Love Lifted Me (album) explained

Love Lifted Me
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kenny Rogers
Cover:	Love Lifted Me.jpg
Released:	1976
Studio:	Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length:	33:18
Label:	United Artists
Producer:	Larry Butler
Next Title:	Kenny Rogers
Next Year:	1976

Love Lifted Me is the first solo studio album by Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released in 1976. This is Rogers' first solo effort following the break-up of The First Edition earlier that year.

The album was a minor success, reaching #28 on the Country charts.^[1] Two singles were released from the album including the title track, a 1912 gospel hymn (released as a single in 1975), which hit #19 on the U.S. Country charts and crossed to the U.S. Hot 100 by ranking #97. The second single, "While The Feeling's Good" hit #46 on the U.S. Country charts.

Personnel

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
• George Richey, Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Billy Sanford, Dale Sellers, Fred Carter Jr., Jack Eubanks, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Jimmy Colvard, Kelso Herston, Pete Wade – guitars
• Pete Drake – steel guitar
• Tommy Allsup – six-string bass guitar
• Bob Moore – upright bass
• Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan, Kenny Malone – drums
• Bill Justis – string arrangements
• Carol Montgomery, The Jordanaires – backing vocals

Production

• Producer – Larry Butler
• Engineers – Billy Sherrill (tracks 1, 2 & 5-10); Rick Horton (track 4).
• Album Design – Leonard Spencer
• Front Cover Photograph – Reid Miles
• Back Cover Photograph – John Brandon

Notes and References

1. Web site: Album Search for "love lifted me". AllMusic.