Keeping in Touch

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Keeping in Touch
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Producer Tom Catalano
Anne Murray chronology
Together
(1975)
Keeping in Touch
(1976)
There's a Hippo in My Tub
(1977)
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Keeping in Touch is the twelfth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in 1976. In the U.S., the album peaked at number 26 on the country album charts and number 96 on the pop albums chart, and in Canada, the album peaked at number 64 on the RPM album chart on 10 December 1976.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Things" Bobby Darin 2:46
2."Caress Me Pretty Music" Alan O'Day 3:12
3."Dancin' All Night Long" Maribeth Solomon 4:04
4."Sweet Music Man" Kenny Rogers 3:06
5."Sunday School to Broadway"Danny Hice, Ruby Hice3:41
6."Shine" Lew Brown, Ford Dabney 2:32
7."Lay Me Down (Roll Me Out To Sea)" Larry Weiss 3:59
8."Golden Oldie"Brian Russell, Brenda Russell 3:15
9."A Million More" Robbie MacNeill 3:11
10."Carolina Sun" Colleen Peterson 2:50

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References

  1. "Keeping in Touch". Allmusic . Retrieved 2018-11-05.