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"Mama Tried" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in July 1968 as the first single and title track from the album Mama Tried .
"Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard It's not always easy trying to raise kids, and Merle Haggard acknowledges that after giving his own mom a tough a time. Play this song for the mama who tried her best!
Mama Tried is the seventh studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released on Capitol Records in 1968. It reached number 4 on Billboard's country albums chart. The title song was one of Haggard's biggest hit singles and won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
The title alludes to Haggard's 1968 song "Mama Tried", a song which became a cornerstone of his career. Haggard had recorded a live gospel album in 1971 called The Land of Many Churches , but this set is dedicated to his mother Flossie, who was seventy-nine years old when she posed with Haggard on the cover of the LP.
We've created a playlist with all of the best emotional and melodic tunes to round out the day's festivities. Show mom how much you care by serenading her music's greatest hits, from the Shirelles ...
Haggard and the Strangers' number-one hit single "Mama Tried" is featured in the 2003 film Radio with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ed Harris, as well as in Bryan Bertino's The Strangers with Liv Tyler. In addition, his and the Strangers song "Swingin' Doors" can be heard in the film Crash (2004) , [ 70 ] and his 1981 hit " Big City ", where he is ...
Mama Tried (with the Strangers) Release date: September 9, 1968; Label: Capitol; 4 — Pride in What I Am (with the Strangers) Release date: February 10, 1969; Label: Capitol; 11 189 Same Train, a Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (with the Strangers) Release date: May 12, 1969; Label: Capitol; 1 67
Mama Tried may refer to: Mama Tried, a 1968 album by Merle Haggard "Mama Tried" (song), title song from the album "Mama Tried", a song ...