Studio Albums

Reba McEntire

1977 - Polygram Mercury

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  • Glad I Waited Just For You
    (Bucky Jones, Royce Porter)

    One To One
    (Bill Rice, Jerry Foster)

    Angel In Your Arms
    (Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Tom Brasfield)

    I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand
    (Layng Martine Jr.)

    I’ve Waited All My Life For You
    (Bill Rice, Jerry Foster)

    I Was Glad To Give My Everything To You
    (Ruby Hice, Danny Hice)

    Take Your Love Away
    (Randy Sharp)

    (There's Nothing like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man
    (Ruby Hice, Danny Hice)

    Why Can’t He Be You
    (Hank Coch)an

    Invitation To The Blues
    (Roger Miller)

    Right Time Of The Night
    (Peter McCann)

 

Released on August 15, 1977
Produced by Glenn Keener, Jerry Kennedy

US LP: SRM-1-5002
US Cassette: MCR 4 1-5002
US CD: 836 330-2
Canada CD: 836 330-2
US Cassette Reissue: 836 330-4

Reba McEntire is Reba’s debut major label release by Phonogram/Mercury Records. Her first single, “I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand,” a cover of Jennifer Warnes's success song “Right Time of the Night,” the smash song “Angel in Your Arms” by soup group “Hot,” the Ray Price hit song "Invitation to the Blues," written by Roger Miller, and the Patsy Cline hit song “Why Can't He Be You” were all included on this album.

Reba signed with Mercury in November 1975 under producer Glenn Keener, who recorded one song with her in January 1976 in Nashville: "I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand". "I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand", was released as a single, climbing the country charts in May 1976 to peak at number 88. During this album cycle, McEntire married in June and graduated from college in December. Mercury fired Keener during a period of downsizing, and McEntire was shifted to producer Jerry Kennedy. Kennedy supervised further recording sessions in September of that same year and in April of 1977.

“I’m Not Your Kind Of Girl”, written by Glenn Sutton and Red Steagall, was the “B-Side” of the “I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand” single, and has remained unreleased since that original release.

The second single from the album, "(There's Nothing like the Love) Between A Woman And A Man," peaked at number 86 in March 1977, while the third single, "Glad I Waited Just For You," charted at number 88 in August.

Liner Notes/Production Credits

  • Produced by Jerry Kennedy

    Track 4 Produced by Glenn Keener

    Tracks 1, 2, 6, 7 String arrangements by Cam Mullins

    Tracks 4, 5 String and Flute arrangements by D. Bergen White

    Recorded at U.S. Recording Studios & Woodland Sound Studios - Nashville

    Engineering: Tom Sparkman, Larry Maglinger & Lynn Peterzell Mastering: M.C. Rather/Columbia Record Productions Digitally Re-Mastered by Gary Mayo at PolyGram Studios

    Background vocalists who appear on this album: Reba McEntire, Janie Fricke, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Prissy Hubbard, Millie Kirkham, Louis Nunley,

    D. Bergen White, Trish Williams & The Jordanaires - Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker & Ray Walker

    Musicians who appear on this album:

    Tommy Allsup, Byron Bach, Brenton Banks, George Binkley III, Harold Bradley, John Catchings, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Virginia Christensen, Ray Edenton, Bobby Emmons, Johnny Gimble, Carl Gorodetzky, Lloyd Green, Lennie Haight, Buddy Harman, Martin Katahn, Jerry Kennedy, Shelly Kurland, Charlie McCoy, Bob Moore, Weldon Myrick, Bill Puett, Leon Rhodes, Pig Robbins, Steven M. Smith, Chris Teal, Gary Vanosdale, Pete Wade, Stephanie Woolf & Chip Young

    Photography: Grease Bros./Jim McGuire

    Art Direction: Jim Schubert/AGI

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