Precious Memories
Studio album by
Dolly Parton
ReleasedApril 17, 1999
Recorded1998
Studio
  • Studio 19
  • Studio 20
GenreGospel
Length35:33
LabelBlue Eye
ProducerRichie Owens
Dolly Parton chronology
Trio II
(1999) 		Precious Memories
(1999) 		The Grass Is Blue
(1999)

Precious Memories is the thirty-sixth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on April 17, 1999, by Blue Eye Records. The album is sold exclusively at Dollywood and was released at the opening of the park's fourteenth season (1999–2000) with all proceeds going to the Dollywood Foundation.[1]

Background

Parton performed many songs from the album on a TNN special, Dolly Parton's Precious Memories, that aired on April 1, 1999, as a part of TNN's 20th Century Hitmakers Week.[2] The special also included performances by Alison Krauss and Union Station and the Cox Family. Parton's siblings Randy Parton and Rachel Dennison also appeared on the show.

Parton spoke in an interview about how close her roots in religion, family and music are, saying:

Gospel was an important part of life in the Smoky Mountains where I grew up...and religion was a part of everyday life. There's something unique about family harmony singing, "blood harmonies," we call 'em, and not surprisingly, many of our greatest groups are families who started out singing in church together. There was even a group called the Parton Family Traveling Band.

— Dolly Parton, Country Weekly - March 23, 1999[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Precious Memories"J. B. F. Wright3:15
2."Power in the Blood"Lewis E. Jones2:11
3."In the Sweet Bye-and-Bye"
3:37
4."Church in the Wildwood"William S. Pitts2:39
5."Keep on the Firing Line"Bessie F. Hatcher2:54
6."Amazing Grace"John Newton3:48
7."Old Time Religion"Traditional1:36
8."Softly and Tenderly"Will L. Thompson3:14
9."Farther Along"Traditional3:43
10."What a Friend We Have in Jesus"
3:47
11."In the Garden"C. Austin Miles2:54
12."When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder"James Milton Black2:03
Total length:35:33

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

References

  1. ^ "Precious Memories - Gospel Album - Dolly Parton". dollyparton.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Dolly Parton's Precious Memories". Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ Gordon, T. Duane. "Dollymania: The Online Dolly Parton Newsmagazine. Your premier resource for Dolly Parton news and information". www.dollymania.net. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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