On June 20, 1969, “ATCO” label released “3614 Jackson Highway”, the sixth Cher album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Stan Vincent, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.
Personnel:
Cher – lead vocals
Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
Eddie Hinton – lead guitar
Barry Beckett – keyboards
David Hood – bass guitar
Roger Hawkins – drums
Jeanie Greene, Donna Jean Godchaux (née Thatcher), Mary Holladay, Sue Pilkington – backing vocals
Greg Poree – arrangements assistance
Bryan Lasley – art direction
Patrick Pending – art direction
Stephen Paley – photography
Track listing:
For What It’s Worth – Stephen Stills
(Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin’ On – Buddy Mize, Ira Allen
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You – Bob Dylan
I Threw It All Away – Bob Dylan
I Walk on Guided Splinters – Dr. John Creaux
Lay, Baby, Lay – Bob Dylan
Please Don’t Tell Me – Carroll W. Quillen, Grady Smith
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
In January 1972, “Reprise” label released “Seven Bridges Road”, the second Steve Young album. It was recorded in 1971, at ”Fred F. Carter Jr. Studios” in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and was produced by David Briggs.
Personnel:
Steve Young – vocals, guitar
Pete Drake – steel guitar
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Bobby Thompson – guitar
Junior Brown – guitar
Ray Edenton – guitar
Bob Moore – guitar
John Goldthwaite – guitar
Dale Sellers – guitar
Pete Wade – guitar
Jerry Smith – keyboards
Josh Graves – dobro
Buddy Spicher – fiddle
Charlie McCoy – harmonica
David Briggs – keyboards
Fred Carter, Jr. – bass
Henry Strzelecki – bass
D.J. Fontana – drums
William Ackerman – drums
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Paul Tannen – vocals
Ginger Holladay – vocals
Mary Holladay – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Young, except where noted.
Seven Bridges Road
My Oklahoma – Cheryl A. Young
The White Trash Song
I Can’t Hold Myself in Line – Merle Haggard
I Begin to See Design – Steve Young, Cheryl A. Young
In November 1974, “Epic” label released “7-Tease”, the 14th Donovan studio album. It was recorded September – October 1974, and was produced by Norbert Putnam, Donovan Leitch and Mark Radice.
Ben Cauley, Charlie Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades, Bill Puett, George Tidwell, George Bohanon, Johnny Rotella, Tony Terran – horns
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Byron Warner, Florence Warner, Ginger Holladay, Lea Jane Berinati, Mary Holladay – background vocals
In February 1972, “Capricorn” label released “Dinnertime”, the second Alex Taylor album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Johnny Sandlin.
Personnel:
Alex Taylor- vocals
Scott Boyer- guitar, backing vocals
John Hughey- steel guitar
Jim Nalls- guitar
Chuck Leavell- piano, keyboards, vibraphone
Paul Hornsby- organ, keyboards
Johnny Sandlin- bass, Moog synthesizer
Wayne Perkins- bass, guitar, slide guitar
Charlie Hayward- bass
Jaimoe- percussion, conga, timbales
Bill Stewart- drums
Roger Hawkins- percussion, conga, tambourine
Lou Mullenix- percussion, timbales
Earl Sims- percussion
Charles Chalmers, Sandra Chalmers, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes, Temple Riser, Steve Smith – backing vocals
Johnny Sandlin – recording, remix
Steve Smith – recording
Jeff Willens, Richard Rosebrough, Danny Tuberville – remix
Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes – photography
Phil Walden – executive supervisor
Track listing:
Change Your Sexy Ways – Alex Taylor, Chuck Leavell, Jim Nalls
In April 1972, “RCA” label released “He Touched Me”, the seventeenth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded March–June 1971, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. The album won Presley his second “Grammy Award”. In July 1999 the album was certified Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – vocals, arranger, guitar
Chip Young – guitar
James Burton– guitar
Joe Esposito – guitar
Charlie McCoy – piano, organ
Joe Moscheo – piano, organ
David Briggs– organ, piano
Norbert Putnam – bass
Kenny Buttrey– drums
Jerry Carrigan– drums
The Imperials– vocals
Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay – vocals
Millie Kirkham, Kathy Westmoreland – vocals
Sonja Montgomery – vocals
Al Pachuki – engineer
Track listing:
He Touched Me – William J.Gaither
I’ve Got Confidence – Andrae Crouch
Amazing Grace – John Newton, arranged and adapted byElvis Presley
Seeing is Believing – Red West, Glen Spreen
He Is My Everything – Dallas Frazier
Bosom of Abraham – William Johnson, George McFadden, Ted Brooks
An Evening Prayer – Maude Battersby, Charles Hutchison Gabriel
Lead Me Guide Me – Doris Akers
There Is No God But God – Bill Kenny
A Thing Called Love – Jerry Reed
I John – William Johnson, George McFadden, Ted Brooks
On January 2, 1971, “RCA” label released “Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old)”, the eleventh Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded June – September 1970, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Felton Jarvis.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley– vocals, guitar
James Burton– guitar
Chip Young – guitar
Eddie Hinton– guitar
Harold Bradley– guitar
Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar
Bobby Thompson – banjo
Buddy Spicher– fiddle
David Briggs– keyboards
Norbert Putnam– bass
Jerry Carrigan– drums
Farrell Morris – percussion
The Imperials Quartet– backing vocals
The Jordanaires– backing vocals
Joe Babcock – backing vocals
Millie Kirkham– backing vocals
Mary Holladay – backing vocals
Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
June Page – backing vocals
Sonja Montgomery – backing vocals
Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
Mary Greene – backing vocals
Temple Riser – backing vocals
Cam Mullins – string arrangements
Don Tweedy – string arrangements
Bergen White – horn arrangements
Track listing:
Snowbird – Gene MacLellan
Tomorrow Never Comes – Johnny Bond, Ernest Tubb
Little Cabin on the Hill – Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – Dave “Curly” Williams, Sunny David
Funny How Time Slips – Willie Nelson
I Really Don’t Want to Know – Howard Barnes, Don Robertson
There Goes My Everything – Dallas Frazier
It’s Your Baby, You Rock It – Shirl Milete, Nora Fowler
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