White Shoes

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This article is about the 1983 album. For the Indonesian band, see White Shoes & The Couples Company.

White Shoes

Studio album by Emmylou Harris

Released

October 1983

Genre

country

Length

34:47

Emmylou Harris chronology

Last Date
(1982)

White Shoes
(1983)

The Ballad of Sally Rose
(1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

White Shoes was a 1983 Emmylou Harris album, composed of an eclectic collection of material. 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" were all included. Both "In My Dreams" and "Pledging My Love" hit the #9 position on the Billboard Magazine country music singles chart in 1984.

Track listing

"Drivin' Wheel" (T-Bone Burnett/Billy Swan) – 3:10
"Pledging My Love" (Don Robey/Fats Washington) – 3:00
"In My Dreams" (Paul Kennerley) – 3:15
"White Shoes" (Jack Tempchin) – 3:30
"On the Radio" (Giorgio Moroder/Donna Summer) – 5:11
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" (Rodney Crowell) – 2:55
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (Leo Robin/Jule Styne) – 3:39
"Good News" (Shirley Eikhard) – 3:52
"Baby, Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:04
"Like an Old Fashioned Waltz" (Sandy Denny) – 3:11

Personnel

Brian Ahern: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, 6-String Bass, Percussion, Tambourine
Barbara Bennett: Backing Vocals
Mike Bowden: Bass
Bonnie Bramlett: Backing Vocals
Tony Brown: Piano, Electric Piano
T-Bone Burnett: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Rodney Crowell: Acoustic Guitar
Hank DeVito: Steel Guitar
Shirley Eikhard: Backing Vocals
Steve Fishell: Steel Guitar, Melobar
Wayne Goodwin: Baritone Sax
Glen D. Hardin: Electric Piano, String Arrangements
Don Heffington: Drums
Emmylou Harris: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jim Horn: Recorders
Don Johnson: Piano, Electric Piano, Backing Vocals
Keith Knudsen: Drums
John McFee: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Bill Payne: Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer
Mickey Raphael: Harmonica
Frank Reckard: Electric Guitar
Barry Tashian: Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
John Ware: Drums

Technical Personnel

Brian Ahern: Producer, Engineer
Donivan Cowart: Engineer
Stuart Taylor: Engineer
Alan Vachon: Engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	22
U.S. Billboard 200	116

References

↑ Ankeny, Jason. White Shoes at AllMusic

Emmylou Harris White Shoes liner notes

v t e Emmylou Harris

Studio albums	Gliding Bird Pieces of the Sky Elite Hotel Luxury Liner Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Blue Kentucky Girl Light of the Stable Roses in the Snow Evangeline Cimarron White Shoes The Ballad of Sally Rose Thirteen Angel Band Bluebird Brand New Dance Cowgirl's Prayer Wrecking Ball Red Dirt Girl Stumble into Grace All I Intended to Be Hard Bargain

Collaboration albums	Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) Old Yellow Moon (with Rodney Crowell)

Live albums	Last Date At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) Spyboy

Compilation albums	Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris Her Best Songs Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Duets Songs of the West Portraits Singin' with Emmylou, Vol. 1 Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Records The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems

Video albums	Live at the Ryman Spyboy: Live from the Legendary Exit/In Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)

Notable singles	"If I Could Only Win Your Love" "Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams" "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" "Making Believe" "To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters" "Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer" "Mister Sandman" "If I Needed You" "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run" "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love" "Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"

Collaboration singles	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" "Telling Me Lies" "Those Memories of You" "Wildflowers"

Guest singles	"Thing About You" "We Believe in Happy Endings"

Discographies	Discography Solo contributions Collaborations A–F Collaborations G–K Collaborations L–Q Collaborations R–Z

Related articles	Reprise Records Warner Bros. Records Roy Orbison Linda Ronstadt Don Williams John Denver Southern Pacific Dolly Parton Earl Thomas Conley Gram Parsons Daniel Lanois Rodney Crowell Desire The Last Waltz

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