White Shoes

This article is about the country album. For other uses, see White Shoes (disambiguation).
White Shoes
Studio album by
Emmylou Harris
ReleasedOctober 1983
GenreCountry
Length34:47
LabelWarner Bros.[1]
ProducerBrian Ahern
Emmylou Harris chronology
Last Date
(1982) 		White Shoes
(1983) 		Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris
(1984)
Singles from White Shoes
  1. "Drivin' Wheel"
    Released: August 1983
  2. "In My Dreams"
    Released: March 24, 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

White Shoes is the tenth studio album by Emmylou Harris, released in 1983.[5][6] The album includes a rockish version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", a country remake of the Donna Summer hit "On the Radio", and a version of Sandy Denny's "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz". Both "In My Dreams" and "Pledging My Love" hit the #9 position on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1984.

In My Dreams won for Emmylou Harris her third Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was written by Paul Kennerley, who would become Emmylou Harris' third husband in 1985.

  1. ^ a b MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 350.
  2. ^ Ankeny, Jason. White Shoes at AllMusic
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. pp. 149–150.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 307–308.
  5. ^ "Emmylou Harris | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides. May 3, 2003 – via Google Books.