''Love Will Turn You Around'' is the thirteenth studio album by
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted m ...
, released in 1982.
The title cut was the debut single and charted well, reaching #1 on the U.S. and Canadian country charts and adult contemporary charts, and #13 on the Hot 100 chart. The other single, "A Love Song", didn't fare as well, only reaching #47 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was, however, #1 in Canada and #3 on the U.S. Country chart.
The album peaked at #34 on the Billboard 200 charts. The album has been certified Platinum in both the U.S. and Canada.
Track listing
Personnel
* Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, backing vocals (3), vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements
* Randy McCormick – keyboards (1)
* Joel Scott –
Fender Rhodes (2)
* John Hobbs – acoustic piano (3),
organ (7), organ solo (7)
*
Clarence McDonald
Clarence "Mac" McDonald (1944 or 1945 – July 21, 2021) was a Los Angeles-based American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer. McDonald was known for his musical diversity, enduring melodies and signature groove. His most famous composition ...
– Fender Rhodes (4, 9, 10)
*
Billy Preston – organ (4)
*
Lincoln Mayorga
Lincoln Mayorga (born March 28, 1937) is an American pianist, arranger, conductor and composer who has worked in rock and roll, pop, jazz and classical music.
Life and career
Pop music in the 1950s and '60s
Mayorga was born in Los Angeles, Cal ...
– acoustic piano (4, 10)
*
Randy Goodrum
Charles Randolph Goodrum (born July 7, 1947) is an American songwriter, pianist, and producer. Goodrum has written number one songs in each of the four decades since his first number one hit, 1978's "You Needed Me".
Goodrum's songs have appeare ...
– keyboards (5), rhythm arrangements (5)
*
Shane Keister
Shane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight CMI, Fender Rhodes, and others.
History
Keister was born in Huntin ...
– keyboards (5)
* Eugene Golden – acoustic piano (6)
* Steve Goldstein – acoustic piano (8)
*
Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including " I Wanna Dance with You", " That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and " ...
– guitar (1), acoustic guitar (2, 9), mandolin (2)
*
Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 10), guitar (3, 9), electric guitar (7)
*
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar (4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
*
Larry Byrom
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– guitar (5)
* Jon Goin – guitar (5)
* Randy Dorman – guitar (6)
*
Richie Zito
Richie Zito (born August 21, 1952) is an American songwriter, composer and record producer from Los Angeles. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Zito has experienced success as a prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of ...
– electric guitar (7), guitar solo (7)
*
Waddy Wachtel
Robert "Waddy" Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, Kim Carnes, Randy ...
– acoustic guitar (8)
*
Josh Leo
Josh Leo (born 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer active in Nashville, Tennessee.
Leo was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1976, he moved to Chicago, Illinois ...
– electric guitar (8)
*
Joe Chemay
Joe Chemay is an American bassist and background singer, known for his recording session work.
Biography
Chemay started out working as a session and touring support musician in Los Angeles, but moved to Nashville in 1989.
Chemay has worked wi ...
– bass (1, 7, 9), backing vocals (6, 7)
*
Nathan East – bass (2, 4, 10)
*
Emory Gordy Jr.
Emory Lee Gordy Jr. (born December 25, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter and music producer. A former member of Emmylou Harris' backing band The Hot Band, he is best known for his association with country singer Patty Loveless, to whom ...
– bass (3)
* Jack Williams – bass (5)
* Chuck Jacobs – bass (6)
* Bryan Garofalo – bass (8)
*
Paul Leim
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
* Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chr ...
– percussion (1), drums (2, 3, 7, 9)
*
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler ( ; July 1, 1952 – February 3, 2018) was an American pop, funk, and jazz drummer. He was also a composer, producer, and university professor.
Biography Early life
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on July 1, 1952, Leon ...
– drums (2, 4, 10)
*
Kenny Malone
Kenny Malone (August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021) was an American drummer and percussionist.
Life and career
Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoust ...
– drums (5), percussion (5)
* Bobby Daniels – drums (6)
*
Craig Krampf
Craig Krampf (born October 22, 1954) is an American drummer, percussionist, arranger, record producer and songwriter.
The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging f ...
– drums (8)
* Ress Williams –
cowbell
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(7)
* Gary Herbig –
flute solo (6)
*
Tommy Morgan
Thomas Morgan Edwards (December 4, 1932 – June 23, 2022) was an American harmonicist and session musician, who had been active since the 1950s. He was considered one of the most heard harmonica players in the world, playing in over 500 fea ...
–
harmonica (8)
* Joel Peskin – tenor saxophone (9), tenor sax solo (9)
*
Gene Page
Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.
His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...
– rhythm arrangements, string arrangements
*
Brent Maher
Brent Maher is a producer, engineer, and songwriter currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He has produced and engineered six Grammy-winning records and received awards from the CMA, ACM, CCMA, ASCAP, SOCAN and NSAI. Maher engineered ...
– rhythm arrangements (5)
*
Jimmie Haskell
Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman, November 7, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer and arranger for motion pictures and a wide variety of popular artists, including Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steely ...
– string arrangements
* Larry Cansler – string arrangements
* Mike Post – string arrangements
* Murray Adler – concertmaster
* Sid Sharp – concertmaster
*
Kin Vassy
Charles Kindred Vassy (August 16, 1943 – June 23, 1994) was a singer-songwriter, who in addition to his solo recordings also recorded with other artists, most notably Kenny Rogers, Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley.
In the 1960s, Vassy was a mem ...
– backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 10), guitar (3)
*
Terry Williams – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10)
*
Herb Pedersen
Herbert Joseph Pedersen (born April 27, 1944 in Berkeley, California) is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past fifty years including country, bluegrass, p ...
– backing vocals (2, 9)
* Joey Scarbury – backing vocals (2, 9)
* Cindy Fee – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 10)
* Donna McElroy – backing vocals (5)
* Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (5)
*
Don Henley – backing vocals (6)
* Kenny Williams – backing vocals (10)
Production
* Producers – Kenny Rogers (Tracks 1–4, 6, 7, 9 & 10); David Malloy (Track 1); Brent Maher (Track 5); Randy Goodrum (Track 5); Val Garay (Track 8).
* Production Assistant – Brenda Harvey Richie
* Engineers – Bob Bullock, Reggie Dozier, Val Garay, Brent Maher and
Al Schmitt
Albert Harry Schmitt (April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021) was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and other ...
.
* Second Engineers –
Niko Bolas
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, Bob Bullock, Larry Ferguson, Tom Fouce and Stephen Schmitt.
* Recorded at Creative Workshop (Nashville, TN); Lion Share Recording Studios and
Record One
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(Los Angeles, CA).
* Mixing – Bob Bullock, Reggie Dozier, Kenny Rogers and Al Schmitt.
* Mixed at Lion Share Recording Studios
* Mastered by
Bernie Grundman
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He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...
at
A&M Studios
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(Hollywood, CA).
* Art Direction – Bill Burks
* Illustration – Richard Amsel
* Photography – Gary Register
Chart performance
References
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Kenny Rogers albums
1982 albums
Albums arranged by Gene Page
Albums arranged by Jimmie Haskell
Albums produced by Val Garay
Albums produced by Brent Maher
Albums produced by David Malloy
Liberty Records albums