Little Love Letters is Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith....

's 1993 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 album. It had one major Billboard hit in the #3 "Every Little Thing," and two minor ones in the #51 "Unbreakable Heart," and the #50 "I Love You 'Cause I Want To." The album itself rose to #35 on the albums chart. "Unbreakable Heart" was later covered

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 by Jessica Andrews

Jessica Andrews

Jessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews...

 on her 1999 debut Heart Shaped World, whose version reached #24 on the country singles charts.

Track listing

1. "Little Love Letter #1" (Carlene Carter, Howie Epstein
   Howie Epstein
   Howard Norman Epstein , was a musician best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early life:...
   
   , Benmont Tench
   Benmont Tench
   Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
   
   ) - :57
2. "Every Little Thing
   Every Little Thing (Carlene Carter song)
   "Every Little Thing" is a single by American country music artist Carlene Carter. Released in May 1993, it was the first single from her 1993 album Little Love Letters. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1993.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Carter, Al Anderson
   Al Anderson (NRBQ)
   Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
   
   ) – 3:12
3. "Wastin' Time with You" (Carter, Epstein, Tench) – 3:38
4. "Unbreakable Heart" (Tench) – 3:39
5. "Sweet Meant to Be" (Carter, Epstein) – 3:15
6. "Nowhere Train" (Carter, Anni O'Brien) – 3:13
7. "Long Hard Fall" (Carter, Epstein) – 4:19
8. "Little Love Letter #2" (Carter, Epstein, Tench) – 2:46
9. "I Love You 'Cause I Want To" (Carlene Carter, Radney Foster
   Radney Foster
   Radney Foster is an American Texas Country artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd...
   
   ) – 3:35
10. "World of Miracles" (Carter, Epstein) – 4:24
11. "First Kiss" (Carter, John Jorgenson
    John Jorgenson
    John Jorgenson is a US musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, Jorgenson is also proficient in the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel, piano, upright bass, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone...
    
    ) – 1:34
12. "Hallelujah in My Heart" (Carter, Epstein) – 2:41
13. "The Rain" (Carter, Bernie Taupin
    Bernie Taupin
    Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...
    
    ) – 3:47
14. "Heart Is Right" (Carter, Epstein) – 3:20

Personnel

• Carlene Carter - guitar, mandolin, percussion, autoharp, vocals
• Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...
  
   - steel guitar
• Albert Lee
  Albert Lee
  Albert William Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with some of the most famous musicians which stretch through a very wide of genres...
  
   - acoustic guitar, mandolin
• David Lindley
  David Lindley (musician)
  David Perry Lindley is an American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genres as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton...
  
   - guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
• John Jorgenson
  John Jorgenson
  John Jorgenson is a US musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, Jorgenson is also proficient in the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel, piano, upright bass, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone...
  
   - guitar, bass, mandolin, bassoon, saxophone, slide guitar, mandocello
• Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...
  
   - drums, percussion
• Benmont Tench
  Benmont Tench
  Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
  
   - keyboards
• Howie Epstein
  Howie Epstein
  Howard Norman Epstein , was a musician best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early life:...
  
   - guitar, banjo, bass, percussion, background vocals
• Jay Dee Maness - steel guitar
• Phil Parlapiano - piano, accordion
• Joe Romersa
  Joe Romersa
  Joseph M. Romersa is an American song writer, drummer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, sound engineer and vocalist....
  
   - drums, percussion
• Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...
  
   - bass
• Roy Huskey, Jr.
  Roy Huskey, Jr.
  Roy Milton Huskey was a prominent American upright bass player in country music from Nashville, Tennessee. Huskey performed alongside musicians such as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, George Jones, Steve Earle, Doc Watson and many others...
  
  - bass

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	35
U.S. Billboard 200	196
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2
Canadian RPM Top Albums	45