Make Me Like a Child Again

1976 studio album by Wanda Jackson

Make Me Like a Child Again

Studio album by

Wanda Jackson

Released| March 1976 (1976-03)
Recorded| Fall 1975
Studio| Creative Workshop
Genre| Gospel[1]
Label| Myrrh
Producer| Billy Ray Hearn
Wanda Jackson chronology
| Now I Have Everything
(1975)  | Make Me Like a Child Again
(1976)  | I'll Still Love You
(1976)

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Singles from  Make Me Like a Child Again

1. "Touring That City"
Released: 1975

Make Me Like a Child Again is a studio album by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. It was released in March 1976 via Myrrh Records and contained ten tracks. The disc was Jackson's twenty-fourth studio album and her fourth to consist entirely of gospel songs. One single was issued from the album in 1975 titled "Touring That City".

## Background and content[edit]

Before her gospel material, Wanda Jackson reached commercial success in the Rockabilly and country music fields with singles like "Let's Have a Party" and "Right Wrong". After dedicating her life to Christianity in 1971, Jackson left her long-time label to record gospel (in combination with country music) for Word Records.[2][3] Among her gospel releases was Make Me Like a Child Again.[3] The project was recorded in the fall of 1975 at the Creative Workshop, a studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. Sessions were produced by Billy Ray Hearn. A total of ten gospel recordings comprised the album. Among these tracks were covers of "Victory in Jesus", "Lord I'm Coming Home", Marilyn Sellars' "One Day at a Time" and Bill Gaither's "Because He Lives".[1]

## Release and singles[edit]

Make Me Like a Child Again was released on Myrrh Records in March 1976. It was Jackson's twenty fourth studio collection released in her career and her third Myrrh release. The album was distributed as a vinyl LP, containing five songs on either side of the record.[1] It also was distributed as a cassette.[4] The album failed to reach any Billboard chart positions, notably the Top Country Albums survey, which Jackson's albums often made appearances on.[5] She would record several more gospel and country albums for the Word and Myrrh record labels during the 1970s. However, these albums lacked any commercial success.[2] In her autobiography, Jackson reflected on the album's release and found that the record was "not very memorable" in comparison with her other gospel albums.[3] "Touring That City" was the only single that appeared on the album, released on Myrrh in 1975.[6]

## Track listing[edit]

Side one (Vinyl and cassette versions)[1][4]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Make Me Like a Child Again"| Judy Gerault| 3:01
2.| "Fill My Cup, Lord"| Richard Blanchard| 2:41
3.| "Victory in Jesus"| Eugene Monroe Bartlett| 2:25
4.| "One Day at a Time"|

* Kris Kristofferson
* Marijohn Wilkin

| 3:26
5.| "Say I Do"| Ray Hildebrand| 2:34

Side two (Vinyl and cassette versions)[1][4]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Touring That City"| Harold Lane| 2:29
2.| "Scars in the Hands of Jesus"| Wilkin| 2:57
3.| "Because He Lives"| Bill Gaither| 3:05
4.| "How Do You Treat God"| Gerault| 2:10
5.| "Lord I'm Coming Home"| William J. Kirkpatrick| 3:03

## Personnel[edit]

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Make Me Like a Child Again.[1]

Musical personnel

* Kenny Buttrey – Drums
* Ray Edenton – Guitar
* Wanda Jackson – Lead vocals
* Sherry Kramer – Background vocals
* Weldon Myrick – Steel guitar
* Cindy Reynolds – Harp
* Billy Sanford – Guitar
* Lisa Silver – Background vocals
* Jerry Shook – Guitar
* Jack Williams – Bass
* Bergen White – Background vocals

Technical personnel

* Billy Ray Hearn – Producer
* Brent Maher – Engineering
* Bergen White – Arrangement

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## Release history[edit]

Region  | Date  | Format  | Label  | Ref.

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* Canada
* United States

| March 1976  | Vinyl  | Myrrh Records | [1]
Cassette  | [4]
South Africa  | Vinyl  |

* Go-Tell Communications
* Myrrh Records

| [7]

* Sweden
* United Kingdom

| Vinyl  | Myrrh Records  | [8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g Jackson, Wanda (March 1976). "Make Me Like a Child Again (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Myrrh Records. MSA-6556-LP.
2. ^ a b Wolff, Kurt. "Wanda Jackson: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
3. ^ a b c Bomar, Scott; Jackson, Wanda (2017). Every night is Saturday night : a country girl's journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. United States: BMG. ISBN 9781947026070.
4. ^ a b c d Jackson, Wanda (March 1976). "Make Me Like a Child Again (Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information)". Myrrh Records. MSA-6556.
5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums: 1967-1997. Record Research Inc. ISBN 0898201241.
6. ^ Jackson, Wanda (1975). ""Touring That City"/"Make Me Like a Child Again" (7" vinyl single)". Myrrh Records. MS-155.
7. ^ Jackson, Wanda (March 1976). "Make Me Like a Child Again (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Myrrh Records. MYR-1043/CR-051.
8. ^ Jackson, Wanda (March 1976). "Make Me Like a Child Again (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Myrrh Records. MYR-1043.

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Wanda Jackson

* Albums
* Singles

Studio albums|

* Wanda Jackson (1958)
* There's a Party Goin' On (1961)
* Right or Wrong (1961)
* Wonderful Wanda (1962)
* Love Me Forever (1963)
* Two Sides of Wanda (1964)
* Blues in My Heart (1965)
* Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs (1965)
* Wanda Jackson Salutes the Country Music Hall of Fame (1966)
* Reckless Love Affair (1967)
* You'll Always Have My Love (1967)
* Cream of the Crop (1968)
* The Many Moods of Wanda Jackson (1968)
* The Happy Side of Wanda (1969)
* Wanda Jackson Country! (1970)
* A Woman Lives for Love (1970)
* I've Gotta Sing (1971)
* Praise the Lord (1972)
* I Wouldn't Want You Any Other Way (1972)
* Country Gospel (1973)
* Country Keepsakes (1973)
* When It's Time to Fall in Love Again (1974)
* Now I Have Everything (1975)
* Make Me Like a Child Again (1976)
* Closer to Jesus (1977)
* Good Times (1980)
* Show Me the Way to Calvary (1981)
* Let's Have a Party (1982)
* My Kind of Gospel (1983)
* Rockabilly Fever (1984)
* Teach Me to Love (1984)
* Let's Have a Party in Prague (1987) (with Karel Zich)
* Classy Country (1988)
* Encore (1988)
* Don't Worry Be Happy (1989)
* Goin' on with My Jesus (1991)
* Rock & Roll-ra Hívlak! (with Dolly Roll) (1992)
* Generations (Of Gospel Music) (1993)
* Let's Have a Party (1995)
* The Queen of Rock' a 'Billy (1997)
* Heart Trouble (2003)
* I Remember Elvis (2006)
* The Party Ain't Over (2011)
* Unfinished Business (2012)
* Encore (2021)

Compilation albums|

* Rockin' with Wanda (1960)
* Made in Germany (1967)
* The Best of Wanda Jackson (1968)
* I'll Still Love You (1976)

Live albums|

* Wanda Jackson in Person (1969)
* Live in Scandinavia (1989)
* The Wanda Jackson Show: Live and Still Kickin' (2003)
* Wanda Live! at Third Man Records (2011)

Songs|

* "Silver Threads and Golden Needles"
* "You Can't Have My Love"
* "I Gotta Know"
* "Fujiyama Mama"
* "Riot in Cell Block Number 9"
* "Hard Headed Woman"
* "Let's Have a Party"
* "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"
* "Right or Wrong"
* "Funnel of Love"
* "In the Middle of a Heartache"
* "A Little Bitty Tear"
* "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me"
* "Santo Domingo"
* "The Box It Came In"
* "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine"
* "If I Had a Hammer"
* "My Big Iron Skillet"
* "Two Separate Bar Stools
* "A Woman Lives for Love"
* "Fancy Satin Pillows"
* "Where Do I Put His Memory"
* "I'll Still Love You"
* "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You"
* "Good Rockin' Tonight"
* "You Know I'm No Good"
* "Thunder on the Mountain"
* "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"

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