Southern Star is the twelfth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1989. The album produced four singles, "Song of the South", "High Cotton", the title track and "If I Had You", all of which reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles charts between 1989 and 1990. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing
Note: Tracks 6, 7, 11, and 13 were not added to the cassette version.
Personnel
Alabama Jeff Cook – fiddle, electric guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Barefootin'" and "Dixie Fire" Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "I Showed Her", co-lead vocals on "The Borderline" Mark Herndon – drums Randy Owen – electric guitar, lead vocals
Additional Musicians Eddie Bayers – drums Barry Beckett – piano David Briggs – piano, synthesizer Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar Steve Cash – harmonica Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar Steve Cropper – electric guitar Charlie Daniels – co-lead vocals on "The Borderline" Costo Davis – keyboards, organ, synthesizer Jimmie Fadden – harmonica, jew's harp Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Owen Hale – drums Larry Hanson – electric guitar Craig Krampf – percussion Mike Lawler – synthesizer Bernie Leadon – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin Josh Leo – electric guitar Carl Marsh – Fairlight Farrell Morris – percussion Mark O'Connor – fiddle Larry Paxton – bass guitar Michael Rhodes – bass guitar Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar Biff Watson – synthesizer Reggie Young – electric guitar
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1989) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 4
Year-end charts Chart (1989) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 12 Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 46
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country CAN Country 1988 "Song of the South" 1 1 1989 "If I Had You" 1 1 "High Cotton" 1 1 "Southern Star" 1 1
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