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"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller. Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster. [ 1 ]
Following the death of Kris Kristofferson last week, the "So What" singer incorporated a cover of his song "Me and Bobby McGee," made famous by the late Janis Joplin, into her Summer Carnival tour ...
In 1971, following the success of Janis Joplin's recording of "Me and Bobby McGee", the album was reissued as Me and Bobby McGee; it peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and at 43 on Billboard's Top LPs and the release was certified gold. The album garnered mixed ratings in retrospective reviews, as some critics expressed ...
The next year, he was first to cover Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee," [6] taking the song to No. 12 on country charts. [8] In 1970, Miller recorded the album A Trip in the Country , honky-tonk-style standards penned by Miller, including "Tall, Tall Trees."
The back cover of Kristofferson’s 1971 LP “Me and Bobby McGee” (a reissued, renamed version of his eponymous debut record) features this stanza — penned by Johnny Cash — saluting his ...
Other covers would follow, including "Me and Bobby McGee" co-written with Fred Foster and released on Janis Joplin's 1971 posthumous album, Pearl. The song became one of Kristofferson and Joplin's ...
Sings Kristofferson is a studio album recorded by Willie Nelson in 1979 consisting of covers of Kris Kristofferson songs. It reached No. 5 on the US Country albums chart, No. 42 on the US Pop albums charts, and was certified gold in Canada and platinum in the US. [citation needed]
The flip-side of the single was a cover of "Me and Bobby McGee" that was aimed at the pop market. The song peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. His first top 40 pop hit since 1961's "What'd I Say," "Me and Bobby McGee" was Lewis' last top 40 pop hit to date.