Young Man is the debut studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean, released in 1990 by Capitol Nashville. It produced two hit singles: "Only Here for a Little While" and "Somewhere in My Broken Heart". Both of these songs peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, with the latter also reaching No. 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart in both the United States and Canada. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for U.S. sales of 500,000 copies.
The track "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" was previously recorded by Randy Travis on his 1989 album No Holdin' Back. Also, "Brotherly Love" was recorded by Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley on Whitley's posthumous 1991 album Kentucky Bluebird, from which it was released as a single.
Track listing
Personnel As adapted from liner notes: Billy Dean – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar Barry Beckett – acoustic piano John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano, keyboards Mike Lawler – keyboards Biff Watson – keyboards, acoustic guitar Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar Brent Mason – electric guitar Reggie Young – electric guitar Jerry Douglas – dobro Mark O'Connor – mandolin Bruce Bouton – steel guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Pat Severs – steel guitar Dave Pomeroy – bass Michael Rhodes – bass Glenn Worf – bass Eddie Bayers – drums Lonnie Wilson – drums Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion Rob Hajacos – fiddle Michael Black – backing vocals Jessica Boucher – backing vocals Rick Giles – backing vocals Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Production Chuck Howard – producer Tom Shapiro – producer Bob Bullock – recording, mixing Tom Perry – recording Bob Campbell-Smith – recording Mark Coddington – overdub recording Brian Hardin – second engineer Tim Kish – second engineer Russ Martin – second engineer Milan Bogdan – digital editing Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Virginia Team – art direction Jerry Joyner – design Beverly Parker – photography
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1990–91) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 38 Chart (1992) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 73
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