''Labor of Love'' is the fifth studio album by the American
country music artist
Sammy Kershaw. It was released in 1997 (see
1997 in country music
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Events
* July 12 — The song, "It's Your Love," by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill becomes the first song in 20 years to spend six weeks atop ''Billboard magazine'' ...
) on
Mercury Records. It was his third album to achieve
RIAA
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platinum certification and his highest-charting album on the
Top Country Albums charts, where it peaked at #5.
In order of release, this album's singles were "Love of My Life", "Matches", "Honky Tonk America" and "One Day Left to Live", which respectively reached #2, #22, #31 and #35 on the
Hot Country Songs
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charts. "Little Did I Know" was co-written by Dave Gibson (formerly of the
Gibson/Miller Band) and Bill McCorvey, lead vocalist of
Pirates of the Mississippi.
Track listing
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
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Eddie Bayers - drums
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Stuart Duncan
Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo.
Life
Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...
- fiddle
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Paul Franklin -
steel guitar
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Sammy Kershaw - lead vocals
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Brent Mason - electric guitar
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Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards
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John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
*Joe Spivey - fiddle
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John D. Willis - acoustic guitar
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Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
*Allmusic (see infobox)
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1997 albums
Sammy Kershaw albums
Mercury Nashville albums
Albums produced by Keith Stegall