Totally Yours

Description

Totally Yours is the first gospel album by the British singer Dana (Dana Rosemary Scallon), released in both the UK and the US on Word Records in 1981. As well released on Lite Records in Ireland. The album was recorded by Robin Black at Maison Rouge Recording Studios in London, England; and by Bill Somerville-Large at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland; with Kurt Kaiser producing for Lite Productions. Mixed by Somerville-Large at Windmill Lane Studios. Arranged by Peter Moss and Bill Pursell except the vocal arrangements provided by Dana and Moss.

Having scored an Irish No. 1 in January 1980 with the song that was based on the Pope’s motto: “Totus Tuus” (Latin for Totally Yours), the much larger American Christian market became a possible outlet for her music. Not long after returning home from a promotional visit to the National Religious Broadcasters conference in Washington, opened by US President Jimmy Carter, she was contacted by award-winning songwriter Kurt Kaiser, vice president of Word Records. He invited her back to the USA where she was offered a recording contract. Meanwhile, Warwick Records issued Everything is Beautiful in late 1980. Recorded in September at Pye Studios in London, the LP subtitled 20 Inspirational Songs was advertised on TV and became her biggest-selling album in the UK, reaching No. 43 in the chart on 10 January 1981. It was followed later that year by Totally Yours, her first Christian album for Word Records; the songs “Praise the Lord”, “The Soft Rain” and “Totus Tuus” were credited to “Dana and Damien Scallon”. As was “Little Baby (Grace’s Song)”, written while she was pregnant with their first child.

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Praise The Lord (Colin’s Song)” – 3:34
A2. “Mary’s Song (I Rocked Him As A Baby)” – 3:56
A3. “Sing For Me” – 3:17
A4. “Oh So Wonderful” – 2:21
A5. “The Soft Rain (Kevin’s Song)” – 2:23

Side Two
B1. “Totus Tuus” – 3:51
B2. “Home Where I Belong” – 2:43
B3. “Little Baby (Grace’s Song)” – 3:40
B4. “He Careth For You” – 3:30
B5. “A Simple Song Of Love” – 4:15

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and 12-inch vinyl LP by Word Records.