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"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" is a song written and originally recorded by Billy Joe Shaver. American country music artist John Anderson released the song in March 1981 as the first single from his album John Anderson 2. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]
A steady stream of singles through the late 1970s and early 1980s continued to build Anderson's name in the country genre. The song "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" from the 1981 album John Anderson 2 netted Anderson a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. [7]
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The song features Anderson (in first person narration) discussing an experience of getting stuck behind a Georgia truck hauling a load of chickens (Georgia is a major poultry-producing state), on Alabama State Route 65 (a winding, 2-lane highway in Jackson County in the northeast corner of Alabama) heading to Tennessee in mid-July.
No. Title Writer(s) Length; 1. "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" Billy Joe Shaver: 3:47: 2. "I Love You a Thousand Ways" Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck: 3:05
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I Just Came Home to Count the Memories is the third studio album by American country music artist John Anderson. [4] It was released in October 1981 under Warner Bros. Records . Three singles were released from this album, which were "Would You Catch A Falling Star", "I Danced With The San Antone Rose", and the title track.
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music singer John Anderson.It was released under Warner Bros. Records in 1984. The album includes singles from Anderson's first albums for Warner Bros., and among its cuts are the number one singles "Swingin'", "Black Sheep" and "Wild and Blue".