Touch Your Woman is the ninth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on March 6, 1972, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Bob Ferguson. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The title track was the only single released and it peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The single was also nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards.
Recording sessions for the album began at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 14, 1971. Two additional sessions followed on January 11 and 12, 1972. "Love Isn't Free" was recorded during the October 30, 1969 session for 1969's The Fairest of Them All.
October 30, 1969 Love Isn't Free
December 14, 1971 Will He Be Waiting? Loneliness Found Me Greatest Days of All Touch Your Woman
January 11, 1972 A Little at a Time Mission Chapel Memories A Lot of You Left in Me
January 12, 1972 Love Is Only as Strong (As Your Weakest Moment) Second Best
The album was released March 6, 1972, on LP and 8-track.
Singles The album's single, "Touch Your Woman", was released on February 14, 1972, and debuted at number 66 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated March 11. It peaked at number six on the chart dated April 29, its eighth week on the chart. It charted for 14 weeks. It also peaked at number eight on the Cashbox Country Singles chart. The single peaked at number 28 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart.
? The album's title track and single, "Touch Your Woman", was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards in 1973.
Credits are adapted from the original album liner notes and the 2009 box set, Dolly ("Will He Be Waiting" and "Touch Your Woman"), and may not represent the personnel for all tracks.
Joe Babcock – background vocals Jerry Carrigan – drums Bobby Denton – liner notes Pete Drake – steel guitar Bobby Dyson – bass Dolores Edgin – background vocals Bob Ferguson – producer Dave Kirby – guitar Les Leverett – cover photo Al Pachucki – recording engineer ?June Page – background vocals Dolly Parton – lead vocals Tom Pick – recording engineer Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano Mike Shockley – recording technician Roy Shockley – recording technician Bobby Thompson – guitar
