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The Blue Rose of Texas
The Blue Rose of Texas
Studio album by Holly Dunn
Released	July 10, 1989
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Holly Dunn; Chris Waters;
Holly Dunn chronology
Singles from The Blue Rose of Texas
	"Are You Ever Gonna Love Me"; Released: May 1989; "There Goes My Heart Again"; Released: September 23, 1989;

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The Blue Rose of Texas is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Holly Dunn, and the first with the Warner Bros. Records label. A single from this album, "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", was her first number 1 Billboard country single. Another major hit from the album was the fourth track, "There Goes My Heart Again". Dolly Parton provides supporting vocals on her own "Most of All, Why" and Joe Diffie provides backing vocals on "There Goes My Heart Again" a song he had a part in writing. Dunn co-produced the album with her brother, Chris Waters.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Are You Ever Gonna Love Me"	Holly Dunn, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters	2:38
2.	"You're Still Keeping Me Up at Night"	Dunn, Shapiro, Waters	3:32
3.	"Most of All, Why"	Dolly Parton	3:05
4.	"Thunder and Lightnin'"	Val & Birdie, Vince Melamed	2:59
5.	"No One Takes the Train Anymore"	Waters	4:07
6.	"The Blue Rose of Texas"	Dunn, Shapiro, Waters	2:43
7.	"Sometime Today"	Dunn, Shapiro, Waters	3:18
8.	"There Goes My Heart Again"	Lonnie Wilson, Wayne Perry, Joe Diffie	2:42
9.	"If I'd Never Loved You"	Dunn	2:41
10.	"There's No Heart So Strong"	Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz	3:36

Personnel

Compiled from the liner notes.^[2]

Musicians

Eddie Bayers – drums
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonica
Holly Dunn – lead vocals
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Dobro, Pedabro
Steve Gibson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Farrell Morris – marimba
Phil Naish – keyboards
Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Background vocalists

Joe Diffie, Holly Dunn, Dolly Parton, Lee Satterfield, Chris Waters, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young, Liana Young

Technical

Holly Dunn – production
Mike Psanos – engineering, mixing
Chris Waters – production
Hank Williams – mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	30

References

^ The Blue Rose of Texas at AllMusic
^ The Blue Rose of Texas (CD booklet). Holly Dunn. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 25939.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] The Blue Rose of Texas at AllMusic

[2] The Blue Rose of Texas (CD booklet). Holly Dunn. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 25939.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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+'''''The Blue Rose of Texas''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Holly Dunn]], and the first with the [[Warner Bros. Records]] label. A single from this album, "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", was her first number 1 [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]] country single. Another major hit from the album was the fourth track, "There Goes My Heart Again". [[Dolly Parton]] provides supporting vocals on her own "Most of All, Why" and [[Joe Diffie]] provides backing vocals on "There Goes My Heart Again" a song he had a part in writing. Dunn co-produced the album with her brother, [[Chris Waters]].
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v t e Holly Dunn
Discography
Studio albums	Holly Dunn Cornerstone Across the Rio Grande The Blue Rose of Texas Heart Full of Love Getting It Dunn
Compilation albums	Milestones: Greatest Hits
Top 40 singles	"Daddy's Hands" "Love Someone Like Me" "Only When I Love" "Strangers Again" "That's What Your Love Does to Me" "(It's Always Gonna Be) Someday" "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" "There Goes My Heart Again" "You Really Had Me Going" "Heart Full of Love" "Maybe I Mean Yes"
Guest singles	"A Face in the Crowd" (with Michael Martin Murphey) "Maybe" (with Kenny Rogers)
Related articles	Chris Waters "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet"