Highway 101 is the self-titled debut studio album by American country music band Highway 101. It saw the group shoot straight to the top of the country music charts with two singles hitting the #1 spot on the Billboard Country charts, another rising to #2, and a fourth song at #4. The album itself was a #7 Country album. The #1 hits were "Somewhere Tonight" and "Cry, Cry, Cry." Also, "Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" rose to #2, and "The Bed You Made for Me" did almost as well, reaching #4. Track 4, "Woman Walk the Line" was redone by country singer Trisha Yearwood for her sophomore effort, released in 1992.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1987) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 39 Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 14
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country CAN Country 1987 "The Bed You Made for Me" 4 8 "Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" 2 1 "Somewhere Tonight" 1 1 1988 "Cry, Cry, Cry" 1 1
Personnel
Highway 101 Paulette Carlson – lead vocals, acoustic guitar Cactus Moser – drums, background vocals Curtis Stone – bass guitar, background vocals Jack Daniels – electric guitar, background vocals
Additional musicians Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Dennis Burnside – piano John Hobbs – piano Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar Tommy Spurlock – steel guitar Harry Stinson – background vocals Dennis Wilson – background vocals Paul Worley – electric guitar Curtis Young – background vocals
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