''80's Ladies'' is the debut studio album by American

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artist

K. T. Oslin Kay Toinette Oslin (May 15, 1942 – December 21, 2020) was an American country music singer-songwriter. She had several years of major commercial success in the late 1980s after signing a record deal at age 45. Oslin had four number one hits and ...

. It was released by

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in July 1987. "Wall of Tears", the title track, "Do Ya'" and "I'll Always Come Back" were released as singles. The album reached #1 on the

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chart and has been certified Platinum by the

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.RIAA - Gold & Platinum
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Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. *K. T. Oslin – keyboards, lead vocals, backing vocals * David Briggs – keyboards *Gary Prim – keyboards *Costo Davis – synthesizer *Bruce Dees – electric guitar *Steve Gibson – electric guitar *

Brent Rowan Brent Rowan (born May 28, 1956 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American session musician and record producer who works primarily in country music. Active since the 1970s, Rowan began working with John Conlee through the recommendation of record produce ...

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Mike Brignardello – bass guitar *Larry Paxton – bass guitar *

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

– drums *

Larrie Londin Ralph Gallant (October 15, 1943 − August 24, 1992), better known by the stage name Larrie Londin, was an American drummer and session musician. According to journalist James Byron Fox, "If not the best known, Larrie is one of the most listene ...

– drums *

James Stroud James Stroud is an American musician and record producer who works in pop, rock, R&B, soul, disco, and country music. He played with the Malaco Rhythm Section for Malaco Records. In the 1990s, he was the president of Giant Records (a subsidiar ...

– drums *Sam Levine –

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–

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*Joe Scaife – backing vocals

Production

*Harold Shedd - producer *Jim Cotton - recording, engineering, associate producer *Joe Scaife - recording, engineering, associate producer *George W. Clinton - assistant engineer *Paul Goldberg - assistant engineer *Milan Bogdan - digital editing *Hank Williams - mastering

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control 1987 debut albums K. T. Oslin albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by Harold Shedd