| Blue Kentucky Girl | ||||
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| Released | April 13, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Producer | Brian Ahern | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Blue Kentucky Girl is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1979. The album features Harris delving into more traditional country than the country-rock sound of her previous releases. Songs include work by Willie Nelson and Gram Parsons. Rodney Crowell's "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" featured harmonies by Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, and came out of the women's ill-fated 1978 recording sessions, where they first attempted to record a "trio" album (nearly a full decade before they actually succeeded in doing so).
The album won the 1980 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. "Beneath Still Waters" became Harris' fourth No. 1 hit; covers of the Drifters' 1960 hit "Save the Last Dance for Me" and the album's title track (originally recorded by Loretta Lynn) were top ten hits on the US country charts.
In 2006, the album ranked No. 20 on CMT's "40 Greatest Albums in Country Music".
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. Blue Kentucky Girl at AllMusic
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (April 9, 2004). "Emmylou Harris, Blue Kentucky Girl". The Guardian. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 307, 308.