L.A. to Miami is the debut studio album by American country music singer Keith Whitley. It was released in October 1985 by RCA Records. The album includes the singles "I've Got the Heart for You", "Miami, My Amy", "Ten Feet Away", "Homecoming '63" and "Hard Livin'", all of which charted on Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) between 1985 and 1987. Also included are two songs that later became singles for other artists: "On the Other Hand" and "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her", which were number ones for Randy Travis and George Strait, respectively, in 1986. The latter was previously a No. 25 country hit for its writer, Dean Dillon, in 1980.
Critical reception Al Campbell of AllMusic gave the album two stars out of five, saying that it "suffers as a whole from a lack of tempo change".
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from liner notes.
Musicians Keith Whitley – lead vocals Mitch Humphries – keyboards Gary Prim – keyboards Brent Rowan – lead guitars, dobro Don Potter – rhythm guitars Bobby Thompson – rhythm guitars Chip Young – rhythm guitars Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, fretless dobro David Hungate – bass guitar Larry Paxton – bass guitar Jerry Kroon – drums Denis Solee – saxophone Carol Chase – backing vocals Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production Blake Mevis – producer Bill Harris – engineer Ron Reynolds – engineer Doug Crider – assistant engineer Randy Kling – mastering at Disc Mastering, Inc. (Nashville, Tennessee) Del Boyd – A&R coordinator Tal Howell Design – art direction Jim Shea – photography Don Light – management
Chart performance Chart (1986) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26
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