#ALWAYS ON MY MIND SERIES#
I have read all the Sullivans Series and ALWAYS ON MY MIND has got to be my favorite. What a beautiful story of finding true love. Truly after finishing one book from this series.be it the first or the eighth.I wonder every time how she is going to top that, but each time she does! Highly recommended." ~ A Romantic Journey Book Blog My heart ached for both of their pain and suffering. I was hooked the minute I opened ALWAYS ON MY MIND and began to read. This story certainly lived up to all my expectations.
"I have been a fan of Bella Andre's from the very first page in the very first book I have read of hers. It will make you want to find your own cowboy to fall in love with! This book is now not only one of my favorite Bella Andre books, but one of my all time favorite reads ever! You will be missing out if you do not read this one! ~ Amazon reviewer For me, this version is just silly and over-worked and the extra chord at the end of the chorus, while not a terrible idea, comes off like a contrivance to be different.Īs I said, though, Always on My Mind has been recorded hundreds of times over 300, in fact.You cannot put ALWAYS ON MY MIND down! The minute you start it you won't want to stop, and time will fly by as you fall in love with Grayson and Lori. Well, that may be true but you can certainly hurt people’s ears. Songwriter Thomspon said it was proof you can’t hurt a good song. It was certainly an odd direction for the song to take and it garnered mixed opinions, but it sold a lot of records so plenty of people liked it. For their part, they chose to rework his version of Always on My Mind although their version has nothing to do with his in particular, as far as the end product.
#ALWAYS ON MY MIND TV#
The Pet Shop Boys did their synth-pop version of the song in 1987 after being asked to appear in a TV show commemorating the tenth anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. It also won awards at the Country Music Association Awards (CMA) two years in a row, including 1982 Song of the Year and 1983 Single of the Year for the writers while Nelson won for 1982 Single of the Year and Album of the Year. Thompson, James, and Christopher won for Song of the Year and Best Country song while Nelson won Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Not only did Willie Nelson’s Always On My Mind go to number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, not to mention the Cash Box chart, but it also went to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 to become a huge crossover hit to be played on top 40 radio.Īt the 25th Grammy Awards in 1983 it won three awards. It was first released as a single in March 1982 with “The Party’s Over” as the B side, from the Album Always On My Mind It seemed like he felt it and as if he had written it and most people, even today, think that he did. Although the previous versions were “nice and all” it was Willie Nelson’s gentle, pared-down, and bittersweet version which defined the song for what it is and should be. Haggard didn’t want to do the song, so Nelson recorded it himself. The song was suggested to Willie Nelson while he was working with Merle Haggard on the Pancho and Lefty album. It reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in November 1972.Īfter Elvis, but before Nelson, in 1979, John Wesley Ryles also did well with the song, reaching number 20 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was the B-side of the Separate Ways single and the record was certified gold, selling over one million records. Brenda Lee recorded the song in 1972 and reached number 45 on the country charts.Įlvis Presley’s version in 1972 to great success. His version of the song did not go anywhere but certainly would have influenced some of the artists to come. Johhny Christopher had written Mama Liked the Roses, recorded by Elvis and Mark James’ most notable song was Suspicious Minds by Elvis.Ī lot is made of the fact that the song was first recorded by BJ Thomas, best known for Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, in 1970 and released as a single.
That’s the great song that starts ‘give me a ticket for an aeroplane Ain’t got time to take a fast train.” He also wrote N eon Rainbow and Soul Deep. Wayne Thompson wrote a number of famous hit songs including The Letter recorded by the Box Tops. The song was written by Wayne Carson Thompson in collaboration with Johnny Christopher and Mark James. The truth is the song has been covered hundreds of times and flopped many times before Nelson took it to stratospheric heights. Just because a song is great, doesn’t mean it will be successful. This beautiful song is a lesson in itself.
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See full affiliate disclosure.ĭespite the likes of Elvis, Brenda Lee, and The Pet Shop boys having recorded it, Willie Nelson’s version of ‘ Always on My Mind‘ is still considered the definitive version, not to mention the song for which he is most known. This post contains independently chosen affiliate links.
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