A Thousand Memories is the debut album of American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Rhett Akins

Rhett Akins

Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label , followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment...

. It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in country music

1995 in country music

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) on Decca Records

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

 Nashville. The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country charts in "What They're Talkin' About" (#35), "I Brake for Brunettes" (#36), "That Ain't My Truck" (#3), and "She Said Yes" (#17).

Akins co-wrote all the tracks on this album except for "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today", which was previously recorded by Alabama

Alabama (band)

Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...

 on their 1994 album Cheap Seats.

Track listing

1. "Heart to Heart" (Rhett Akins, Chris Gantry, Mac McAnally
   Mac McAnally
   Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
   
   ) – 3:51
2. "What They're Talkin' About" (Akins, Larry Boone
   Larry Boone
   Larry Eugene Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached #10 in 1988...
   
   , Paul Nelson) – 3:27
3. "Old Dirt Road" (Akins, Gantry) – 3:26
4. "She Said Yes
   She Said Yes
   "She Said Yes" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in October 1995 as is the fourth and final single from his 1995 debut album A Thousand Memories...
   
   " (Akins, Joe Doyle) – 3:31
5. "That Ain't My Truck
   That Ain't My Truck
   "That Ain't My Truck" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in May 1995 as is the third single from his 1995 debut album A Thousand Memories. The song spent twenty-one weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts,...
   
   " (Akins, Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...
   
   , Chris Waters
   Chris Waters
   Christopher Waters Dunn is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Chris Waters. The brother of singer Holly Dunn, Waters has co-written singles for other artists, including Number Ones for Tim McGraw and Cyndi Thomson.-Biography:Christopher Waters Dunn was born in...
   
   ) – 4:03
6. "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today" (Mickey Cates, John Jarrard) – 3:05
7. "A Thousand Memories" (Akins, Byron Hill
   Byron Hill
   Byron Hill , is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than thirty years, his songs have been recorded by over 650 Country and Pop artists.-Music career:...
   
   ) – 4:22
8. "I Brake for Brunettes" (Akins, Sandy Ramos) – 3:23
9. "Same Ol' Story" (Akins, Hill) – 2:43
10. "Those Hands" (Akins, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders
    Mark D. Sanders
    Mark Daniel Sanders is an American Country Music songwriter. He has written 14 No. 1 hits, 50 singles, and over 200 cuts, including the famous Lee Ann Womack single “I Hope You Dance,” co-written with Tia Sillers.-Early life:...
    
    ) – 3:27

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Rhett Akins – vocals
• Barry Beckett
  Barry Beckett
  Barry Edward Beckett was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums...
  
   – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Glen Duncan – fiddle
  Fiddle
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   – steel guitar
  Steel guitar
  Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
  
  , Dobro
  Dobro
  Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
  
  
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   – background vocals
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• John Wesley Ryles
  John Wesley Ryles
  John Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,...
  
   – background vocals
• Ricky Skaggs
  Ricky Skaggs
  Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
  
   – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
  Drum kit
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• Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals

Strings

String section

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 performed by the Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

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; Carl Gorodetzky, concertmaster.

String arrangement on "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today" by Charles Cochran.

Strings on "Those Hands" and "She Said Yes" conducted and arranged by Bergen White.

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	45
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	23
Canadian RPM Country Albums	23

External links

• [ A Thousand Memories] at Allmusic