Only Lonely Sometimes Explained

Only Lonely Sometimes
Type:	Album
Artist:	Tammy Wynette
Cover:	TammyWynetteOnlyLonelySometimes.png
Released:	June 9, 1980
Recorded:	Jan. 1980
Studio:	Columbia, Nashville FAME, Muscle Shoals
Genre:	Country
Length:	32:38
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Billy Sherrill
Prev Title:	Just Tammy
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Together Again
Next Year:	1980

Only Lonely Sometimes is the twenty-first studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. It was released on June 9, 1980, by Epic Records.^[1]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album's first single, "He Was There (When I Needed You)", peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, and the album's second single, "Starting Over", also peaked at No. 17.

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

• Phil Baugh - lead guitar
• Ken Bell - rhythm guitar
• Lou Bradley - engineer
• Tom Brannon - background vocals
• Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
• Jerry Carrigan - drums
• Boomer Castleman - rhythm guitar
• C.C. Couch - background vocals
• Mike Daniel - engineer
• Chalmers Davis - keyboard
• Diane Davidson - background vocals
• Pete Drake - steel guitar
• Jimmy English - lead guitar
• Ralph Ezell - bass
• Johnny Gimble - fiddle
• Owen Hale - drums
• Kenny Malone - drums
• Bill McElhiney - string arrangements
• Steve Nathan - keyboard
• Nightstreets - background vocals
• June Page - background vocals
• Ron Reynolds - engineer
• George Richey - keyboard
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboard
• Norman Seeff - photography
• The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings
• Billy Sherrill - producer
• Henry Strzelecki - bass
• Virginia Team - art direction
• Pete Wade - rhythm guitar
• Tammy Wynette - lead vocals
• Reggie Young - lead guitar

Chart positions

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1980	"He Was There (When I Needed You)"	Country Singles (Billboard)^[3]	17
1980	"Starting Over"	Country Singles (Billboard)^[4]	17

Notes and References

1. Web site: Only Lonely Sometimes - Tammy Wynette. Tammy Wynette. 21 January 2018. 28 April 2017.
2. Web site: Billboard Magazine - July 12, 1980. American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. 21 January 2018.
3. Web site: Billboard Magazine - June 7, 1980. American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. 21 January 2018.
4. Web site: Billboard Magazine - October 4, 1980. American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. 22 January 2018.