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Bedtime Story is a studio album by American country artist, Tammy Wynette. It was released in March 1972 via Epic Records and contained 11 tracks. The disc featured both new recordings and cover tunes. Two singles were included: title track and "Reach Out Your Hand". Both made top positions on the North American country charts in 1972. The album itself reached the top ten of the American country albums chart following its release. Background, content and recording Tammy Wynette was at her commercial peak by 1972. She had a string of number one and top ten singles such as "I Don't Wanna Play House", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and her signature "Stand by Your Man". Her success continued through the seventies with a series of more chart-topping singles. Among her chart-topping releases was the song "Bedtime Story" (penned by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton). The song served as the lead single and name for Wynette's next studio project. Sessions for the project were recorded between October 1971 and January 1972 at the Columbia Studio B, which was located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Billy Sherrill. Bedtime Story consisted of 11 tracks. Several of the tracks were new recordings. Two of these recordings were co-written by Wynette herself: "Reach Out Your Hand" and "Take Me Home and Love Me". Other tracks such as "That's When I Feel It", "I Got Me a Man" and "Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming" were all new recordings for the project. Additional material were cover tunes. The song, "If This Is Our Last Time", was originally top 40 country single for Brenda Lee in 1970. "Just as Soon as I Get Over Loving You" was a low-charting single for Jean Shepard in 1971. "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home" was a top ten single for Barbara Mandrell in 1971. "Love's the Answer" was a top ten single for Tanya Tucker in 1972. Release, reception, chart performance and singles Bedtime Story was released on March 27, 1972 on Epic Records. It was the thirteenth studio album in Wynette's career. It was originally distributed as a vinyl LP and a cassette. When reviewing the compilation My Man/Bedtime Story (which compiled tracks from this album and her My Man LP), Stephen Cook of AllMusic praised the songs "I'm Gonna Keep on Loving Him" and "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home". Cook called them "top notch tracks". The album reached the number seven position on the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart in May 1972.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Bedtime Story: telling of a story to somebody about to sleep · 1995 single by Madonna · 1983 song performed by Warm Guns · 1971 single by Tammy Wynette

Overview

Bedtime Story is a studio album by American country artist, Tammy Wynette. It was released in March 1972 via Epic Records and contained 11 tracks. The disc featured both new recordings and cover tunes. Two singles were included: title track and "Reach Out Your Hand". Both made top positions on the North American country charts in 1972. The album itself reached the top ten of the American country albums chart following its release. Background, content and recording Tammy Wynette was at her commercial peak by 1972. She had a string of number one and top ten singles such as "I Don't Wanna Play House", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and her signature "Stand by Your Man". Her success continued through the seventies with a series of more chart-topping singles. Among her chart-topping releases was the song "Bedtime Story" (penned by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton). The song served as the lead single and name for Wynette's next studio project. Sessions for the project were recorded between October 1971 and January 1972 at the Columbia Studio B, which was located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Billy Sherrill. Bedtime Story consisted of 11 tracks. Several of the tracks were new recordings. Two of these recordings were co-written by Wynette herself: "Reach Out Your Hand" and "Take Me Home and Love Me". Other tracks such as "That's When I Feel It", "I Got Me a Man" and "Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming" were all new recordings for the project. Additional material were cover tunes. The song, "If This Is Our Last Time", was originally top 40 country single for Brenda Lee in 1970. "Just as Soon as I Get Over Loving You" was a low-charting single for Jean Shepard in 1971. "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home" was a top ten single for Barbara Mandrell in 1971. "Love's the Answer" was a top ten single for Tanya Tucker in 1972. Release, reception, chart performance and singles Bedtime Story was released on March 27, 1972 on Epic Records. It was the thirteenth studio album in Wynette's career. It was originally distributed as a vinyl LP and a cassette. When reviewing the compilation My Man/Bedtime Story (which compiled tracks from this album and her My Man LP), Stephen Cook of AllMusic praised the songs "I'm Gonna Keep on Loving Him" and "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home". Cook called them "top notch tracks". The album reached the number seven position on the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart in May 1972.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).