Hillbilly Deluxe (Dwight Yoakam album)
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Hillbilly Deluxe is the second album by country music
singer/songwriter Dwight Yoakam
.
The second consecutive No. 1 Billboard
album by Yoakam, four of its tracks would find their way into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles
chart in 1987 and 1988, all topping out in the lower half of the Top Ten. Chronologically, they were "Little Sister" at No. 7, "Little Ways" at No. 8, "Please, Please Baby" at No. 6, and "Always Late with Your Kisses" at No. 9.
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...
singer/songwriter Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
.
The second consecutive No. 1 Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
album by Yoakam, four of its tracks would find their way into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart in 1987 and 1988, all topping out in the lower half of the Top Ten. Chronologically, they were "Little Sister" at No. 7, "Little Ways" at No. 8, "Please, Please Baby" at No. 6, and "Always Late with Your Kisses" at No. 9.
Track listing
- "Little WaysLittle Ways"Little Ways" is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released as the second single from his album, Hillbilly Deluxe in 1987. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and reached #1 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart...
" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:18 - "Smoke Along the Track" (Alan Rose/Don Helms) - 3:13
- "Johnson's Love" (Dwight Yoakam) - 4:25
- "Please, Please BabyPlease, Please Baby"Please, Please Baby" is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from his album, Hillbilly Deluxe in 1987. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and #2 on the Canadian RPM country singles...
" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:36 - "Readin', Rightin', Rt. 23" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:32
- "Always Late with Your KissesAlways Late with Your Kisses"Always Late " is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Lefty Frizzell. It was the fifth single released from his 1951/1952 album Listen to Lefty. It peaked at number one in 1951 and became his fourth release to hit the top...
" (Lefty FrizzellLefty FrizzellLefty Frizzell , born William Orville Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty...
/Blackie Crawford) - 2:10 - "1,000 Miles" (Dwight Yoakam) - 4:10
- "Throughout All Time" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:54
- "Little Sister" (Doc PomusDoc PomusJerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus , was a twentieth-century American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into...
/Mort ShumanMort ShumanMort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...
) - 3:01 - "This Drinkin' Will Kill Me" (Dwight Yoakam) - 2:35
Personnel
- Dwight YoakamDwight YoakamDwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
– vocals, guitar - Pete AndersonPete AndersonPete Anderson is an American guitarist and music producer.Anderson is most known for his guitar work with, and critically acclaimed production of, country music star Dwight Yoakam from 1984 through 2002...
– guitar, 6-string bass, background vocals - Tom BrumleyTom BrumleyTom Brumley was an American steel guitarist who played with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s, contributing to the group's "Bakersfield sound", and later spent a decade with Rick Nelson.-Biography:...
– pedal steel guitar - Greg LeiszGreg LeiszGreg Leisz is an American multi-instrumentalist, playing lap and pedal steel guitars, guitar, mandolin, and bass.- Biography :Leisz was influenced early on by the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers, especially pedal steel player "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow...
– lap steel guitar - JD Foster – bass, background vocals
- Jeff Donavan – drums
- Brantley Kearns – fiddle, background vocals
- Skip Edwards – piano
- Herb PedersenHerb PedersenHerb Pedersen is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past forty years including country, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, folk rock, country rock, and has worked with numerous musicians in many different...
– background vocals - Dusty WakemanDusty WakemanDusty Wakeman is a rock/country music producer and engineer based in Burbank, California. Wakeman is also credited as a bass player on many recordings. Dusty has worked with Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Buck Owens, Michelle Shocked, Tom Russell, Roger Clyne and the...
– background vocals
Production
- Pete Anderson: Producer
- Judy Clapp: Assistant Engineer, Mix Assistant
- Michael Dumas: Assistant Producer
- Dusty Wakeman: Engineer, Mixing
- Eddy Schreyer: Mastering
Album
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 55 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 27 |
| RIANZ New Zealand Albums Chart | 17 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 33 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | NZ | |||||||
| 1987 | "Little Sister Little Sister (Pomus/Shuman song) "Little Sister" is a rock and roll song written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman. It was originally released as a single in 1961 by American singer Elvis Presley, who turned it into a #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100... " |
7 | 3 | 35 | |||||
| "Little Ways" | 8 | 1 | — | ||||||
| "Please, Please Baby" | 6 | 2 | — | ||||||
| 1988 | "Always Late with Your Kisses" | 9 | 5 | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||