Young Man is the debut studio album by American country music artist Billy Dean, released in 1990 by Capitol Nashville. It produced two hit singles: "Only Here for a Little While" and "Somewhere in My Broken Heart". Both of these songs peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, with the latter also reaching No. 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart in both the United States and Canada. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for U.S. sales of 500,000 copies.
The track "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" was previously recorded by Randy Travis on his 1989 album No Holdin' Back. Also, "Brotherly Love" was recorded by Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley on Whitley's posthumous 1991 album Kentucky Bluebird, from which it was released as a single.
Contents
Personnel
As adapted from liner notes:
Billy Dean – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Barry Beckett – acoustic piano
John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano, keyboards
Mike Lawler – keyboards
Biff Watson – keyboards, acoustic guitar
Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Mark O'Connor – mandolin
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Pat Severs – steel guitar
Dave Pomeroy – bass
Michael Rhodes – bass
Glenn Worf – bass
Eddie Bayers – drums
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Michael Black – backing vocals
Jessica Boucher – backing vocals
Rick Giles – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Production
Chuck Howard – producer
Tom Shapiro – producer
Bob Bullock – recording, mixing
Tom Perry – recording
Bob Campbell-Smith – recording
Mark Coddington – overdub recording
Brian Hardin – second engineer
Tim Kish – second engineer
Russ Martin – second engineer
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Virginia Team – art direction
Jerry Joyner – design
Beverly Parker – photography