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"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a song written by Paul Nelson and Gene Nelson, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in March 1988 as the second single from her album Untasted Honey. The song hit number one on both the US [1] and Canadian Country charts in 1988.
Mattea had her first number one single in late 1987 to early 1988 with "Goin' Gone". [2] Co-written by Pat Alger and Fred Koller, [2] this song was also previously recorded by Griffith on the same album as "Love at the Five and Dime". [17] Mattea's version was the lead single to her fourth album Untasted Honey.
PolyGram/Mercury released two more of Mattea's albums: Love Travels (1997) and The Innocent Years (2000). The latter featured her last charting singles to date. On the Narada label, Mattea released three studio albums including 2003's Joy for Christmas Day. In 2008, she issued her next studio release titled Coal.
Kathy Mattea was among the country genre's most popular recording artists during the eighties and nineties. A total of four singles topped the American country songs chart ("Goin' Gone", "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Come from the Heart" and "Burnin' Old Memories") while a dozen more made the top ten or top 20. [2]
American country artist Kathy Mattea has won ten awards and has received 23 nominations for her work. Mattea has won four awards from the Academy of Country Music, including two for her 1988 single, "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses".
AllMusic's William Ruhlmann writes, "Kathy Mattea has risen to near the top of the Nashville ranks because of a haunting, soulful voice, well-produced recordings that have a simple, folkie directness, and, most especially, an amazing talent for picking the best songs being written for the country market" [1]
Untasted Honey is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Kathy Mattea.It was released in 1987 on Mercury Records.The album produced Mattea's first Number One hit on the Billboard country charts in its lead-off single "Goin' Gone".
Steve Huey of AllMusic described Kathy Mattea as "one of the most respected female country stars of her era" as well as "a commercially successful hitmaker". During the eighties and nineties, four of Mattea's singles topped the North American country charts: "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Goin' Gone", "Burnin' Old Memories" and "Come from the Heart".