Bless Her Heart...I Love Her

Bless Her Heart...I Love Her is a studio album by American country music singer–songwriter Hank Locklin. It was released in August 1970 and was produced by Danny Davis. It was Locklin's twenty second studio release in his music career and contained a total of ten tracks.

The project was among Locklin's final LP's for long-time label, RCA Victor. The title track was issued as the album's only single and reached a charting position in 1970.

Background and content

Hank Locklin had major success in the early 1960s with the hits "Geisha Girl," "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" and "Happy Birthday to Me." His popularity on the radio began to wane in the late 1960s. In 1969, he had his final top 40 single, yet continued releasing studio albums on RCA's label through the early 1970s.

Among his final releases for RCA was Bless Her Heart...I Love Her. The project was produced by Danny Davis, whom had produced several of Locklin's previous LP's. It was recorded between May and June 1970 at the RCA Victor Studio located in Nashville, Tennessee.

The album contained ten tracks. The title track was co-written by Locklin and Jack Smith. The project also included cover versions of two songs by Conway Twitty: "Hello Darlin'" and "It's Only Make Believe."

Release and reception

Bless Her Heart...I Love Her was released in August 1970 via RCA Victor Records. It marked the twenty second studio album released in Locklin's music career.

The album was issued as a vinyl LP, containing five songs on each side of the record. The project received a favorable response from Billboard magazine who described its content to be "songs of love with a strong melodic line."

Writers also highlighted the title track, "Livin' Alone," "Morning" and "It's Only Make Believe." The record spawned its title track as the only single release. It was issued by RCA Victor in September 1970. The song spent four weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at number 68 in October 1970.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bless Her Heart...I Love Her"	Danny Davis Hank Locklin	2:26
2.	"All Kinds of Everything"	Derry Lindsay Jackie Smith	2:37
3.	"It's Raining All Over the World"	Harlan Howard	2:27
4.	"Hello Darlin'"	Conway Twitty	2:20
5.	"Morning"	Bill Graham	3:00

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Only Make Believe"	Jack Nance Twitty	2:08
2.	"The One Girl for Me"	Jim Morehead George Nowlan	2:47
3.	"If Not for You"	Jerry Chesnut	3:09
4.	"Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me"	Hank Cochran	3:15
5.	"Livin' Alone"	Wayne Walker	2:40

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Bless Her Heart...I Love Her.

Musical and technical personnel

Chet Atkins – Producer (track 10)
Jesse Burt – Liner Notes
Danny Davis – Producer
Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass – Ensemble
The Jordanaires – Background vocals
Hank Locklin – Lead vocals
Al Pachucki – Engineer
Tom Pick – Engineer

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	August 1970	Vinyl	RCA Victor
United States	August 1970	Vinyl	RCA Victor

References

^ "Bless Her Heart...I Love Her: Hank Locklin: Songs, reviews, credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
Erlewine, Michael. "Hank Locklin: Biography & History". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
"Hank Locklin: Album discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ Locklin, Hank (August 1970). "Bless Her Heart...I Love Her (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Victor Records. LSP 4392.
^ "Hank Locklin -- Bless Her Heart...I Love Her (1970, LP) (US)". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
"Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard. August 22, 1970. p. 86. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
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"Hank Locklin -- Bless Her Heart...I Love Her (1970, LP) (UK)". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

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Discography
Studio albums	Foreign Love (1958) Please Help Me, I'm Falling (1960) Happy Journey (1962) A Tribute to Roy Acuff: The King of Country Music (1962) Hank Locklin (1962) This Song Is Just for You (1963) The Ways of Life (1963) Irish Songs, Country Style (1964) Hank Locklin Sings Hank Williams (1964) Hank Locklin Sings Eddy Arnold (1965) My Kind of Country Music (1965) Once Over Lightly (1965) The Girls Get Prettier (1966) The Gloryland Way (1966) Send Me the Pillow You Dream On and Other Great Country Hits (1967) Nashville Women (1967) Country Hall of Fame (1968) My Love Song for You (1968) Softly (1968) Lookin' Back (1969) Hank Locklin & Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass (1970) Bless Her Heart...I Love Her (1970) The Mayor of McLellan, Florida (1972) Hank Locklin (1975) There Never Was a Time (1977) Country Hall of Fame (1978) All Kinds of Everything (1979) Generations in Song (2001) By the Grace of God: The Gospel Album (2006)
Compilation albums	The Best of Hank Locklin (1966)
Songs	"The Same Sweet Girl" "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" "Let Me Be the One" "Why Baby Why" "Geisha Girl" "It's a Little More Like Heaven" "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" "One Step Ahead of My Past" "From Here to There to You" "You're the Reason" "Happy Birthday to Me" "Happy Journey" "We're Gonna Go Fishin'" "Followed Closely by My Teardrops" "The Country Hall of Fame" "Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day"
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