''Too Good to Stop Now'' is a studio album by American

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released in 1984 by

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. The album peaked at #34 in the US country chart. The title track, “Too Good to Stop Now”, reached #4 in the US country chart and #1 in the Canadian country chart. Another single from the album, “I’m the One Mama Warned You About” reached #10 in the country charts of both countries.

Track listingOriginal album sleeve notes

Side one #" Too Good to Stop Now” (

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) – 3:25 #"Make It Like the First Time" (J. C. Cunningham) – 3:51 #"Shoulder to Cry On” (Donald R. Miller, Ron Birmann) – 3:41 #"When She Runs Out of Fools" (Steve Pippin, George Steven Jobe) – 3:46 #"Right Side of the Wrong Bed" (Fred Knipe, Stephen Chandler, Duncan Stitt) – 2:31 Side two #"

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) – 3:17 #"Reminders" (

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, John Jarrard) – 3:54 #"You Can Lie to Me Tonight" (Tom Campbell,

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I'm the One Mama Warned You About "I'm the One Mama Warned You About" is a song written by Mickey James and Gayle Zeiler, and recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in January 1985 as the second and final single from his album '' Too Good to Stop ...

" (Mickey James, Gail Lynn Zeiler) – 2:50 #"Quittin’ Time" (Ron Hellard, Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones) – 3:27

Personnel

*Mickey Gilley - lead vocals, grand piano *Jay Winding: keyboards *

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, Rocky Stone - guitar *

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- bass *

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- drums *

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- pedal steel *Ron Levine - fiddle *Beverly Randall, Ann-Marie Cianciola - backing vocals *Norman Carlson - saxophone

Production

*Recorded at: Gilley's Recording Studio, Pasadena, Texas, Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee and Record Plant, Los Angeles, California. *Engineer: Paul Grupp *Assistant Engineers: Bert Frilot, Ken Criblez, Bill Hutchinson *Mixed on the Sony Digital System *Manager: Cliff Willdeboer *Management: Sherwood Cryer, Sandy & David Brokaw *Album front cover photo: Al Rogers *Album back cover photo:

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References

1984 albums Mickey Gilley albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by John Boylan (record producer) {{1980s-country-album-stub