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Album cover. RCA Victor (PCD1-4940) (1984)
Dolly Parton
The Great Pretender
RCA Victor (PCD1-4940)
January 23, 1984

  1. Save the Last Dance for Me (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) 3:50
  2. I Walk the Line (John R. Cash) 3:34
  3. Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is a Season) (Words from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Adapt. and Music by Pete Seeger) 4:24
  4. Downtown (Tony Hatch) 3:19
  5. We Had It All (Troy Seals, Donnie Fritts) 3:51
  6. She Don't Love You (Like I Love You) (Jerry Butler, Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield) 3:41
  7. We'll Sing in the Sunshine (Gale Garnett) 3:25
  8. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) 2:50
  9. Elusive Butterfly (Bob Lind) 2:47
  10. The Great Pretender (Buck Ram) 3:41​

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Performance
  • Rosemary Butler – background vocals
  • Jeff Colella – organ, strings, Jupiter synthesizer, synthesizers, ARP strings
  • Bill Cuomo – synthesizer strings
  • Lee Dresser – harmonica
  • Ron Elliott – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Chuck Findley – horns
  • Brian Glascock – percussion, congas
  • Steve Goldstein – DMX drum machine, Prophet synthesizer, Jupiter synthesizer, synthesizers, Kawai electric grand piano, keyboards, acoustic piano, organ
  • Gary Grant – horns
  • Craig Hull – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Slide Hyde – horns​​
  • ​The Jordanaires – background vocals
  • Russel Kunkel – congas
  • Arnold McCuller – background vocals
  • Don Menza – horns
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • David Platshon – drums
  • Mary Ellen Quinn – background vocals
  • Bill Reichenbach – horns
  • Tom Scott – horns
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar
  • Julia Waters – choir vocals
  • Luther Waters – background vocals, choir vocals
  • ​Maxine Waters – choir vocals
  • Oren Waters – background vocals, choir vocals
Production
  • Niko Bolas – engineer
  • Richard Bosworth – assistant engineer
  • Denny Densmore – assistant engineer
  • Val Garay – producer, engineer
  • Paul Goldberg – second assistant engineer
  • Steve Goldstein – arrangement, horn arrangements, horn conductor, string arrangements, string conductor
  • Scott Hendricks – second assistant engineer
  • David Leonard – second assistant engineer
  • Billy Miranda – second assistant engineer
  • Danny Mundhenk – second assistant engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • ​Syd Sharp – concertmaster
Other personnel
  • Richard Avedon – photography
  • Tim Bryant – art direction, design
  • Tzetzi Ganev – costumes
  • Renate Leuschner – hair
  • Thelma Pofahl – costume coordinator
  • Cassie Seaver – makeup
  • Shirlee Strahm – costume coordinator
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