Fuel to the Flame explained

Fuel to the Flame
Type:single
Artist:Skeeter Davis
Album:What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)
B-Side:You Call This Love
Released:January 1967
Recorded:June 15, 1966
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Genre:Country, Nashville Sound
Label:RCA Victor
Producer:Felton Jarvis
Prev Title:Goin' Down the Road (Feelin' Bad)
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)
Next Year:1967

"Fuel to the Flame" is a song written by Dolly Parton and her uncle, Bill Owens. It was recorded and released as a single in 1967 by American country artist, Skeeter Davis.

The song helped to establish Dolly Parton as a major star in American country music. Along with the success of another song she co-wrote, "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", Parton was able to sign a recording contract with Monument Records as a music artist.

"Fuel to the Flame" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on June 15, 1966, nearly a year before its release. The session was produced by Felton Jarvis. This was one of the first sessions Jarvis would produce by Skeeter Davis.[1] The song was released as a single the following year in January 1967. "Fuel to the Flame" became Davis' first major hit in two years, reaching a peak of number eleven on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. The song was later issued onto Davis' studio album, What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied).[2] Parton recorded a version of the song herself and included it on her debut album Hello, I'm Dolly.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skeeter Davis discography. 13 December 2010. Praguefrank's Country Discographies. 6 January 2014.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.