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Long Live King George includes several songs, such as his first chart hit "Why Baby Why", that appeared on his 1957 debut album Grand Ole Opry's New Star. As Jones star continued to rise in the country music field, Starday would continue to release albums featuring recordings by Jones culled from its archive, including several rockabilly sides ...
Composed by Even Stevens, it was released as a single on Epic Records in 1977 and peaked at #24 on the Billboard country singles chart, a dismal showing for a George Jones record. Despite being a "stone country" song that Jones promoted with several television appearances (including Marty Robbins ' TV show), it failed to find a wider audience.
"Way Too Long" is a song by English record producer Nathan Dawe, English singer-songwriter Anne-Marie and British rapper MoStack. It was released on 9 April 2021 as the second single from Anne-Marie's second studio album, Therapy .
The song was an attempt to emulate the Wall of Sound production methods of Phil Spector. [ 3 ] The Supremes recorded their own version in 1965, intended for their album More Hits by The Supremes , but it would not be released until 1987, when it was placed on their compilation album, The Never-Before-Released Masters .
After years of country radio indifference, Cold Hard Truth was released to raves and shot to number 5 on Billboard's country albums charts, the first Jones album to do so since Wine Colored Roses in 1986, and even hit number 53 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
It was released in September 1997 as the first single from her album Long Stretch of Lonesome. The song won Loveless and Jones the 1998 Country Music Association Award for Musical Event of the Year. The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching number 14 during the week of December 13, 1997. [1]
Though the show is fictional, the real King George III did likely suffer from mental illness. George ascended to the throne at age 22, and was King of Great Britain until his death in 1820 at age 81.
Coming off his successful reunion tour with ex-wife Tammy Wynette, Jones reunited with producer Norro Wilson to record his fifth album with MCA Nashville. While Jones remained committed to "pure country", he worked with the top musicians and songwriters of the day and the quality of his work remained high, even though his age kept him off mainstream country radio.