''Somewhere Between'' is the debut studio album by the American
country music
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singer-songwriter
Suzy Bogguss
Susan Kay Bogguss (born December 30, 1956) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She began her career in the 1980s as a solo singer. In the 1990s, six of her songs were Top 10 hits, three albums were certified gold, and one album re ...
, released on March 21, 1989, through
Capitol Records
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. Preceded by the singles "
I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
"I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" is a country and Western song written and first recorded in 1935 by Ruby Blevins, who performed as Patsy Montana. It was the first country song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies.
Backgrou ...
" and "Somewhere Between", the album reached number 41 on the Billboard Top Country Albums during its 37-week chart stay. The album's third single "
Cross My Broken Heart" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs. Following the album's success, Bogguss was named the
Academy of Country Music
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's Top New Female Vocalist.
The album is titled after
Merle Haggard
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Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled ...
's song "Somewhere Between", initially released in 1967 on the album ''
Branded Man
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Background
After a troubled youth that saw him in and out of youth reformatories, Haggard ...
''. "Night Rider's Lament" was originally recorded by
Jerry Jeff Walker
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on his 1975 album, ''Ridin' High''.
Background and recording
The songs "Hopeless Romantic", "
I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
"I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" is a country and Western song written and first recorded in 1935 by Ruby Blevins, who performed as Patsy Montana. It was the first country song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies.
Backgrou ...
" and "Somewhere Between" predate the LP by some years. "Hopeless Romantic" was a song written by Doug Crider, which Bogguss produced and recorded in her
demo
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tape while working as singer at the
Dollywood
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theme park. After Bogguss met Crider,
the two eventually married in November 1986.
When
Wendy Waldman
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Biography Early life
Waldman (born Wendy Steiner) grew up in the Los Angeles area. She was raised in a musical environment: her father Fred Steiner ...
was advanced by
Capitol Records
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as a possible producer, Bogguss found that it was "hard to be totally objective." Although Bogguss was impressed with several male producers who were considered, she decided on having Waldman as producer.
Upon discovering a record of
Patsy Montana
Rubye Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her ...
's "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", Bogguss learned the song's yodel by working on it repeatedly until she eventually imitated it.
Promotional video
The only music video made to promote the album was the titular song, "Somewhere Between". Directed by Armanda Costanza and released in 1988, the video opens with a solo performance by Suzy Bogguss on her instrument at SyncroSound Studios (now known as 615 Music Studios), where the album was recorded. The performance fades to Bogguss leaving a car belonging to her boyfriend and walking alone dejectedly before returning to the solo performance. Next, it fades into Bogguss spending time in the park with her dog as well as her boyfriend, portrayed by
Billy Dean
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He first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition ''Star Search''. Active as a recording artist since 1990, h ...
, before returning again to the solo performance for the second chorus. During the instrumental break, Bogguss watches her boyfriend leave in his car before fading back to the performance again for the second verse. Bogguss and her boyfriend take photos of themselves in the park, followed by Bogguss singing by herself. The scene reverts to the solo performance once again for the finale. In the closing seconds of the video, the studio's engineer finishes recording and gives positive comments on her performance.
Track listing
;LP edition
Personnel
*Suzy Bogguss — vocals
Additional musicians
*
Eddie Bayers
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—
drums
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*
Craig Bickhardt — backing vocals
*
Jerry Douglas
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Career
In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he h ...
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dobro
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*
Paul Franklin —
pedal steel guitar
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,
pedal dobro
*
Vince Gill
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—backing vocals
*Rob Hajacos —
fiddle (''5'')
*
Mac McAnally
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— backing vocals
*
Terry McMillan
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percussion
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*Tony Migliore —
accordion
*Craig Nelson —
bass
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*
Mark O'Connor
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—
mandolin
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,
fiddle
*Gary Prim —
keyboards (''9'')
*
Matt Rollings
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Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voca ...
—
keyboards
*
Harry Stinson
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— backing vocals
*
Wendy Waldman
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Biography Early life
Waldman (born Wendy Steiner) grew up in the Los Angeles area. She was raised in a musical environment: her father Fred Steiner ...
— backing vocals
Recording personnel
*Jeff Geidt — assistant engineer
*Daniel Johnston — assistant engineer
*Ken Love — mastering engineer
*Eric Prestidge — mixer, mastering engineer
*Dennis Ritchie — additional recording
*Wendy Waldman — producer
*John Wiles — recording engineer
Translate Into Music And Cover Music
in 1970-1980 the song "somewhere between" was interpreted in Indonesian as a pop song, namely
Hatimu Dan Hatiku sung, created and written by Mr Is Haryanto or called "Alphonsius Is Haryanto" is a male singer from Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Haryanto himself was born on August 22, 1940, he is a famous Javanese pop singer and keroncong song. This song has been known to Indonesians and even the British also have a music group called
Favourites Group with other music group members such as Mr.
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Eddy Syam Bpk
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Rahmat S B Hariadi this solo music group turned out to be a hit in 1970-2009 and he "is haryanto" himself when he was a teenager, he was able to imitate the sound
Cliff Richard
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Even his group in Solo was given a name similar to the Cliff Shadows group, as if they were a shadow of the group from America. Even though he is similar to the music group Cliff Shadows, he often appears with drums while singing You walk on the wild side, which is the theme song from the famous film in 1962. After working in Solo for a long time, he finally decided to move to
Jakarta in 1969. In Jakarta he joined S. Warno's group in the band Bina Ria. This band is led by Stefanus Soewarno (or S. Warno), a musician who also comes from Solo.. At that time there were also other singers who popularized the song "Antara Hatimu Dan Hatiku" like this there is Mr.
Muchsin Alatas. Mrs.
Titiek Sandhora The shooting location for the music video was in the front yard of the lake fence next to the statue of
Singapore
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in (1981)
while MR.
Waijanto Gemilang MR.
Rano Karno
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and Mrs
Ria Irawan was the shooting location for the song and video recording in South Jakarta and also broadcast on
Aneka Ria Safari television station
TVRI
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in 1990-1999 in the album
Johan Untung and Noor Brothers on the cassette
Bravo Music
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Purnama Suara Persada and
Digital Pelangi Musik
Chart positions
Album
Singles
Release details
References
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1989 debut albums
Suzy Bogguss albums
Capitol Records albums
Albums produced by Wendy Waldman