The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil
The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil is the seventh collaborative studio album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. It was released on January 3, 1972, by RCA Victor.[1]
The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil
January 3, 1972
December 9, 1970–September 30, 1971
24:10
The album was made available as a digital download on January 4, 2019.[2]
Commercial performance[edit]
The album peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot Country LP's chart.
The album's first single, "The Right Combination", was released in May 1971[6][7] and peaked at No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 106 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. It peaked at No. 26 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart. The second single, "Burning the Midnight Oil", was released in October 1971[8][9] and peaked at No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 9 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart.
Recording[edit]
Recording sessions for the album began on April 7 and 8, 1971, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. Two additional sessions followed on September 28 and 30. "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home" was recorded on December 9, 1970, during a session for 1971's Two of a Kind.