 1998, they had no children together. He married television producer, Sheila Slaughter in 2001 until his death 2010, they had one...
/Wilson/Billy SherrillBilly SherrillBilly Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...
) – 2:36 - "Love's the AnswerLove's the Answer"Love's the Answer" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in September 1972, it was the second single from her album Delta Dawn. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in...
" (Emily Mitchell/Wilson) – 2:34 - "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USAThe Happiest Girl In the Whole USA"The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" is a country and pop music song written and recorded by Donna Fargo. It is written in the voice of a newlywed girl, sung to her new husband...
" (Donna FargoDonna FargoDonna Fargo is an American country music singer-songwriter, who is best-known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s...
) – 2:15 - "I'm So Lonesome I Could CryI'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard...
" (Hank Williams) – 2:50