Favorite Classic Country Singer And Song.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:15 am

Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man--Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
1970 #7

M & L--Dolly Parton and Dorothy Jo Hope

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:21 pm

Come Sundown-Bobby Bare-1971-#7

M & L--Kris Kristofferson

This song gave Bobby Bare the first of two consecutive top 10 hits with Kristofferson

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:45 pm

Just one time-Connie Smith-1971-#2

M & L---Don Gibson

Ima_Biggen · Post by **Ima_Biggen** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:45 pm

Brook Benton also recorded that song. (It's Just A Matter of Time.)

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:27 am

Got the All Overs for You(All Over Me)-Freddie Hart-1972-#1

M & L---Freddie Hart

Hart wrote this song after his label boss remarked that his secretary "got the all overs" when she heard hid voice

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:49 pm

If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry-Jerry Wallace-1972-#1

M & L---Harold Mooney and Gerold Sanford

Jerry Wallace cut this for a scene in an episode of Rod Serling's TV anthology Night Gallery

Though only a fragment appeared in the show (coming out of a jukebox that kept sticking on the phrase "til death"-it was transformed into Wallace's first top 10 single when released intact.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:24 pm

The Fighting Side of me-Merle Haggard and the Strangers-1970#1

M & L---Merle Haggard

this was contrived as a follow-up to Okie from Muskogee,a semi-joke he had tossed off in minutes that became a patriotic anthem during the turbulent Vietnam years.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:10 am

Coal Miner's Daughters--Loretta Lynn

M & L--Loretta Lynn

Loretta wrote this song as a nine-verse bluegrass song while waiting around the WSIX-TV studios in Nashville.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:49 pm

Easy Loving-Freddie Hart-1971-#1

M & L ----Freddie Hart

Song was first called Easy Loving Teenage Hearts

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:05 pm

Woman (Sensuous Woman)-Don Gibson-1972-#1

M & L----Gary S. Paxton

Don Gibson took this title from a titillating sex manual

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:29 am

Hello Darlin Conway Twitty-1970#1

M & L--Conway Twitty

Conway wrote this song in 1960,when he was still rocking and had thrown the demo in a box where he kept all such material. When he recorded the song-Hello Darlin-is spoke at the start of the song and never heard again.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:54 pm

Would you Take Another Chance On Me-Jerry Lee Lewis-1971-#1

M & L---Jerry Foster and Bill Rice

This song brought Jerry back after a trouble Marrage (Distant Cousin)

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:04 am

He Loves Me All The Way-Tammy Wynette-1970-#1

M & L---Narro Wilson

This was to be a happy up-tempo change for Tammy.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:03 pm

Loving You Could Never Be Better-George Jones-1972-#2

M & L---Earl Montgomery,Charles Montgomery and Betty Tate

With George and Tammy's marriage on its last leg this song was wishful thinking

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:25 am

Empty Arms-Sonny James-1971-#1

M & L--Ivory Joe Hunter

After struggling through the second half of the 60s in Nashville Kris Kristofferson busted out as a songwritter at the turn of the decade and forever changed the face of the country song.Kristofferson,an army veteran helicopter pilot and Rhodes scholar,brought a self-consciously literary sense to counrty lyrics

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:20 pm

Help Me Make It Through The Night-Sammi Smith-1971-#1

M & L---Kris Kristofferson

Kris put this song together while waiting in his helicopter on a oil platform waiting to transport someone back to shore,a job he did at one time.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:19 am

For the Good Times-Ray Price-1970-#1

M & L--Kris Kristofferson

This song came to Kris as he was driving the back roads of Alabama on his way to the gulf (dissolutions of his first marrage)

pirates/redmen fan · Post by **pirates/redmen fan** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:51 pm

Ferlin Husky--Wings Of A Dove.

Lefty Frizzell--Saginaw Michigan.

pirates/redmen fan · Post by **pirates/redmen fan** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:53 pm

Ferlin Husky--Wings Of A Dove.

Lefty Frizzell--Saginaw Michigan.

pirates/redmen fan · Post by **pirates/redmen fan** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:35 pm

CAL SMITH--Country Bumpkin.
The Lord Knows I'm Drinking.

Bill Carlise--To Old To Cut The Mustard.