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45 single, Side A. Columbia (38-77723) (1994)
Image credit: jamieeduardo at 45cat.com
"To Daddy" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on October 3, 1994, by Columbia Records as the only single from Dolly's Heartsongs: Live from Home album. The song was written by Dolly and produced by Steve Buckingham and Dolly. The song was originally recorded by Emmylou Harris and she had a number three hit with it on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1978.

Track listing

45 single
Side A
  • To Daddy* (Dolly Parton) 2:55
Side B
  • PMS Blues (Dolly Parton) 5:36

Promo CD single
  • To Daddy* (Dolly Parton) 2:55​

* The single version of "To Daddy" in the same as the version featured on the 1994 album, Heartsongs: Live from Home, except the audience applause has been removed.

Recording

The single is taken from Dolly's live album, Heartsongs: Live from Home, which was recorded on April 23 and 24, 1994, at the Celebrity Theater at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
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Dolly recorded a duet version of the song in 2008 with Tom Astor for his ​Alles klar - kein Problem! album.

Critical reception

The single was reviewed in the October 22, 1994 issue of Billboard magazine. The review said, "Parton delivers one of her classics with the help of a stellar backup band that includes background vocalists Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent. Culled from her just-released Heartsongs album, this live , all acoustic setting gives the song – and Parton's angelic voice – room to shine through."
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Billboard review, October 22, 1994.

Commercial performance

While "To Daddy" failed to chart, the B-side, "PMS Blues", received enough airplay to debut and peak at number 70 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 15, 1994. It charted for four weeks.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Heartsongs: Live from Home liner notes. ​The album liner notes do not give credits for individual tracks, so the credits below are for the album as a whole.
Performance
  • Altan – special guest
    • Dermot Byrne – accordion
    • Ciaran Curan – bouzouki
    • Frankie Kennedy – flute
    • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – vocals, fiddle
    • Jerry O'Sullivan – guest, uilleann pipes
    • Daithi Sproule – guitar
    • Ciaran Tourish – fiddle
  • Ron Block – banjo
  • Steve Buckingham – guitar
  • Suzanne Cox – harmony vocals
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Roy Huskey Jr. – upright bass
  • Carl Jackson – harmony vocals, guitar
  • Alison Krauss – harmony vocals, fiddle
  • Viktor Krauss – upright bass​
  • David Lindley – Bronson acoustic steel, Hawaiian acoustic steel, dulcimer, autoharp, claw hammer banjo
    Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
    Robbie McCoury – banjo
  • Ronnie McCoury - mandolin
  • Louis Nunley – background vocals
  • Jennifer O'Brien-Enoch – background vocals
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
  • Randy Scruggs - guitar
  • Lisa Silver – background vocals
  • Adam Steffey – mandolin
  • Harry Stinson – drums
  • Bruce Watkins – guitar
  • Darrin Vincent – harmony vocals
  • Rhonda Vincent – harmony vocals
Production
  • Steve Buckingham – producer
  • Don Cobb - editing, dialogue editor
  • Michael Davis – dialogue editor
  • Paul Denise – monitor engineer
  • Cleve Eldridge  – production assistant
  • Carol Elliott – research and production coordinator
  • Curtis Flatt - Spectrum sound technician
  • Phil Gitomer – Remote Recording Services
  • Dave Hewitt – Remote Recording Services
  • Teresa Hughes – production assistant
  • Janet Humphreys – teleprompter
  • Mike Kiracofe – production manager
  • Cari Landers – production assistant
  • Jason Lehning – additional engineer
  • Sean McClintock – Remote Recording Services
  • Marshall Morgan – additional engineer
  • Judy Ogle – production assistant
  • Gary Paczosa – recording, mixing
  • Dolly Parton – producer
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Michelle Rodgers – production assistant
  • Toby Seay – additional engineer
  • Ed Simonton – assiattn engineer
  • Phil Somers – house engineer
  • Dave Sutherland – guitar technician
  • Don Warden – production assistant
Other personnel
  • Rick Baker – sound crew
  • David Blair – hair
  • ​Darrell Brown - theatre supervisor
  • Tony Chase – wardrobe
  • Micheal Clark – lettering
  • Tim Collins – sound crew
  • Shane Cooper – lighting crew
  • Gallin, Morey & Associates – management
  • Bill Johnson – art direction, design
  • Bobbe Joy – makeup
  • Scott Lowhead – production manager
  • Patricia M. Morinelli – Vice President of Entertainment, Dollywood
  • Ray Parker – lighting crew
  • Ram Ritchie – lighting crew
  • Ray Sanderson – concert manager
  • John Teakwood – booklet back cover photo
  • Rollow Welch – art direction, design
  • Timothy White – photography
  • Rick Williams – lighting crew

Alternate artwork

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Radio promo CD single cover. Columbia (CSK77723) (1994)