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George Jones and Gene Pitney recorded a version (under the name "George and Gene"), released as a single in 1965, [5] Hank Locklin recorded the song for his 1962 album A Tribute to Roy Acuff, King of Country Music, [6] and the Louvin Brothers also recorded the song. [7]
Jones refused and did not attend the show. Alan Jackson was disappointed with the association's decision, and halfway through his own performance during the show, he signaled to his band and played part of Jones's song in protest. On March 6, 1999, Jones was involved in an accident when he crashed his sport utility vehicle near his home
Two Great Stars – George Jones and Gene Pitney is an album by American country music artist George Jones and pop artist Gene Pitney. It was released in 1965 on the Musicor label in the United States and on the Stateside label in the United Kingdom.
Wreck on the Highway" is a version of the Dorsey Dixon song. [11] "Big River" was written by Johnny Cash. [12] "White Lightning" is a cover of the song made famous by George Jones. [9] Do You Think About Me?, the band's next album, was made up of songs recorded during the same sessions. [13]
Wreck on the Highway may refer to: "Wreck on the Highway" (1938 song), written by Dorsey Dixon and most notably performed by Roy Acuff "Wreck on the Highway" (1980 song), written and performed by Bruce Springsteen
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Much like the successful seventies album Wanted!The Outlaws, Walking the Line features duets and solo cuts taken from various albums and repackaged as a single album. Jones and Haggard had recorded a duet album, A Taste of Yesterday's Wine in 1982 (the title cut having been by Nelson) while Haggard and Nelson had collaborated on Pancho & Lefty the same year.
The album is composed of country classics and Gospel standards, several of them composed by Acuff, who was a profound musical influence on Jones. As Jones biographer Rich Kienzle observes, Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys "had an unforgettable dynamic: his fiddling and rough-edged, deeply emotional vocals were accompanied by a raw, traditional ...