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"Why Me" was Kristofferson's lone major country hit as a solo recording artist, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1973. [4] The song peaked only at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, but had at that time one of the longer runs (19 weeks) in the top 40 [1] and the most chart reversals (6) in one run on the Hot 100.
Jesus Was a Capricorn was produced by Fred Foster and, like his previous album Border Lord, features more elaborate instrumentation than his first two LPs.Biographer Stephen Miller notes in his book Kristofferson: The Wild American, “A common criticism directed at Jesus Was a Capricorn was that it was overproduced and moved Kristofferson's songs too far away from the rough-hewn charm of his ...
Kris Kristofferson, who has died aged 88, was among the most prolific artists of his generation. In a career spanning six decades, he released 18 studio albums along with compilation records, live ...
“Why Me” (1972) Kristofferson’s only chart-topper as a solo artist finds him on his knees, begging God to use him as a vessel: “Maybe, Lord, I can show someone else what I’ve been ...
Kristofferson's 1972 fourth album, Jesus Was a Capricorn, initially had slow sales, but the third single, "Why Me", was a success and significantly increased album sales. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA on November 8, 1973.
More than 50 years ago, Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar equally drawn to the words of William Blake and Hank Williams, helped usher in a new era of country songs, and country songwriters
Coolidge had contributed vocals to Kristofferson's previous two albums, including two duets on Jesus Was a Capricorn. At the time Kristofferson was the bigger star, [1] having just topped the country charts with the gospel song "Why Me," and topped the country album charts with its parent album Jesus Was a Capricorn.
Border Lord was released in February 1972 but failed to achieve the success its predecessors had. At the time of its release, Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone was unkind, charging that Kristofferson was “a fast-livin’, hard lovin’ dude who has just enough time between ballin’ and brawlin’ to jot down a tune or two.