The Hottest Night of the Year is the nineteenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray . It was released by Capitol Records in 1982. The album reached #29 on Billboard 's Country albums chart and peaked at #90 on the Billboard Pop albums chart.[ 1] Its US sales were estimated at 200,000 copies.
The Hottest Night of the Year Released June 3, 1982 Studio Producers Workshop (Los Angeles, California); Audio Media (Nashville, Tennessee); Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Genre Country Length 31 :38 Label Capitol Producer Jim Ed Norman
The album's first single, a cover of the 1961 Bruce Channel hit "Hey! Baby " was a U.S. country top-ten single, reaching number 7; the following up single, "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye", also peaked at number 7 on the country singles chart. Both singles topped the Canadian Country singles charts.
Title Writer(s) 1. "The Hottest Night of the Year" Kerry Chater , Lane Brody , Tom Campbell2:56 2. "Fallin' in Love (Fallin' Apart)" Harry Shannon, Mitch Johnson 3:39 3. "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye " Bob McDill 3:24 4. "Easy Does It" Chater, Campbell 3:40 5. "Hey! Baby " Bruce Channel , Margaret Cobb2:32 6. "Ain't No Way to Rise Above (Fallin' in Love)" Chater, Patti Dahlstrom, Rory Bourke 3:21 7. "Heart on the Line" Don Stalker, Steve Berg, Steve Dorff 2:36 8. "They Don't Call It Magic for Nothing" Charlie Black , Molly Ann Leikin2:42 9. "That'll Keep Me Dreamin'" Black, Leikin 2:43 10. "Song for the Mira" Allistar MacGillivray 4:05
Anne Murray – lead vocals, backing vocals
Brian Whitcomb – electric piano (1), acoustic piano (2, 8, 9)
Lance Ong – synthesizers (1, 2)
Doug Riley – synthesizers (1), organ (3), keyboards (4-7, 10)
Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano (3)
Dennis Burnside – electric piano (3)
Mike "Pepe" Francis – electric guitar (1, 2, 8), guitars (4, 6, 7, 10)
John Hug – electric guitar (1, 2, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (8)
Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 8, 9)
Rafe Van Hoy – acoustic guitar (3)
Paul Worley – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (3)
Bob Mann – guitars (4-7, 10)
Brian Russell – guitars (5)
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (3)
Ben Mink – mandolin (10), fiddle (10)
Leland Sklar – bass (1, 2, 8, 9)
Joe Osborn – bass (3)
Tom Szczesniak – bass (4-7, 10)
Mike Botts – drums (1, 2, 8, 9)
Eddie Bayers – drums (3)
Barry Keane – drums (4-7, 10)
Steve Forman – percussion (1, 2, 8)
Dick Smith – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6-8)
Earl Seymour – baritone saxophone (6)
Vern Dorge – tenor saxophone (6)
Butch Wantanabe – trombone (6)
Guido Basso – trumpet (6)
Charlie Gray – trumpet (6)
Peter Cardinali – horn arrangements and conductor (6)
Rick Wilkins – string arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 10)
Alan Broadbent – string arrangements and conductor (8, 9)
Glenn Grab – string contractor (3, 4, 8-10)
Bill Richards – string contractor (3, 4, 8-10)
Bruce Murray – backing vocals
Deborah Schaal Greimann – backing vocals
Balmur Ltd. – executive producers
Jim Ed Norman – producer
Ken Friesen – recording, mixing
Marshall Morgan – recording
Eric Prestidge – recording
Tom Henderson – recording assistant
Ben Rodgers – recording assistant
John Rosenthal – recording assistant
Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
Paul Cade – art direction, design, illustration
Bob Karman – illustration
Bill King – photography
Ted Larson – lettering
George Abbott – make-up artist
Shelly Yakimov – hair stylist
Chart (1982)
Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Albums
70
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
29
U.S. Billboard 200
90