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"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" is a song written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes and recorded by American country music singer George Jones. It was released in June 1985 as the first single and title track from the album Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes. The song peaked at number three on the Hot Country Singles chart.
Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes is the 45th studio album by American country music artist George Jones, released in 1985 on the Epic Records label.. The album is best known for the title track and its classic video, which would go on to win the CMA Award for Video of the Year.
His father, George Washington Jones, worked in a shipyard and played harmonica and guitar; his mother, Clara (née Patterson), played piano in the Pentecostal Church on Sundays. [6] When Jones was born, one of the doctors dropped him and broke his arm. [6] He heard country music for the first time when he was seven, when his parents bought a radio.
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Jones recorded the song in September 1958 at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville. It was released as a single three days after Richardson (The Bopper) died in a plane crash. "That's the Way I Feel" was recorded in September 1957 and was written by Jones, like most of the tracks on the album. Jones would write or co-write 10 of ...
Bluegrass Hootenanny was the second duet album by Jones and Montgomery, the first being the bluegrass-tinged What's in Our Heart.As the title implies, this second Jones/Montgomery collection brings this sound into focus, a departure of sorts for Jones, who was known primarily for his hardcore honky tonk sound and soulful ballad singing.
Despite his absence from the country charts during this time, latter-day country superstars such as George Strait, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, and many others often paid tribute to Jones while expressing their love and respect for his legacy as a true country legend who paved the way for their own success. Jones promoted the album heavily and ...
The Jones-penned "Don't Stop The Music" had been a minor hit for the singer in early 1957 while "Life To Go", also written by Jones, was a top five smash for Stonewall Jackson in 1959. Blue & Lonesome also includes the original recording of "Color of the Blues", a song Jones wrote with Lawton Williams that would go on to be recorded by Red ...