Soft Touch (Tammy Wynette album) explained
| Soft Touch |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Tammy Wynette |
| Cover: | TammyWynetteSoftTouch.png |
| Released: | May 3, 1982 |
| Recorded: | Jan. 1982 |
| Studio: | Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)[1] |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 32:19 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | George Richey |
| Prev Title: | You Brought Me Back |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Good Love & Heartbreak |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Soft Touch is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. It was released on May 3, 1982, by Epic Records.[2]
Commercial performance
The album peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album's first single, "Another Chance", peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, and the second single, "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams", peaked at No. 16.
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.
- George Binkley - strings
- David Briggs - keyboard
- Jerry Carrigan - drums, percussion
- James Capps - acoustic guitar
- Marvin Chantry - strings
- Roy Christensen - strings
- Virginia Christensen - strings
- Jo Coulter - make-up
- Connie Ellisor - strings
- Phil Forrest - background vocals
- Lloyd Green - steel guitar
- Carl Gorodetzky - strings
- Sherri Huffman - background vocals
- Shane Keister - keyboard
- Millie Kirkham - background vocals
- Slick Lawson - photography
- Mike Leech - bass
- Rebecca Lynch - strings
- Connie McCollister - background vocals
- Ric McCollister - engineer
- Charlie McCoy - harmonica, vibes
- Dennis Molchan - strings
- Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
- George Richey - producer
- Billy Sanford - lead guitar
- Walter Schwede - strings
- Lisa Silver - background vocals
- Jan Smith - hairdresser, wardrobe
- Henry Strzelecki - bass
- Wendellyn Suits - background vocals
- Robert Thompson - acoustic guitar
- Diane Tidwell - background vocals
- Gary Vanosdale - strings
- Pete Wade - lead guitar
- D. Bergen White - background vocals, string arrangements
- Tommy Williams - fiddle
- Stephanie Woolf - strings
- Robert T. Wray, II - bass
- Tammy Wynette - lead vocals
Chart positions
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak
position |
|---|
| 1982 | "Another Chance" | Country Singles (Billboard)[4] | 8 |
| 1982 | "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" | Country Singles (Billboard)[5] | 16 |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Heinrichs. Audra. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Survived a Devastating Storm to Make New ‘Woodland’ Album. Rolling Stone. 25 August 2024. 25 September 2024.
- Web site: Soft Touch - Tammy Wynette. Tammy Wynette. 23 January 2018. 28 April 2017.
- Web site: Billboard Magazine - July 17, 1982. American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. 23 January 2018.
- Web site: Billboard Magazine - June 12, 1982. American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. 23 January 2018.
- Web site: Billboard Magazine - October 16, 1982. American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. 23 January 2018.
