Makin' Memories (album)

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Makin' Memories (album) - Wikipedia

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Makin' Memories

Studio album by

Dottie West

Released

December 1969

Recorded

September 1969

Studio

RCA Studio B (Nashville, Tennessee)

Dottie West chronology

Dottie Sings Eddy
(1969)

Makin' Memories
(1969)

Country and West
(1970)

Singles from Makin' Memories

"Clinging to My Baby's Hand"
Released: September 1969
"I Heard Our Song"
Released: January 1970
"Long Black Limousine"
Released: March 1970

Makin' Memories is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in December 1969 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Danny Davis. Her thirteenth studio album, Makin' Memories was also her third to be released in 1969. The album included three singles that became minor hits on the national music publication charts.

Background and content

Makin' Memories was produced by Danny Davis in September 1969 at RCA Studio B. It was West's third album collaboration with Davis, who produced her two previous 1969 studio albums. According to the project's liner notes, studio sessions took place as late as one o'clock in the morning. Other artists and producers watched to hear West record during these sessions including Chet Atkins (her former producer) and Waylon Jennings.^[2] The album was a collection of 11 tracks.^[1] Most of the track were new recordings. Both the title track and "Clinging to My Baby's Hand" were composed by West herself. Also included in the album was a cover of "With Pen in Hand", a song first made a country hit by Johnny Darrell and later a pop hit by Vikki Carr.^[2]

Release and chart performance

Makin' Memories was released in December 1969 on RCA Victor Records, becoming her thirteenth studio album issued in her career. The album was originally issued as a vinyl LP, containing six songs on "side one" and five songs on "side two".^[2] Although Makin' Memories did not chart on the Billboard Top Country Albums survey, it did produce three singles.^[3] The first to be released was "Clinging to My Baby's Hand". Issued in September 1969, the song became a minor hit after it reached number 47 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[4]^[3] In January 1970, "I Heard Our Song" was released as the record's second single and peaked at number 45 on the country songs chart.^[3]^[5] The third single, "Long Black Limousine" (released in March 1970), did not make a Billboard chart appearance.^[3]

Track listing

Side one^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Heard Our Song"	Sandy Mason	3:04
2.	"Thank You, Baby"	Martha Sharp	3:11
3.	"Clinging to My Baby's Hand"	Red Lane Dottie West	2:40
4.	"With Pen in Hand"	Bobby Goldsboro	4:05
5.	"Puttin' Pain on Paper"	Martin Burke	2:12
6.	"Don't Say a Word"	Geoff Stephens Les Reed	2:10

Side two^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Makin' Memories"	West	2:53
2.	"You Didn't Stop to Say Hello"	Alex Zanetis	2:38
3.	"You Fool"	Sharp	2:20
4.	"Long Black Limousine"	Bobby George Vern Stovall	3:57
5.	"Her Hello Was My Goodbye"	Elizabeth McQuinn	2:24

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Makin' Memories.^[2]

Musical personnel

Harold Bradley – guitar
Ray Edenton – guitar
Buddy Harman – drums
Grady Martin – guitar
Bob Moore – bass
Ferrell Morris – vibes
The Nashville Edition – background vocals
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
Bill West – steel guitar
Dottie West – lead vocals

Technical personnel

Danny Davis – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	December 1969	Vinyl	RCA Victor Records	^[2]
North America	circa 2023	Music download streaming	Sony Music Entertainment	^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Makin' Memories: Dottie West: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g West, Dottie (December 1969). "Makin' Memories (Liner Notes/Album Information)". RCA Victor.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ ""Clinging to My Baby's Hand" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ ""I Heard Our Song" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ "Makin' Memories by Dottie West". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

v t e Dottie West
Albums Singles Awards and nominations
Solo studio albums	Here Comes My Baby Dottie West Sings Suffer Time With All My Heart and Soul Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads I'll Help You Forget Her What I'm Cut Out to Be Country Girl Feminine Fancy Dottie Sings Eddy Makin' Memories Country and West Forever Yours Careless Hands Have You Heard...Dottie West I'm Only a Woman If It's All Right with You/Just What I've Been Looking For Country Sunshine House of Love Carolina Cousins When It's Just You and Me Dottie Special Delivery Wild West High Times Full Circle New Horizons Just Dottie
Collaborative studio albums	The Sound of Country Music (with The Heartaches) Dottie and Don (with Don Gibson) Country Boy & Country Girl (with Jimmy Dean) Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Kenny Rogers) Classics (with Kenny Rogers)
Compilation albums	Are You Happy Baby: The Collection
Film and television	Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story Patsy & Loretta

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