The First Lady (album)

"Run, Woman, Run"
The First Lady
Studio album by Tammy Wynette
Released	October 5, 1970
Recorded	May 28, 1970—Jun. 1970
Studio	Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	29:16
Label	Epic
Producer	Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette chronology
Singles from The First Lady
	"Run, Woman, Run"; Released: August 13, 1970 [1] ;

Last updated February 27, 2019

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The First Lady is the eighth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. It was released on October 5, 1970, by Epic Records.^[3]^[4]

Tammy Wynette, was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers.

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953, but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres, including pop, R&B, rock, and hip hop. Epic has released music by artists including Glenn Miller, Tammy Wynette, George Michael, The Yardbirds, Donovan, Shakin Stevens, Europe, Cheap Trick, Meat Loaf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ted Nugent, Shakira, Sly & the Family Stone, The Hollies, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, ABBA, Anastacia, Boston, Dave Clark Five, Gloria Estefan, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, and Michael Jackson. Along with Arista, Columbia and RCA Records, Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainment's four flagship record labels.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album's single, "Run, Woman, Run", peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, Wynette's ninth song to top the chart.

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Run, Woman, Run"	Ann Booth, DanHoffman, Duke Goff	2:25
2.	"I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You"	Billy Sherrill, Danny Walls, Norro Wilson	3:32
3.	"True and Lasting Love"	Agnes Wilson, Carmol Taylor	2:30
4.	"I Never Once Stopped Loving You"	Bill Anderson, Jan Howard	2:55
5.	"Safe in These Loving Arms of Mine"	Billy Sherrill, Emily Mitchell, Norro Wilson	2:10

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sally Trash"	Chet Atkins, Curly Putman	2:26
2.	"My Daddy Doll"	Billy Sherrill, Carmol Taylor, Tammy Wynette	2:52
3.	"The Lovin' Kind"	Billy Sherrill, Emily Mitchell, Norro Wilson	3:01
4.	"He's Still My Man"	Billy Sherrill	2:32
5.	"Buy Me a Daddy"	Carmol Taylor	2:28
6.	"Playin' Around with Love"	Billy Sherrill	2:25

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

Lou Bradley - engineer
Charlie Bragg - engineer
The Jordanaires - backing vocals
John Gabree - liner notes
The Nashville Edition - backing vocals
Billy Sherrill - producer
Tammy Wynette - lead vocals

The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet that formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are known for providing background vocals for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972. The group has also worked in the recording studio, on stage, and on television with many other country and rock and roll artists.

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Peak position
1970	Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1970	"Run, Woman, Run"	Country Singles (Billboard)^[6]	1

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References

↑ "Tammy Wynette - Run, Woman, Run" . Retrieved 21 September 2017.
↑ "The First Lady - Tammy Wynette | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
↑ "The First Lady - Tammy Wynette". Tammy Wynette. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
↑ "The First Lady" . Retrieved 21 September 2017.
↑ "Billboard Magazine - December 12, 1970" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
↑ "Billboard Magazine - October 24, 1970" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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[1] "Tammy Wynette - Run, Woman, Run" . Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[2] "The First Lady - Tammy Wynette | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[3] "The First Lady - Tammy Wynette". Tammy Wynette. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[4] "The First Lady" . Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[5] "Billboard Magazine - December 12, 1970" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[6] "Billboard Magazine - October 24, 1970" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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Studio albums	Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (1967) Take Me to Your World / I Don't Wanna Play House (1968) D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968) Stand by Your Man (1969) Inspiration (1969) The Ways to Love a Man (1970) Tammy's Touch (1970) The First Lady (1970) We Sure Can Love Each Other (1971) Bedtime Story (1972) My Man (1972) Another Lonely Song (1974) Woman to Woman (1974) I Still Believe in Fairy Tales (1975) 'Til I Can Make It on My Own (1976) You and Me (1976) Let's Get Together (1977) One of a Kind (1977) Womanhood (1978) Just Tammy (1979) Only Lonely Sometimes (1980) You Brought Me Back (1981) Soft Touch (1982) Good Love & Heartbreak (1982) Even the Strong Get Lonely (1983) Sometimes When We Touch (1985) Higher Ground (1987) Next to You (1989) Heart Over Mind (1990) Without Walls (1994)
Collaboration albums	We Go Together Me and the First Lady We Love to Sing About Jesus Let's Build a World Together We're Gonna Hold On George & Tammy & Tina Golden Ring Together Again Honky Tonk Angels (1993) George and Tammy Super Hits (1995) One (1995)
Singles	"I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "Woman to Woman" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "You and Me" "Womanhood" "Crying in the Rain" "Sometimes When We Touch"
Collaboration singles	"My Elusive Dreams" "We're Gonna Hold On" "Golden Ring" "Near You" "Two Story House" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
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