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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. The song became one of the cornerstone songs of his career.
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.
Haggard spent the highest number of weeks at number one in 1968, topping the chart for a total of eight weeks with "Sing Me Back Home", "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" and "Mama Tried". He was one of three artists to take three different singles to number one during the year, the most by any act.
1968 "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" (with the Strangers) 1 3 The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde "Mama Tried" (with the Strangers) 1 1 Mama Tried "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" (with the Strangers) 3 1 Pride in What I Am: 1969 "Hungry Eyes" (with the Strangers) 1 2 A Portrait of Merle Haggard "Workin' Man Blues" (with the Strangers) 1 1
Mama Tried may refer to: Mama Tried, a 1968 album by Merle Haggard "Mama Tried" (song), title song from the album
Killers Three is an American crime drama film produced in 1968 by Dick Clark Productions and released by American International Pictures starring Robert Walker Jr., Diane Varsi and Dick Clark. Others in the cast include Norman Alden , Maureen Arthur , Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens .
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.
Mama Tried: Merle Haggard: 1 December 2 Where Love Used to Live: David Houston 1 2 December 9 Stand by Your Man: Tammy Wynette 1 December 16 Little Arrows: Leapy Lee: 1 11 December 23 I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am: Merle Haggard 3 3 Fell to #2 on the week of January 13, 1969.