Larry Willoughby is an American country music

Country music

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 singer-songwriter and the vice president of A&R at Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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.

Willoughby's debut album, Building Bridges, was released in 1984 by Atlantic America

Atlantic Records

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. Three singles were released from the album, including the title track

Building Bridges (Brooks & Dunn song)

"Building Bridges" was covered by country music duo Brooks & Dunn and released as the third single released from their 2005 album Hillbilly Deluxe. It features Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow on background vocals. The song peaked at number four on the country music charts.-Music video:The music video...

, which was Willoughby's only single to reach the Top 60 of the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart. It was covered in 2006 by Brooks & Dunn

Brooks & Dunn

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, whose version peaked at #4. Another single from the album, "Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator)," was covered by Eddy Raven

Eddy Raven

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 as "Operator, Operator" and reached the country Top 10 in 1985. Willoughby's songs have also been recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys

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, Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

 and his cousin Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....

, who produced Willoughby's album.

Albums

Year	Album	US Country	Label
1984	Building Bridges	47	Atlantic America

Singles

Year	Single	US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	Album
1983	"Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator) Operator, Operator "Operator, Operator" "Operator, Operator" "Operator, Operator" (originally titled "Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator)" is a country music song co-written and recorded by Larry Willoughby, a cousin of country music singer Rodney Crowell, and Janet Willoughby. He released the song in 1983 from... "	65	Building Bridges
1984	"Building Bridges"	55
	"Angel Eyes"	82

External links

• [ Larry Willoughby] at Allmusic