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Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)

Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) is the third studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was released on February 11, 1974, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Billy Sherrill and includes Tucker's third No. 1 single, "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)". It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1995 for sales of more than 500,000 copies.

Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)

February 11, 1974

August 28, 1973–November 29, 1973

Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville)

33:16

Commercial performance[edit]

The album peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot Country LP's chart and No. 159 on the US Billboard Top LP's & Tape chart.


The album's first single, "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)", was released in December 1973[5] and peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also peaked at No. 1 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart and No. 54 on the RPM Top Singles chart. The second single, "The Man That Turned My Mama On", was released in May 1974[6] and peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It peaked at No. 10 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart. The third and final single, "I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again", was released in December 1974[7] and peaked at No. 18 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 10 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart.

Tanya Tucker – lead vocals

Bill Barnes – cover design, photography

Lou Bradley – engineer

– string arrangements

Bill McElhiney

The Nashville Edition – background vocals

– producer

Billy Sherrill

Bergen White – string arrangements

Adapted from the album liner notes.