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Germany 45 singe, picture sleeve. ​RCA Victor (PB 9134) (1977)
​Image credit: make1968 at 45cat.com
"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released in 1977 by RCA Victor in Germany and Australia as a single from Dolly's eighteenth solo studio album, New Harvest...First Gathering. The song was written by Gary Jackson and Carl Smith and was produced by Dolly and Gregg Perry. It is a cover of the Jackie Wilson Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit.

Track listing

German 45 single
Side A
  • (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher (Gary Jackson, Carl Smith) 2:52
Side B
  • Applejack (Dolly Parton) 3:20

Australian 45 single
Side A
  • (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher (Gary Jackson, Carl Smith) 2:52
Side B
  • Light of a Clear Blue Morning (Dolly Parton) 4:53

Recording

"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" was recorded on December 16, 1976, at Creative Workshop in Nashville, Tennessee, while "Applejack" was recorded on December 10. "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" was recorded on August 19, 1976, at Soundshop Studio in Nashville.

Audio

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the New Harvest...First Gathering liner notes.
"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher"
  • Anita Ball – background vocals
  • Mark Casstevens – banjo
  • Jimmy Colvard – electric guitar
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Bobby Dyson – bass
  • Mary Fielder – background vocals
  • Dave Kirby – acoustic guitar
  • Jerry Kroon – drums, percussion
  • Joe McGuffee – steel
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals, producer
  • Gregg Perry – keyboards, background vocals, producer
  • Rod Smarr – electric guitar
  • Buddy Spicher – fiddle
"Applejack"
  • Clyde Brooks – tambourine
  • Jimmy Colvard – acoustic guitar
  • Bobby Dyson – bass
  • Bob Ferguson – Applejack's voice
  • Jerry Kroon – drums
  • Joe McGuffee – dobro
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals, banjo, producer
  • Gregg Perry – piano, tambourine, producer
  • Jimmy Riddle – Jews (juice) harp
  • Rod Smarr – acoustic guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Background vocals – Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Chet Atkins, Minnie Pearl, Ernest Tubb, Grandpa Jones, Ramona Jones, Carl and Pearl Butler, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, The Willis Brothers, Bashful Brother Oswald, Joe and Rose Lee Maphis, Kirk McGee, Hubert Gregory and the Fruit Jar Drinkers, Johnny Wright, Don Warden, Lee and Avie Lee Parton
"Light of a Clear Blue Morning"
  • Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals
  • Clyde Brooks – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Charlie Chappelear – bass, background vocals
  • Jimmy Crawford – steel, background vocals
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Janie Fricke – background vocals
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals, background vocals, producer
  • John Pell – acoustic guitar, background vocals
  • Gregg Perry – background vocals, piano, producer
  • Debbie Jo Puckett – background vocals
  • Rod Smarr – electric guitar, background vocals