| Treat Him Right | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Barbara Mandrell |
| Cover: | Barbara Mandrell-Treat Him Right 2.jpg |
| Released: | September 9, 1971 |
| Recorded: | July 3, 1969–April 21, 1971 |
| Studio: | Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville) |
| Genre: | Country soul |
| Length: | 28:11 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Billy Sherrill |
| Next Title: | A Perfect Match |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
Treat Him Right is the debut studio album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released September 9, 1971, on Columbia Records and was produced by Billy Sherrill. It contained a series of singles Mandrell had released between 1969 and 1970 and would be the first of a series of albums recorded at the Columbia label.
Treat Him Right was recorded between May 1969 and April 1971 at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The album contained 11 tracks. The album's tracks had a country soul sound[1] and included covers of R&B songs such as Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" and Aretha Franklin's "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man". Allmusic
Treat Him Right included the four singles Barbara Mandrell released between 1969 and early 1971. The debut single was Mandrell's cover version of "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)", released in May 1969. The single only peaked at #55 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart. The second single was released in April 1970 "Playin' Around with Love", which became her first major hit, reaching #18 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" was the third single, reaching #17 on the Country Singles chart as well as hitting the Bubbling Under Hot 100. The final single was the title track, which became her biggest solo hit to that point, reaching #12 on the Hot Country Songs list.[4] Treat Him Right was released on September 9, 1971 and peaked at #44 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart, her first album to chart on that list.[5]
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | ||
| 1969 | "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" | 55 | — | — |
| 1970 | "Playin' Around with Love" | 18 | — | 48 |
| "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" | 17 | 128 | — | |
| 1971 | "Treat Him Right" | 12 | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||