''Only Lonely Sometimes'' is the twenty-first studio album by American country music singer-songwriter
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter, considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Lynn, Wynette helped bring a ...
. It was released on June 9, 1980, by
Epic Records
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.
Chart performance
The album peaked at No. 37 on the ''
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Country Albums chart. The album's first single, "He Was There (When I Needed You)", peaked at No. 17 on the ''Billboard''
Country Singles chart, and the album's second single, "Starting Over", also peaked at No. 17.
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.
*Phil Baugh - lead guitar
*Ken Bell - rhythm guitar
*Lou Bradley - engineer
*Tom Brannon - background vocals
*Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
*Jerry Carrigan - drums
*Boomer Castleman - rhythm guitar
*C.C. Couch - background vocals
*Mike Daniel - engineer
*Chalmers Davis - keyboard
*Diane Davidson - background vocals
*Pete Drake - steel guitar
*Jimmy English - lead guitar
*Ralph Ezell - bass
*Johnny Gimble - fiddle
*Owen Hale - drums
*Kenny Malone - drums
*Bill McElhiney - string arrangements
*Steve Nathan - keyboard
*Nightstreets - background vocals
*June Page - background vocals
*Ron Reynolds - engineer
*George Richey - keyboard
*Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboard
*Norman Seeff - photography
*The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings
*Billy Sherrill - producer
*Henry Strzelecki - bass
*Virginia Team - art direction
*
Pete Wade
Herman Bland "Pete" Wade (December 16, 1934 – August 27, 2024) was an American guitarist. Wade worked as a session musician in Nashville, playing on numerous hits including "Crazy Arms" by Ray Price, "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jo ...
- rhythm guitar
*Tammy Wynette - lead vocals
*
Reggie Young
Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys, and was a leading session musician.
He played on various recordings with ...
- lead guitar
Charts
Album
Singles
References
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1980 albums
Tammy Wynette albums
Albums produced by Billy Sherrill
Epic Records albums