What connects this song
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Engineered by Bil VornDick, also Tonight I’ll Be Lonely Too (Alison Krauss), I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby (Jerry Douglas) and A Moth to a Flame (Peter Rowan)
Released on Sugar Hill Records, also Cash on the Barrelhead (Dolly Parton), I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby (Jerry Douglas) and Endless Stream of Tears (Dolly Parton)
Produced by Jerry Douglas, also Dooley’s Farm (Molly Tuttle), Big Backyard (Molly Tuttle) and Tonight I’ll Be Lonely Too (Alison Krauss)
Written by Jim Rushing, also I Think I’ll Say Goodbye (Olivia Newton‐John), American Honky‐Tonk Bar Association (Garth Brooks) and Fit for a King (Garth Brooks)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
12 other songs on fono were recorded at Music Row Audio, by Del McCoury and Claire Lynch and others
Bil VornDick engineered 80 songs on fono
Jerry Douglas produced 31 songs on fono
Bil VornDick’s most frequent co-engineer is Richard Battaglia (23 songs together)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Emory Gordy and Jim Rushing
- Produced by
- Jerry Douglas
- Performed by
- Alan O’Bryant, Gene Libbea, Pat Enright, Roland White and Stuart Duncan
- Engineered by
- Bil VornDick
- Part of
- Home of the Blues
- Recorded at
- Music Row Audio
- Released on
- Sugar Hill Records
- Written by
- Emory Gordy and Jim Rushing
- Produced by
- Jerry Douglas
- Performed by
- Alan O’Bryant, Gene Libbea, Pat Enright, Roland White and Stuart Duncan
- Engineered by
- Bil VornDick
- Part of
- Home of the Blues
- Recorded at
- Music Row Audio
- Released on
- Sugar Hill Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Bil VornDick
Same producer: Jerry Douglas
Same writer: Jim Rushing
Same label: Sugar Hill Records
Same studio: Music Row Audio
Same release: Home of the Blues
Same producer: Jerry Douglas
Same writer: Jim Rushing
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
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1MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was performed by Alan O’Bryant
The First Step to Heaven was performed by Alan O’Bryant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was performed by Gene Libbea
The First Step to Heaven was performed by Gene Libbea
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was performed by Pat Enright
The First Step to Heaven was performed by Pat Enright
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was performed by Roland White
The First Step to Heaven was performed by Roland White
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was performed by Stuart Duncan
The First Step to Heaven was performed by Stuart Duncan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was produced by Jerry Douglas
The First Step to Heaven was produced by Jerry Douglas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was written by Emory Gordy
The First Step to Heaven was written by Emory Gordy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was written by Jim Rushing
The First Step to Heaven was written by Jim Rushing
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven is part of the release Home of the Blues
The First Step to Heaven is part of the release Home of the Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was recorded at Music Row Audio
The First Step to Heaven was recorded at Music Row Audio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Sugar Hill Records is the label of the song The First Step to Heaven
Sugar Hill Records is the label of the song The First Step to Heaven
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was engineered by Bil VornDick
The First Step to Heaven was engineered by Bil VornDick
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz The First Step to Heaven was released on 1991
The First Step to Heaven was released on 1991
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026