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Miss the Mississippi

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Released
  
September 1979

Length
  
34:44

Producer
  
Allen Reynolds

Genre
  
Country

Label
  
Columbia

Miss the Mississippi (1979)
  
These Days (1980)

Miss the Mississippi is an album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in September 1979, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Contents

The album was her first album for Columbia Records, and contained three Country top ten hits; "Half the Way" (#2), "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (#1) and "The Blue Side" (#8). "Half the Way" also reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1980.

Personnel

  • Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone (tracks: A4, A5) – drums, percussion
  • Joe Allan (track: B2), Joe Osborne (tracks A3 to A5), Spady Brannan (tracks A1, A2, B1, B3, B4), Bob Moore (track B5) – bass guitar
  • Charles Cochran, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards
  • Chris Leuzinger, Jerry McEwen, Billy Sanford, Rod Smarr, Barry Burton – guitars
  • Lloyd Green – dobro on (track B5)
  • Billy Puett, Denis Solee – saxophone
  • Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Rex Peer, Terry Williams – trombone
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica (track: B3)
  • Crystal Gayle - backing vocals(tracks A2 to A4, B4)
  • Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Allen Reynolds - backing vocals (track B1)
  • Allen Reynolds, Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Frank Saulino, Jennifer Kimball, Jim Valenti, Spady Brannan - backing vocals (track A1)
  • Vickie Carrico, Pebble Daniel, Allen Reynolds, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle – backing vocals (track A5)
  • Pebble Daniel, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle, Vickie Carrico - backing vocals (track B4)

    • Production

  • Produced by Allen Reynolds
  • Recorded and engineered by Garth Fundis

    • References

    Miss the Mississippi Wikipedia
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