Heartbreak Express
Heartbreak Express in the twenty-fourth solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on March 29, 1982, by RCA Records. The album returned Parton to a more fully realized country sound, after her late 1970s pop recordings. The album's first single, "Single Women", a slow-tempo honkytonk ballad about a singles bar, was written by Saturday Night Live writer Michael O'Donoghue, and had previously appeared in an SNL skit in late 1980. The single provided a top ten single for Parton. The title cut also was a top ten hit for her. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" appeared as a double-A-sided single, and reached No. 1 on the country charts in August 1982.
"Hollywood Potters", Parton has explained to interviewers, came out of her experience filming the movie 9 to 5, as Parton watched many of the film's extras and bit players, who had worked very hard at acting through the years, but with very little success. Heartbreak Express was re-released in digital format in 2013.
Personnel
- Dolly Parton - vocals
- Albert Lee, Fred Tackett, Jeff Baxter, Mike Severs, Steve Cropper - guitar
- Abraham Laboriel, Leland Sklar, Nathan East - bass
- Joe McGuffee - steel guitar
- Buddy Spicher - fiddle
- Gregg Perry - dulcimer, backing vocals
- Red Young, Ron Oates - keyboards
- Eddy Anderson - drums
- Lenny Castro - congas
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Alex Brown, Anita Ball, Denise Maynelli, Gene Morford, Jim Salestrom, Richard Dennison, Roy Galloway, Stephanie Spruill, Willie Greene Jr. - backing vocals
- Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Gary Herbig, George Bohanon, Jim Horn, Slyde Hyde, Tom Saviano, Tom Scott - horns
- Herb Ritts - Photography
Chart performance
Album| Chart | Peak position |
| US Cashbox Country Albums | 7 |
| US Cash Box Top Albums | 127 |
Album
| Chart | Peak Position |
| US Top Country Albums | 32 |