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  • DA#23
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    • Oct 2014
    • 7342
    #3601
    Huh, I never knew that. Thanks surveyor.

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      • surveyor
        Administrator
        • Oct 2014
        • 14474
        #3602
        Originally posted by matt colvin
        Huh, I never knew that. Thanks surveyor.
        It's not exactly the same, but there's sufficient similarity that it's clear Frey-Henley borrowed significantly from the old Eugene Williams tune from the early 70s.
        Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

        Clint Eastwood

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          • DA#23
            Administrator
            • Oct 2014
            • 7342
            #3603
            Get 'em, Hag
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              • surveyor
                Administrator
                • Oct 2014
                • 14474
                #3604
                Merel was and is the best country singing songwriter.

                Of Merle's 38 No. 1 hit singles, 22 he wrote. Then there's a bushel of songs he wrote that were in the top ten that never reached no. 1, but should have. "Today I Started Loving You, Again" was not a hit for Haggard - didn't even chart.
                Last edited by surveyor; 11-16-2017, 09:58 AM.
                Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

                Clint Eastwood
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                  • surveyor
                    Administrator
                    • Oct 2014
                    • 14474
                    #3605
                    Seashores of Old Mexico - Merle Haggard

                    A Haggard written hit that didn't crack the Billboard Hot Country in `74, reaching No. 11.

                    Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

                    Clint Eastwood

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                      • Matt Dillon
                        Administrator
                        • Oct 2014
                        • 49604
                        #3606
                        "Love Is Strange" - Mickey & Sylvia
                        Philippians 4:11-4:13

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                          • Matt Dillon
                            Administrator
                            • Oct 2014
                            • 49604
                            #3607
                            "Lover Please" - Clyde McPhatter
                            Philippians 4:11-4:13

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                              • Uncle Dave
                                Senior Member
                                • Oct 2014
                                • 1979
                                #3608
                                Originally posted by surveyor
                                Merel was and is the best country singing songwriter.

                                Of Merle's 38 No. 1 hit singles, 22 he wrote. Then there's a bushel of songs he wrote that were in the top ten that never reached no. 1, but should have. "Today I Started Loving You, Again" was not a hit for Haggard - didn't even chart.
                                That's an amazing accomplishment. I had no idea. Surveyor, if there is one traditional country music artist that you would choose to be the face of this genre, who would it be?

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                                  • surveyor
                                    Administrator
                                    • Oct 2014
                                    • 14474
                                    #3609
                                    If not Merle, then Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash? All were great songwriters. Parton and Cash may have had more hits singing their own songs. Nelson wrote a lot of songs that were hits for other artists.

                                    Merle I think was by far more prolific as a writer who sang his own songs. I remember seeing somewhere (Ralph Emery interview, perhaps) that Haggard wrote in the neighborhood of 250 or so songs.

                                    Haggard had a No. 1 hit with "Kentucky Gambler", written by Dolly Parton.

                                    It also depends upon the era. Haggard was heavily influenced by Bob Wills and Lefty Frizzel in the early 60s..

                                    Honorable mention - George Jones.
                                    Last edited by surveyor; 11-17-2017, 09:38 AM.
                                    Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

                                    Clint Eastwood

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                                      • Matt Dillon
                                        Administrator
                                        • Oct 2014
                                        • 49604
                                        #3610
                                        "She's About A Mover" - Sir Douglas Quintet
                                        Philippians 4:11-4:13

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                                          • Matt Dillon
                                            Administrator
                                            • Oct 2014
                                            • 49604
                                            #3611
                                            "Mendocino" - Sir Douglas Quintet
                                            Philippians 4:11-4:13

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                                              • Matt Dillon
                                                Administrator
                                                • Oct 2014
                                                • 49604
                                                #3612
                                                "Midnight Mary" - Joey Powers
                                                Philippians 4:11-4:13

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                                                  • Matt Dillon
                                                    Administrator
                                                    • Oct 2014
                                                    • 49604
                                                    #3613
                                                    "Mr. Dieingly Sad" - The Critters
                                                    Philippians 4:11-4:13

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                                                      • Matt Dillon
                                                        Administrator
                                                        • Oct 2014
                                                        • 49604
                                                        #3614
                                                        "More" - Kai Winding & Orchestra
                                                        Philippians 4:11-4:13

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                                                          • Matt Dillon
                                                            Administrator
                                                            • Oct 2014
                                                            • 49604
                                                            #3615
                                                            "Music Box Dancer" - Frank Mills
                                                            Philippians 4:11-4:13

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