Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't
Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't | ||||
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Studio album by George Jones | ||||
Released | September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 40:09 | |||
Label | Bandit Records | |||
Producer | Keith Stegall | |||
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Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't is the 59th studio album by American country music singer George Jones, released in 2005.
History
Originally conceived as "songs I wished I had recorded," Jones recorded eleven songs that included many he had passed on over the years that went on to become hits for other artists. The album includes his first ever "duet video" with Dolly Parton on the Hank Williams, Jr. penned "The Blues Man"; the song chronicles the life of a singer not unlike Jones himself. The one hit he did not miss, of course, is "He Stopped Loving Her Today", which went to number one in 1980. Jones, who had no choice but to perform the song at virtually every show he had given since it came out, had resisted rerecording it for 25 years because he believed that the original version he and producer Billy Sherrill created was too iconic. Jones would only trust Keith Stegall, whom he has often referred to as a "little Billy Sherrill", to touch his signature song. Although Jones's voice had started to show its age by this point, its timeworn quality brought a moral authenticity to the song. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes of the LP: "The nicest thing about the album is that the arrangements are pure enough that it's easy to envision how these songs would have sounded if Jones had sung them first, but George's performances are those of a veteran who has paid his dues several times over, giving the album a comfortably worn, lived-in feel."
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Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | Willie Nelson | 4:05 |
2. | "Detroit City" | Danny Dill, Mel Tillis | 2:55 |
3. | "The Blues Man" (With Dolly Parton) | Hank Williams, Jr. | 4:32 |
4. | "Here in the Real World" | Mark Irwin, Alan Jackson | 3:40 |
5. | "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)" | Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin | 3:19 |
6. | "Today I Started Loving You Again" | Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens | 2:37 |
7. | "On the Other Hand" | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | 3:05 |
8. | "Pass Me By" | H. B. Hall | 3:07 |
9. | "Skip a Rope" | Jack Moran, Glenn Tubb | 2:54 |
10. | "Too Cold at Home" | Bobby Harden | 3:40 |
11. | "Busted" | Harlan Howard | 2:48 |
12. | "He Stopped Loving Her Today" | Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman | 3:21 |
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Sheri Copeland – backing vocals
- Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
- George Jones – vocals
- Liana Manis – backing vocals
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Dolly Parton – duet vocals on "The Blues Man"
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
- John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
- Marty Slayton – backing vocals
- Rhonda Vincent – backing vocals
- Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
External links
- George Jones' Official Website
- Record Label Archived 2006-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
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- Grand Ole Opry's New Star
- Country Church Time
- White Lightning and Other Favorites
- George Jones Salutes Hank Williams
- George Jones Sings Country and Western Hits
- George Jones Sings from the Heart
- George Jones Sings Bob Wills
- Homecoming in Heaven
- My Favorites of Hank Williams
- I Wish Tonight Would Never End
- George Jones Sings Like the Dickens!
- I Get Lonely in a Hurry
- The Race Is On
- Mr. Country & Western Music
- New Country Hits
- Old Brush Arbors
- Trouble in Mind
- Country Heart
- Love Bug
- I'm a People
- We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033"
- Walk Through This World with Me
- George Jones Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier
- The George Jones Story
- My Country
- If My Heart Had Windows
- I'll Share My World with You
- Where Grass Won't Grow
- Will You Visit Me on Sunday
- George Jones with Love
- George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne
- George Jones (We Can Make It)
- A Picture of Me (Without You)
- Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)
- In a Gospel Way
- The Grand Tour
- Memories of Us
- The Battle
- Alone Again
- I Wanta Sing
- Bartender's Blues
- My Very Special Guests
- I Am What I Am
- Still the Same Ole Me
- Shine On
- Jones Country
- You've Still Got a Place in My Heart
- Ladies' Choice
- Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes
- Wine Colored Roses
- Too Wild Too Long
- One Woman Man
- You Oughta Be Here with Me
- And Along Came Jones
- Walls Can Fall
- High-Tech Redneck
- The Bradley Barn Sessions
- I Lived to Tell It All
- It Don't Get Any Better Than This
- Cold Hard Truth
- The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001
- The Gospel Collection
- Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't
- Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets
- What's in Our Heart (with Melba Montgomery)
- Close Together (As You and Me) (with Melba Montgomery)
- Bluegrass Hootenanny (with Melba Montgomery)
- George Jones & Gene Pitney – For the First Time! Two Great Stars
- George Jones & Gene Pitney – Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee! (with Gene Pitney)
- It's Country Time Again! (with Gene Pitney)
- Double Trouble (with Johnny Paycheck)
- A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with Merle Haggard)
- Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with Merle Haggard)
- George Jones & The Smoky Mountain Boys
- Hillbilly Hit Parade
- George Jones Singing 14 Top Country Song Favorites
- George Jones Sings His Greatest Hits
- The Fabulous Country Music Sound of George Jones
- Long Live King George
- The Crown Prince of Country Music
- A King & Two Queens (with Judy Lynn and Melba Montgomery)
- Blue & Lonesome
- Heartaches & Tears
- Famous Country Duets
- Hits by George
- The Best of George Jones
- All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- Encore
- Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits
- By Request
- Super Hits
- Friends in High Places
- Super Hits, Volume 2
- 16 Biggest Hits
- 50 Years of Hits
- God's Country: George Jones and Friends
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