Miss the Mississippi is an album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in September 1979, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

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Miss the Mississippi
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released	September 1979
Genre	Country
Length	34:44
Label	Columbia
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
Classic Crystal (1979) Miss the Mississippi (1979) These Days (1980)
Singles from Miss the Mississippi
"Half the Way" Released: September 1979 "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" Released: February 1980 "The Blue Side" Released: May 1980

The album was her first album for Columbia Records, and contained three Country top ten hits; "Half the Way" (#2), "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (#1) and "The Blue Side" (#8). "Half the Way" also reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1980.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

Personnel

• Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone (tracks: A4, A5) – drums, percussion
• Joe Allan (track: B2), Joe Osborn (tracks A3 to A5), Spady Brannan (tracks A1, A2, B1, B3, B4), Bob Moore (track B5) – bass guitar
• Charles Cochran, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards
• Chris Leuzinger, Jerry McEwen, Billy Sanford, Rod Smarr, Barry "Byrd" Burton – guitars
• Lloyd Green – dobro on (track B5)
• Billy Puett, Denis Solee – saxophone
• Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Rex Peer, Terry Williams – trombone
• Terry McMillan – harmonica (track: B3)
• Crystal Gayle - backing vocals (tracks A2 to A4, B4)
• Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Allen Reynolds - backing vocals (track B1)
• Allen Reynolds, Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Frank Saulino, Jennifer Kimball, Jim Valenti, Spady Brannan - backing vocals (track A1)
• Vickie Carrico, Pebble Daniel, Allen Reynolds, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle – backing vocals (track A5)
• Pebble Daniel, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle, Vickie Carrico - backing vocals (track B4)

Cover photographs by Francesco Scavullo

Production

• Produced by Allen Reynolds
• Recorded and engineered by Garth Fundis

References

[1]

External links

• "Crystal Gayle - Miss the Mississippi". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
• "Miss the Mississippi - Crystal Gayle - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
• "Crystal Gayle - Miss The Mississippi CD Album". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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