During the time that Patty was trying to build her career at MCA Records, it seemed that she was just another girl singer on a label with the most spectacular list of female vocalists in country music. So after a lot of thought, in the summer of 1992, she went to Sony/Epic Records.
Patty was ecstatic to have a chance at her new label. Along with her husband and producer, Emory Gordy, Jr., she went into the studio and began to cut songs for her first album. However, in the studio, Emory could tell that Patty's voice wasn't as strong as it had been before. He pushed her ahead, trying to get first-rate performances out of her.
"My vocal condition was affecting the power of my voice. I was not hitting notes as strongly as before. I was getting tired after singing a song four or five times."
"I thought, 'Boy, something's not sounding right. I'm not hitting the right pitch.' And I knew. Also, my husband, Emory Gordy Jr., who produced the album, told me he could definitely tell the difference."
During the summer of 1992 Patty kept running between her stage and studio commitments hoping her voice would get better. She also made frequent visits to the office of Dr. Robert Osoff, a vocal specialist, who propped her voice up with steroid tablets and cortisone.
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In October, Patty was scheduled to film a CBS TV special, "Women In Country," and was also about to start a new tour. The day before leaving on the bus she asked her manager, Larry Fitzgerald, to accompany her to Dr. Osoff's offices at Vanderbilt. At the clinic, Osoff showed them devastating videos of Patty's vocal chords. In 1990, another doctor had discovered a red spot on her vocal chords, after Patty complained of pain. Two years later, her vocal chords had developed an enlarged blood vessel that looked like a varicose vein. The juxtaposition was dramatic.
"It was an emotional time, I just felt a little scared. I guess it was God's way of saying, 'You've got to take a vacation and you'll come back better.' I had to believe that."
I'll tell you the truth. If Larry had not gone with me, I probably would have walked out of the doctor's office and said, 'Well, boys, let's get on the bus.'"
Although Patty went ahead and sang in the television special, Larry canceled all of her tour dates for the rest of 1992. Then on October 21st, she had the surgery. After a nine-week recovery period, she and Emory went back into the studio to pick up where they had stopped the previous fall.
"I had to go back and re-sing all the material we had recorded before the surgery," Loveless said. "It was scary for me. It was really frightening."
"I wondered if I was going to sound right. It was a little bit scary when I got into the studio and started singing the very first song. When the musicians got through, they came in and they said, 'Your voice is stronger and we can tell.' That made me feel good."
The first song Patty recorded was You Will, and we're pleased to be able to share with you a live version, which she performed in 1994. We hope you enjoy it :)
You Will - Promotional CD - October 1993
You Will
from: Only What I Feel (1993)
(Pam Rose-Mary Ann Kennedy-Randy Sharp)
released: November 1993
Billboard #6 Country Single
When you know, and you will
It wasn't meant to be
When she walks, and she will
You're gonna come to me
When she lies, and she will
When all is said and done
When you cry, and you will
You're gonna want to run
So go ahead and do what you gotta do
It's really not up to me
But the day will come when you finally see
Where you want to be
When you're gonna be back
When you hurt, and you will
Who's gonna sympathize
Well, she won't, but I will
Then you'll realize
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So go ahead and do what you gotta do
It's really not up to me
But the day will come when you finally see
Where you want to be
Then you're gonna be back
I know you will
I just know you will
So go ahead and do what you gotta do
It's really not up to me
But the day will come when you finally see
Where you want to be
Then you're gonna be back
When you know, and you will
When she walks, and she will
When she lies, and she will
When you hurt, and you will
I know you will
I know you will
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