1980 Soundtrack – Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American western romantic drama film about the love-hate relationship between Buford Uan “Bud” Davis (John Travolta) and Sissy (Debra Winger). The movie captured the late 1970s/early 1980s popularity of country music. It was John Travolta’s third major acting role after Saturday Night Fever and Grease.
The movie spawned a hit soundtrack album featuring such songs as “Lookin’ for Love” by Johnny Lee, “Stand by Me” by Mickey Gilley, “Look What You’ve Done to Me” by Boz Scaggs, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band, “Could I Have This Dance” by Anne Murray, and “Love the World Away” by Kenny Rogers. The film is said to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known as the “Urban Cowboy Movement” also known as Neo-Country or Hill Boogie.
Released as a double LP,re-released on CD in 1995.
Tracks
1 Jimmy Buffett – Hello Texas (Brian Collins, Robby Campbell) 2:34
2 Joe Walsh – All Night Long (Joe Walsh) 3:52
3 Dan Fogelberg – Times Like These (Dan Fogelberg) 3:03
4 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Nine Tonight (Bob Seger) 4:15
5 Mickey Gilley – Stand By Me (Ben E King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 3:37
6 Johnny Lee – Cherokee Fiddle (Michael Martin Murphey) 4:06
7 Anne Murray – Could I Have This Dance (Bob House, Wayland Holyfield) 3:16
8 Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) 6:23
9 Johnny Lee – Lookin’ For Love (Bob Morrison, Patti Ryan, Wanda Mallette) 3:43
10 Bonnie Raitt – Don’t It Make Ya Wanna Dance (Rusty Wier) 3:30
11 The Charlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels, Charlie Hayward, Fred Edwards, James Marshall, Taz DiGregorio, Tom Crain) 3:35
12 Mickey Gilley – Here Comes The Hurt Again (Bill Rice, Jerry Foster) 2:42
13 Gilley’s Urban Cowboy Band – Orange Blossom Special, Hoedown (Ervin House) 2:08
14 Kenny Rogers – Love The World Away (Bob Morrison, Johnny Wilson) 3:12
15 The Charlie Daniels Band – Falling In Love For The Night (Charlie Daniels) 3:01
16 Bonnie Raitt – Darlin’ (Stewart Blandamer) 2:36
17 Boz Scaggs – Look What You’ve Done To Me (Boz Scaggs, David Foster) 5:29
18 Linda Ronstadt & J.D. Souther – Hearts Against The Wind (JD Souther) 3:00
Musicians
1 Hello Texas
Bass | Harry Dailey |
Drums | Sammy Creason |
Guitar | Roger Bartlett |
Guitar | Barry Chance |
Guitar | Keith Sykes |
Piano | Andy McMahon |
Harmonica | Greg Taylor |
Percussion | Mary Lou Benoit |
Background Vocals | Deborah McColl |
Background Vocals | Mary Lou Benoit |
Vocals | Jimmy Buffett |
2 All Night Long
Bass | George Perry |
Drums | Joe Vitale |
Guitar | Joe Walsh |
Keyboards | Paul Harris |
Vocals | Joe Walsh |
3 Times Like These
Drums | Russ Kunkel |
Percussion | Russ Kunkel |
All Other Instruments | Dan Fogelberg |
Vocals | Dan Fogelberg |
4 Nine Tonight
Bass | Chris Campbell |
Drums | David Teegarden |
Guitar | Drew Abbott |
Keyboards | Don Riley |
Horns | Jerry Hey |
Horns | Bill Reichenbach |
Horns | Gary Grant |
Horns | Kim Hutchcroft |
Horns | Larry Williams |
Sax | Alto Reed |
Background Vocals | Ginger Blake |
Background Vocals | Laura Creamer |
Background Vocals | Linda Dillard |
Vocals | Bob Seger |
5 Stand By Me
Bass | Joe Osborn |
Guitar | James Burton |
Acoustic Guitar | Bobby Thompson |
Steel Guitar | Sonny Garrish |
Electric Piano | Tony Migliore |
Piano | Jim Ed Norman |
Percussion | Jerry Carrigan |
Background Vocals | Dottie Dee |
Background Vocals | Duane West |
Background Vocals | Rick Gibson |
Vocals | Mickey Gilley |
6 Cherokee Fiddle
Bass | Scott Chambers |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Ben Benay |
Acoustic Guitar | John Boylan |
Steel Guitar | Pete Kleinow |
Keyboards | Bill Payne |
Fiddle | Byron Berline |
Background Vocals | Marcy Levy |
Background Vocals | Rosemary Butler |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Vocals | Johnny Lee |
7 Could I Have This Dance
Bass | Mike Bowden |
Guitar | Georges Hébert |
Acoustic Guitar | Aidan Mason |
Steel Guitar | Jay Dee Maness |
Electric Piano | Brian Gatto |
Piano | Pat Riccio |
Percussion | John Anderson |
Vocals | Anne Murray |
8 Lyin’ Eyes
Bass | Randy Meisner |
Drums | Don Henley |
Guitar | Bernie Leadon |
Guitar | Don Felder |
Piano | Jim Ed Norman |
Background Vocals | Bernie Leadon |
Background Vocals | Don Felder |
Background Vocals | Don Henley |
Background Vocals | Randy Meisner |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
9 Lookin’ For Love
Bass | Scott Chambers |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Ben Benay |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | John Boylan |
Steel Guitar | Pete Kleinow |
Keyboards | Bill Payne |
Background Vocals | Marcy Levy |
Background Vocals | Rosemary Butler |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Vocals | Johnny Lee |
10 Don’t It Make Ya Wanna Dance
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Baird |
Guitar | Will McFarlane |
Acoustic Guitar | Trevor Veitch |
Piano | Jai Winding |
Fiddle | Ron Levine |
Background Vocals | Richard Bowden |
Background Vocals | Robb Strandlund |
Vocals | Bonnie Raitt |
11 The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Bass | Charlie Hayward |
Drums | James W Marshall |
Guitar | Tom Crain |
Fiddle | Charlie Daniels |
Keyboards | Taz DiGregorio |
Background Vocals | Tom Crain |
Vocals | Charlie Daniels |
12 Here Comes The Hurt Again
Bass | Sydney Pomonis |
Drums | Michael James Schillaci |
Guitar | Conrad Durocher |
Steel Guitar | Bob Tuttle |
Keyboards | Mickey Gilley |
Fiddle | Ron Levine |
Background Vocals | Rebecca Conway |
Background Vocals | Tamara Mathuesian |
Vocals | Mickey Gilley |
13 Orange Blossom Special, Hoedown
Bass | Sydney Pomonis |
Drums | Michael James Schillaci |
Guitar | Conrad Durocher |
Keyboards | Mickey Gilley |
Fiddle | Ron Levine |
Steel Guitar | Bob Tuttle |
14 Love The World Away
Bass | Bob Moore |
Bass | Tommy Allsup |
Drums | Jerry Carrigan |
Guitar | Billy Sanford |
Guitar | Billy Sherrill |
Guitar | Jimmy Capps |
Guitar | Ray Edenton |
Keyboards | Hargus Robbins |
Keyboards | Larry Butler |
Percussion | Jerry Carrigan |
Background Vocals | Bergen White |
Background Vocals | Buzz Cason |
Background Vocals | Diane Tidwell |
Background Vocals | Wendellyn Suits |
Vocals | Kenny Rogers |
15 Falling In Love For The Night
Bass | Charlie Hayward |
Drums | Fred Edwards |
Drums | James W Marshall |
Guitar | Charlie Daniels |
Guitar | Tom Crain |
Keyboards | Taz DiGregorio |
Background Vocals | Tom Crain |
Vocals | Charlie Daniels |
16 Darlin’
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Baird |
Guitar | Will McFarlane |
Acoustic Guitar | Trevor Veitch |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Jay Leach |
Piano | Jai Winding |
Background Vocals | Richard Bowden |
Background Vocals | Robb Strandlund |
Vocals | Bonnie Raitt |
17 Look What You’ve Done To Me
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Keyboards | David Foster |
Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
Background Vocals | Paulette Brown |
Background Vocals | Venetta Fields |
Vocals | Boz Scaggs |
18 Hearts Against The Wind
Guitar | John David Souther |
Mandolin | Ricky Skaggs |
Background Vocals | Ricky Skaggs |
Vocals | John David Souther |
Vocals | Linda Ronstadt |
Other Musicians
Strings – The Shelly Kurland Strings (Track 13)
Liner Notes
Producer – Irving Azoff, Robert Evans
Producer – Jimmy Buffett (Track 1)
Producer – Joe Walsh (Track 2)
Producer – Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis, Norbert Putnam (Track 3)
Producer – Bob Seger, Punch Andrews (Track 4)
Producer – Jim Ed Norman (Tracks 5, 7)
Producer – John Boylan (Tracks 6, 9, 11, 15)
Producer – Bill Szymczyk (Track 8)
Producer – Jai Winding (Tracks 10, 16)
Producer – Becky Shargo (Tracks 12, 13)
Producer – Larry Butler (Track 14)
Producer – Bill Schnee, Boz Scaggs (Track 17)
Producer – Peter Asher (Track 18)
Producer (Executive) – Irving Azoff
Arranged By – Bill Justis (Track 13)
Arranged By (Strings) – Alan Broadbent (Track 7)
Arranged By (Strings) – David Foster (Track 17)
Conductor – Alan Broadbent (Track 7)
Conductor – Bill Justis (Track 13)
Mastered By – Wally Traugott
Mixed By – Elliot Scheiner (Track 1)
Mixed By – Ed Mashal (Track 2)
Mixed By – Marty Lewis (Track 3)
Mixed By – David Cole, John Arrias (Track 4)
Mixed By – Eric Prestidge (Tracks 5, 7)
Mixed By – Paul Grupp (Tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
Mixed By – Deni King (Tracks 6, 9, 13)
Mixed By – Allan Blazek, Bill Szymczyk (Track 8)
Mixed By – Steve Hodge (Tracks 10, 16)
Mixed By – Billy Sherrill (Track 14)
Mixed By – Bill Schnee (Track 17)
Mixed By – Val Garay (Track 18)
Recorded By – Jim Nipar (Track 1)
Recorded By – Bill Szymczyk (Tracks 2, 8)
Recorded By – Marty Lewis (Track 3)
Recorded By – John Arrias (Track 4)
Recorded By – Jack Gilmer (Track 5)
Recorded By – Paul Grupp (Tracks 6, 9, 11, 15)
Recorded By – Deni King (Tracks 6, 9, 15)
Recorded By – Ken Friesen (Track 7)
Recorded By – Allan Blazek (Track 8)
Recorded By – Steve Hodge (Tracks 10, 16)
Recorded By – Bert Frilot (Tracks 12, 13)
Recorded By – Billy Sherrill (Track 14)
Recorded By – Bill Schnee (Track 17)
Recorded By – Val Garay (Track 18)
Art Direction – Johnny Lee, Ron Coro
Photography – Ted Grant, Elliot Marks, Ron Phillips
Phonographic Copyright Elektra Entertainment
Copyright Elektra Entertainment
July 8, 2014 @ 17:55
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July 9, 2014 @ 03:22
Becoming amazed at how many records these guys were on. My first exposure to JP was on Larry Carlton’s early records.
July 10, 2014 @ 07:57
I find it amazing that there is so many songs from over the years that have instantly meant something to me..the first time I heard this song in ‘Urban Cowboy’ by Boz it gave me goose pimples…instant love.,who knew it had Hungate, Jeff and Luke playing the music..its blows me away eveytime it happen!!