''Heartbreak Express'' in the twenty-fourth solo studio album by

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. It was released on March 29, 1982, by

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. The album returned Parton to a more fully realized country sound (a process she had begun on the previous year's ''

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''), after her late 1970s pop recordings. The album's first single, "Single Women", a slow-tempo honkytonk ballad about a singles bar, was written by ''

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'' writer

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, and had previously appeared in an ''SNL'' skit in late 1980. The single provided a top ten single for Parton. The title cut also was a top ten hit for her. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (a song Parton had written in the early 1970s but had never ''officially'' recorded) appeared as a double-A-sided single (along with Parton's rerecording of "

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" from the ''

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''), and reached No. 1 on the country charts in August 1982. "Hollywood Potters", Parton has explained to interviewers, came out of her experience filming the movie '' 9 to 5'', as Parton watched many of the film's extras and bit players, who had worked very hard at acting through the years, but with very little success. The song, "

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," was performed by finalist of seventh season of ''American Idol''

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in 2008. She sang the song during the

tribute week. A studio version of her cover was released on the

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as "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (American Idol Studio Version) - Single" in 2008. ''Heartbreak Express'' was re-released in digital format in 2013.

Track listing

Personnel

*Dolly Parton - vocals *

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Jeff Baxter Jeffrey Allen "Skunk" Baxter (born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s and Spirit in the 1980s. More recently, he has worked as a defense consu ...

, Mike Severs,

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- guitar *

Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

- bass *Joe McGuffee - steel guitar *

Buddy Spicher Buddy Spicher (born July 28, 1938 in DuBois, Pennsylvania; pronounced “Spiker”) is an American country music fiddle player. He is a member of The Nashville A-Team of session musicians, and is Grammy-nominated. He was nominated as Instrumental ...

- fiddle *Gregg Perry - dulcimer, backing vocals *Red Young, Ron Oates - keyboards *Eddy Anderson - drums *

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- congas *Terry McMillan - harmonica *Alex Brown, Anita Ball, Denise Maynelli, Gene Morford, Jim Salestrom, Richard Dennison, Roy Galloway, Stephanie Spruill, Willie Greene Jr. - backing vocals *

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

, Gary Grant, Gary Herbig,

George Bohanon George Roland Bohanon, Jr. (born August 7, 1937) is a jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan. In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith (musician), Johnny Griffith, Paula Gr ...

Jim Horn James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for f ...

, Slyde Hyde, Tom Saviano, Tom Scott - horns *

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- Photography

Major releases

Chart performance

Album Album (Year-End)

References

External links

Heartbreak Express at Dolly Parton On-Line
{{Authority control Dolly Parton albums 1982 albums RCA Records albums