Every Night's a Saturday Night

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Every Night's a Saturday Night
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ReleasedJune 17, 1997 (1997-06-17)
Genre Country
Length39:19
Label Career
Producer Lee Roy Parnell
The Hot Links
Lee Roy Parnell chronology
We All Get Lucky Sometimes
(1995)
Every Night's a Saturday Night
(1997)
Hits and Highways Ahead
(1999)
Singles from Every Night's a Saturday Night
  1. "Lucky Me, Lucky You"
    Released: April 19, 1997
  2. "You Can't Get There from Here"
    Released: August 16, 1997
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Every Night's a Saturday Night is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released via Career Records, a sister label of Arista Nashville, on June 17, 1997. The album includes the singles "Lucky Me, Lucky You", "You Can't Get There from Here" and "All that Matters Anymore", which respectively reached #35, #39 and #50 on Billboard Hot Country Songs. Parnell produced the album with his band, The Hot Links.

Contents

Also included on this album are "Better Word for Love", originally recorded by NRBQ on their 1994 album Message for the Mess Age, and "Honky Tonk Night Time Man", originally recorded by Merle Haggard on 1974's Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album.

Track listing

  1. "Lucky Me, Lucky You" (Gary Nicholson, Lee Roy Parnell) – 3:46
  2. "You Can't Get There from Here" (Tony Arata) – 3:47
  3. "One Foot in Front of the Other" (Cris Moore, Parnell) – 4:11
  4. "All That Matters Anymore" (Nicholson, Parnell) – 4:39
  5. "Every Night's a Saturday Night" (Nicholson, Glen Clark) – 2:50
  6. "Tender Touch" (Parnell, Bob McDill) – 3:33
  7. "Better Word for Love" (Nicholson, Al Anderson) – 3:27
  8. "Honky Tonk Night Time Man" (Merle Haggard) – 4:03
  9. "Baton Rouge" (Guy Clark, J.C. Crowley) – 2:46
  10. "Mama, Screw Your Wig On Tight" (Parnell, Stephen Mackey, Kevin McKendree, James Pennebaker, Lynn Williams) – 3:12

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [1]

Additional musicians

Background vocals

Strings

Strings conducted and arranged by Carl Marsh.

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums53
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers41

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References

  1. Every Night's a Saturday Night (CD booklet). Lee Roy Parnell. Career Records. 1997. 07822-18841-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)