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"Amarillo by Morning" is widely considered to be one of Strait's best songs. Billboard and American Songwriter ranked the song number nine and number six, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest George Strait songs. [15] [16] In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number ten on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [17]
Terry LaVerne Stafford (November 22, 1941 – March 17, 1996 [1]) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 US Top 10 hit "Suspicion", and the 1973 country music hit "Amarillo by Morning". Stafford was also known for his Elvis Presley sound-alike voice.
Amarillo by Morning may refer to: "Amarillo by Morning" (song) , a song by Paul Fraser & Terry Stafford, covered by numerous artists, including George Strait and Asleep at the Wheel Amarillo by Morning (film) , a documentary film by Spike Jonze
The critically acclaimed Strait from the Heart, his second album, was released in 1982 and featured the first number-one single of his career, "Fool Hearted Memory" and the top-five Western ballad "Amarillo by Morning" which was originally sung and written by Terry Stafford in 1973. It later became one of Strait's signature songs. [37]
Strait from the Heart received positive reviews upon its release in 1982. On the music review website AllMusic, it received five out of five stars.In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek called Strait "a singer of uncommon vitality who could sing honky tonk, countrypolitan, and the new traditional sounds". [1]
Christopher Lee LeDoux (October 2, 1948 – March 9, 2005) was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor, and hall of fame rodeo champion. During his career, LeDoux recorded 36 albums (many self-released), which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007.
Amarillo by Morning was initially screened in 1997, his first released documentary and second film. [1] The short was re-released in 2003 by Palm Pictures as part of a collection of Jonze's "music videos, short films, documentaries, and rarities", accompanied by interviews and commentaries on the director's works.
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