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The Performer (Marty Robbins album)

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Released
  
1979

Artist
  
Marty Robbins

Producer
  
Billy Sherrill

Genre
  
Country music

Don’t Let Me Touch You (1977)
  
The Performer (1979)

Release date
  
1979

Label
  
Columbia Records

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The performer marty robbins


The Performer is an album by American country music singer and songwriter Marty Robbins (Martin David Robinson, September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982) released in 1978 by Columbia Records. The album peaked at #47 in the US country chart and #7 in the Canadian country chart. Two singles from the album charted in the country charts, “Please Don’t Play a Love Song” was #17 in both the US and Canada, and “Touch Me With Magic” reached #15 in the US and #18 in Canada. This was his penultimate album issued prior to his death in 1982 and concentrated on country ballads.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Please Don’t Play a Love Song” (Billy Sherrill, Stephen Davis) – 3:04
  2. "Confused and Lonely" (Marty Robbins) – 2:37
  3. "Look What You’ve Done” (Steve Gibb) – 3:20
  4. "You’re Not Ready For Me Yet" (Marty Robbins) – 3:07
  5. "Another Pack of Cigarettes, Another Glass of Wine" (Marty Robbins) – 3:00

Side 2

  1. "My Elusive Dreams (Curley Putman, Marty Robbins) – 3:42
  2. "Jenny" (C. Davies) – 3:00
  3. "Oh, Regina" (Marty Robbins) – 2:24
  4. "Touch Me With Magic" (Steve Bogard, Mike Utley} – 2:41
  5. "The Performer" (Marty Robbins) – 3:20
NB: All tracks produced in 1979 except side1, track1 and side 2, track 2 both produced in 1978.

Production

  • Producer: Billy Sherrill
  • Engineer: Lou Bradley
  • Recorded at: CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Background Vocals: The Nashville Edition
  • Strings arranged by: Bill McElhiney & Bill Justis
  • Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins (piano) appeared courtesy of Elektra Records
  • Album cover photography: Slick Lawson
  • Album cover design: William J. Johnson/Virginia Team
  • References

    The Performer (Marty Robbins album) Wikipedia