Teach Me to Love

Teach Me to Love
Studio album by Wanda Jackson
Released	1984 (1984)
Recorded	August 1984 (1984-08)
Studio	Associated Recording Studio
Genre	Gospel
Label	Vine
Producer	Gregg Gray
Wanda Jackson chronology
Rockabilly Fever (1984) Teach Me to Love (1984) Let's Have a Party in Prague (1988)

Teach Me to Love is a studio album by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. It was released in 1984 via Vine Records and contained 11 tracks. It was the thirty first studio recording of her career and was a collection of gospel songs. It was also her first album to issued with the Vine label.

Background, content and release

During the early part of her career, Wanda Jackson became among the first women to have commercial success in the country and Rockabilly music genres. She had a series of singles in both genres, such as "Fujiyama Mama", "Let's Have a Party", "In the Middle of a Heartache" and "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine". In the 1970s, she left her long-time label to pursue gospel music and recorded a series of albums in that style. Jackson continued recording gospel into the early 1980s on a series of labels, which included the Vine record company. Teach Me to Love was recorded in August 1984 at the Associated Recording Studio in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was produced by Gregg Gray.

Teach Me to Love consisted of 11 gospel recordings. The album's material was a mixture of new recordings and cover versions of previously-recorded songs. Included was Jackson's cover of the Cristy Lane country hit "One Day at a Time", which was written by Kris Kristofferson and Marijohn Wilkin. Also included was a re-recorded version of "Jesus Put a Yodel in My Soul". The song's original recording was first released on Jackson's 1975 album Now I Have Everything. Country performer Leon McAuliffe is also featured on the album. Teach Me to Love was released on Vine Records in 1984 as a vinyl LP. It marked Jackson's thirty first studio album in her career. In 1988, it was re-released under the title Country Gospel in Switzerland.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's an Unfriendly World"	2:33
2.	"How Many Times Jesus"	2:45
3.	"Release Me (From My Sins)"	3:56
4.	"Ain't It the Gospel Truth"	2:43
5.	"Teach Me to Love"	4:20

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Be Afraid"	2:57
2.	"One Day at a Time"	3:38
3.	"This World Is Not My Home"	3:13
4.	"Gospel 'Steel Guitar Rag'"	2:49
5.	"Jesus Put a Yodel in My Soul"	2:16
6.	"Where Are the Babies"	4:00

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Teach Me to Love.

Musical personnel

• Ken Collins – Steel guitar
• Gregg Gray – Background vocals, piano
• Rocky Gribble – Banjo
• Billy Hamblin – Fiddle
• Wanda Jackson – Lead vocals
• Paul Kilpatrick – Strings
• Melodee Liston – Background vocals
• Leon McAuliffe – Steel guitar
• Carolyn McCoy – Background vocals
• Dale McCoy – Background vocals
• Nancy Nering – Strings
• Ray Owen – Harmonica
• Mike Reaves – Strings
• Dave Robilland – Strings
• Cathy Sack – Strings
• Mike Shelton – Background vocals
• Marty Shrabel – Bass
• Lynn Williams – Drums
• John Wilson – Strings

Technical personnel

• Jeff Cherry – Cover photography
• Wendell Goodman – Production coordinator
• Gregg Gray – Arrangement, producer
• Rand E. Hudson – Cover art and design
• Stephen J. Scott – Executive producer
• Marty Shrabel – Recording and mixing
• Lynn Williams – Percussion

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	1984	Vinyl	Vine Records
Switzerland	1988		Montana Country Records