Sweetheart's Dance is the fourth studio album by American

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singer

Pam Tillis Pamela Yvonne Tillis (born July 24, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is the eldest child of country singer Mel Tillis. After recording unsuccessful pop material for Elektra Records, Elektra ...

, released on April 26, 1994, via

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. It is her highest ranking album on the

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charts, at number 6. This album produced five singles: "Spilled Perfume", "When You Walk in the Room" (a cover of a Jackie DeShannon song), "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)", "I Was Blown Away" and "In Between Dances". Respectively, these reached #5, #2, #1, #16, and #3 on the ''

'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now

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) charts. "I Was Blown Away" was withdrawn from radio after the

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in 1995.

Track listing

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. * Pam Tillis – vocals, backing vocals (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9) *

John Barlow Jarvis John Barlow Jarvis (born January 2, 1954, in Pasadena, California)Paul Kingsbury, editor"The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music" 2004 is an American songwriter, composer, session pianist and recording artist. Before mo ...

–

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(1), acoustic piano (2, 3, 9, 10) *

Steve Nathan Steven Jay Nathan (born April 20, 1951) is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios. Biography Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, A ...

– acoustic piano (4-8) *

Bobby Ogdin Robert Ford Ogdin (born September, 1945) is a Nashville-based recording session pianist. He is best known as a member of Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley's TCB Band, TCB band. He performed on 20 of Presley's recordings and accompanied him on 45 live s ...

– synthesizers (5) *

Biff Watson Fletcher Bangs "Biff" Watson (born 1952) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. His musicianship has been a part of recording sessions for many artists. Biography Early years Raised in Chatham, Virginia, Watson learned how to play ...

– acoustic guitar *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

– acoustic guitar (1, 9), electric guitar (3, 10) *

John Jorgenson John Richard Jorgenson (born July 6, 1956) is an American musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, he is also proficient on the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel g ...

– electric guitar (1, 3, 9), acoustic guitar solo (1), electric lead guitar (2, 10), mandolin (3) * George Marinelli – electric guitar (4) *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American country music guitarist, songwriter and session musician. ''Guitar World'' magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Maso ...

– electric guitar (4-8) *

Bob DiPiero Robert John DiPiero (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15 US number one hits and several Top 20 singles for Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, ...

– 12-string guitar (4) *

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage ba ...

–

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(1, 9), electric rhythm guitar (2),

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(3, 10) * Paul Franklin – steel guitar (4-8) *

Bill Monroe William Smith Monroe ( ; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass". The genre takes its n ...

– mandolin (10) *

Willie Weeks Willie Weeks (born August 5, 1947) is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also ga ...

– bass (1-3, 9, 10) * Mike Brignardello – bass (4-8) * Milton Sledge – drums (1-3, 9, 10), percussion (9, 10) *

Lonnie Wilson Lonnie Wilson is an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. Life and career Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Wilson was originally the lead singer of the band Bandana, which charted ten single ...

– drums (4-8), percussion (4) * Harry Stinson – percussion (1), backing vocals (2) *

Terry McMillan Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951) is an American novelist known for her vivid portrayals of African American women's lives, relationships, and journeys of self-discovery. Her best-selling works, including ''Waiting to Exhale'' and ''How S ...

– percussion (5),

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

(6) *

Sam Bush Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival. ...

–

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

(2, 10) * Rob Hajacos – fiddle (4-8) *

Suzi Ragsdale Suzanne Ragsdale (born September 6, 1964) is an American singer and songwriter. Besides her solo recordings, Ragsdale is known for her collaborations with Verlon Thompson and Darrell Scott. Biography Early years Ragsdale grew up in Nashvill ...

– backing vocals (1, 6) *

Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American country and folk music singer-songwriter. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C.-area clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records. Carpenter's firs ...

– backing vocals (4) *

Kim Richey Kimberly Richey (born December 1, 1956) is an American singer and songwriter. Early life Richey was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on December 1, 1956. She grew up in Kettering, Ohio, graduating from Fairmont East High school in 1973. Career Riche ...

– backing vocals (4) * Mary Ann Kennedy - backing vocals (5) *

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass music, bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after ta ...

– backing vocals (7) *

Ashley Cleveland Ashley Cleveland (born February 2, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter best known as a background vocalist and Gospel music, gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Career She sang "We're Gonna Win This One" in 1 ...

– backing vocals (9) * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (9) * Liana Manis – backing vocals (9) * Carrie Tillis – backing vocals (10) * Cindy Tillis Westmoreland – backing vocals (10) * Connie Tillis Howden – backing vocals (10) * Mel Tillis Jr. – backing vocals (10)

Production

* Steve Fishell – producer * Pam Tillis – producer * Mike Poole – recording * Chuck Ainlay – mixing * Graham Lewis – additional recording, mix assistant * Tony Collins – recording assistant * Eric Elwell – recording assistant * Steve Hennig – recording assistant * Mike Janas – recording assistant * Ed Simonton – recording assistant * Mark Frigo – second mix assistant * John Kliner – second mix assistant * Don Cobb – digital editing * Carlos Grier – digital editing * Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) * Maude Gilman – art direction, design * Peter Nash – photography * Trish Townsend – styling * Ina Vistica – make-up * Kim Hunter – hair stylist * Mike Robertson – management

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References