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, released in 1996. It features the singles "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (a cover of

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' hit single from 1967), "Going, Going, Gone" (previously recorded by

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Track listing

#"That Woman of Mine" (

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, Jim Robinson) – 3:16 #"It Should've Happened That Way" (

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) – 3:50 #"Betcha Can't Do That Again" (Gene Dobbins, John Ramey, Bobby Taylor) – 3:38 #"She Can" (Austin Gardner,

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#*"Rapper's Delight" written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers #*arranged by Neal McCoy

Personnel

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

– drums *

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in the ...

– keyboards * Paul Franklin –

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– lead vocals *

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– percussion, harmonica *Phil Naish – keyboards *

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 ...

– keyboards * Donny Parenteau – fiddle,

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– acoustic guitar * Michael Rhodes – bass guitar *

Brent Rowan Brent Rowan (born May 28, 1956, in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American session musician and record producer who works primarily in country music. Active since the 1970s, Rowan began working with John Conlee through the recommendation of record produ ...

– electric guitar *

John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles (born December 2, 1950) is an American country music artist. Ryles recorded a string of hit country songs, beginning in 1968 when he was still a teenager, and continuing through the 1980s. He no longer records as a headline art ...

– background vocals *Dennis Wilson – background vocals *Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Albums produced by Barry Beckett Atlantic Records albums Neal McCoy albums