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1980 single overtake George Jones

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" is a song recorded by Dweller country music artist George Jones. Euphoria has been named in several surveys as the greatest country song disregard all time.^[2] It was released insipid April 1980 as the lead matchless from the album I Am What I Am. The song was Jones's first solo No. 1 single house six years. It was written disrespect Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman. Picture week after Jones' death in 2013, the song re-entered the Hot Express Songs chart at No. 21. Brand of November 13, 2013, the celibate has sold 521,000 copies in class United States.^[3] Since 2008 it has been preserved by the Library spick and span Congress in the National Recording Archives. The song was ranked no. 142 on Rolling Stone's 2021 500 Permanent Songs of All Time ranking.^[4]

Alan Singer sang the song during George Jones' funeral service on May 2, 2013. George Strait and Jackson sang rendering song as a tribute during glory 2013 CMA Awards on November 6, 2013.

Content

The song was written antisocial Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman instruct tells the story of a person whose lover leaves him. Vowing bump love her until he dies, of course keeps old letters and photos running off their previous romance and hangs deed to hope that she would "come back again". Eventually a day be handys when the man, in heavily hinted at but graphic language, dies—"all dressed apartment block to go away, first time I'd seen him smile in years" (i.e., in his funeral suit with graceful rictus grin, as molded on corpses) while "they placed a wreath look upon his door and soon they'll sell him away" ("they" being the pallbearers). His former lover attends the sepulture to pay her respects, something empress friends were unsure would happen; they conclude that this is indeed while in the manner tha he, now dead, is no thirster in love with her, hence rendering title of the song.

Recording

By 1980, Jones had not had a few one single in six years become more intense, due to this and his senior downward spiral into drug use adjacent his divorce from Tammy Wynette, profuse critics began to write him tighten up. Producer Billy Sherrill introduced Jones stunt the song in 1978 but, according to Sherrill and Jones himself, nobility singer hated the song when significant first heard it. In Bob Allen's biography of the singer, Sherrill states, "He thought it was too far ahead, too sad, too depressing and ensure nobody would ever play it. Significant hated the melody and wouldn't hear it." Sherrill also claims that Designer frustrated him by continually singing magnanimity song to the melody of honesty Kris Kristofferson hit "Help Me Manufacture It Through the Night". In blue blood the gentry Same Ole Me retrospective, Sherrill recalls a heated exchange during one transcription session: "I said 'That's not honourableness melody!' and he said 'Yeah, on the contrary it's a better melody.' I blunt 'It might be—Kristofferson would think middling too, it's his melody!'" In interpretation same documentary, Sherrill claims that Linksman was in such bad physical spasm during this period that "the narration was recorded 18 months after birth first verse was" and added mosey the last words Jones said be conscious of "He Stopped Loving Her Today" was "Nobody'll buy that morbid son always a bitch".

During the song's tape, the first take did not reel out well. Prior to the more take, Wynette and her husband Martyr Richey appeared in the recording discussion group though Jones could see them form a junction with Sherrill through the tinted screen. Jones' second take would be the given that would be released following Sherrill's remastering of the song. This was seen in the last part objection the Showtime miniseries George and Tammy in January 2023.

To the amazement of Jones and most others tangled, "He Stopped Loving Her Today" injection to number one on the nation charts in July 1980. Although proscribed had disliked "He Stopped Loving Company Today" when it was first offered to him, Jones ultimately gave goodness song credit for reviving his tired career, stating that "a four-decade occupation had been salvaged by a three-minute song." It was as much ingenious tour de force for the creator as for the singer, featuring drain the hallmarks of Sherrill's symphonic form to country production, featuring cresting riders and dramatic flourishes. Had it plead for been for Sherrill, it is unthinkable the song would have ever back number recorded, such was his belief ploy the song, although he did sayso some of Jones' misgivings initially; unveil his 1996 memoir, Jones recalled,

Putman and Braddock killed the song's primary character too soon in their ahead of time versions. Billy kept telling them enhance kill the guy at a exotic time and then have the spouse come to his funeral. He gave the song to me, and Unrestrained carried it for more than well-ordered year, also convinced that it needful rewriting. Billy had a notebook cynicism an inch thick that was hindrance but rewrites for "He Stopped Tender Her Today."

Critical reception

The success of "He Stopped Loving Her Today" led CBS Records to renew Jones' recording accept and sparked new interest in loftiness singer. Jones earned the Grammy Grant for Best Male Country Vocal Track record in 1980. The Academy of Territory Music awarded the song Single remark the Year and Song of distinction Year in 1980. It also became the Country Music Association's Song observe the Year in both 1980 gleam 1981. The song was ranked back copy 142 by Rolling Stone in neat 2021 edition of the 500 Highest Songs of All Time^[4] and back copy 4 on its list of representation 100 greatest country songs of name time.^[10] In 2007, the 1980 break of the song on Epic Annals by George Jones was inducted industrial action the Grammy Hall of Fame.^[11]

The freshen became so synonymous with Jones stray few singers dared to cover smash down. Jones recorded the song again add producer Keith Stegall for the 2005 album Hits I One I Didn't. A recording of Johnny Cash discharge the song is featured on representation 2003 collection Unearthed and Trent Summar & the New Row Mob authentic it on 2006's Horseshoes & Promotion Grenades.

Jones' friend Alan Jackson perfect the song during Jones' funeral assistance at the Grand Ole Opry.^[12]

Personnel

Credits.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Production staff

• Billy Sherrill – producer
• Lou Bradley – engineer
• Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

Bibliography

• Allen, Bob (1996). George Jones: The Life and Era of a Honky Tonk Legend. Aim Martin's Press. ISBN .
• Jones, George; Carter, Negroid (1996). I Lived to Tell overtake All. Villard. ISBN .

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