3614 Jackson Highway

3614 Jackson Highway
Studio album by Cher
Released	June 20, 1969
Recorded	April 1969
Studio	Muscle Shoals (Sheffield, Alabama)
Genre	Folk rock pop rock blue-eyed soul
Length	33:08
Label	ATCO Rhino Entertainment
Producer	Jerry Wexler Tom Dowd Arif Mardin
Cher chronology
Cher's Golden Greats (1968) 3614 Jackson Highway (1969) Chastity (1969)
Singles from 3614 Jackson Highway
"I Walk on Guilded Splinters" Released: June 2, 1969 "For What It's Worth" Released: August 4, 1969

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3614 Jackson Highway is the sixth album by American singer-actress Cher, released on June 20, 1969, by ATCO. This album was a commercial failure, peaking at 160, although it received praise and positive reviews from the music critics. 3614 Jackson Highway was the address of Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. The album is by and large a covers album.

Album information

3614 Jackson Highway was released in the summer of 1969. It remains Cher's first and last solo studio album for Atco, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin. The cover is a photograph of Cher with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section musicians featured on the album. They are: front row, left to right: guitarist Eddie Hinton, bassist David Hood, Sonny Bono, Cher, producer Jerry Wexler, background vocalist Jeannie Greene, background vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux, and producer Tom Dowd. Back row, left to right: lead guitarist Jimmy Johnson, producer Arif Mardin, drummer Roger Hawkins and keyboardist Barry Beckett. Missing were background vocalists Mary Holiday and Sue Pilkington.

The ambitious record was conceived as a way to bring success to Cher, as well as her group Sonny & Cher, after a two-year period of commercial failure. The constant evolution of pop culture left the formulaic nature of Sonny & Cher's musical endeavors obsolete; pop music had continued to transform into a more political style marked by anti-war songs protesting the conflict in Vietnam. For months the duo maintained a nightclub act, but audience response was less than positive.

Although the album was largely ignored by the public, critical reception was enthusiastic. Cher's maturing vocals, along with the sophisticated instrumentation and arrangements, garnered praise.

In 1968 and 1969 Cher recorded songs for an album with a tentative release in 1970. For unknown reasons the album was cancelled and five of the tracks were released as singles. The remaining five remained unreleased until 2001 when Rhino Records released a limited edition of 3614 Jackson Highway with the unreleased songs as bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For What It's Worth"	Stephen Stills	2:22
2.	"(Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin' On"	Buddy Mize Ira Allen	3:18
3.	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Steve Cropper Otis Redding	2:41
4.	"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You"	Bob Dylan	3:08
5.	"I Threw It All Away"	Dylan	2:49
6.	"I Walk on Guilded Splinters"	Dr. John Creaux	2:32

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lay, Baby, Lay"	Bob Dylan	3:36
2.	"Please Don't Tell Me"	Carroll W. Quillen Grady Smith	3:36
3.	"Cry Like a Baby"	Spooner Oldham Dan Penn	2:46
4.	"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"	Chips Moman Penn	2:46
5.	"Save the Children"	Eddie Hinton	2:54

2001 CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Easy to Be Hard"	Galt MacDermot James Rado Gerome Ragni	3:44
13.	"I Believe"	Ervin Drake Irwin Graham Jimmy Shirl Al Stillman	3:55
14.	"Danny Boy"	Frederic Weatherly	5:20
15.	"Momma Look Sharp"	Sherman Edwards	3:33
16.	"It Gets Me Where I Want to Go"	Gabriel Lapano Lance Wakely	3:10
17.	"You've Made Me So Very Happy"	Brenda Holloway Patrice Holloway Frank Wilson Berry Gordy	2:43
18.	"Yours Until Tomorrow"	Gerry Goffin Carole King	2:51
19.	"The Thought of Loving You"	David White	2:24
20.	"The First Time"	Sonny Bono	3:24
21.	"Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)"	Elyse J. Weinberg	3:08
22.	"Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)" (stereo album version)	Weinberg	3:05
23.	"Superstar"	Bonnie Bramlett Delaney Bramlett Leon Russell	3:07

Personnel

• Cher – lead vocals
• Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
• Eddie Hinton – lead guitar
• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• David Hood – bass guitar
• Roger Hawkins – drums
• Jeanie Greene, Donna Jean Godchaux (née Thatcher), Mary Holladay, Sue Pilkington – backing vocalists

Production

• Jerry Wexler – record producer
• Tom Dowd – record producer
• Arif Mardin – record producer
• Stan Vincent – record producer
• Greg Poree – arrangement assistance

Design

• Stephen Paley – photography
• Bryan Lasley – art direction
• Patrick Pending – art direction

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
United States Billboard 200	160

External links

• Official ATCO Cher page with all info about the album (Archived 2009-10-22)