Original vs Elvis Remake

"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" 

Willie Nelson
Album : "Red Headed Stranger"

1975

While not a Willie original, it did launch his career into high gear as this reached #1 on the Billboard Country Songs chart in October 1975 for 2 consecutive weeks.

"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"

Elvis Presley

Album : "From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee"

1976
Elvis Presley finally recorded "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (having sung it privately with friends and family for years while accompanying himself on piano) in the Jungle Room at Graceland on February 7th 1976. This was the last known song that Elvis Presley sang (at the piano in the rest area of his Racquetball Court located to the rear of Graceland) before his death on August 16th 1977

Billboard Country Year End Chart - The Top 50 Singles of 1978

Top 10 Most Important Country Albums

Elvis Original vs Remake

"Always On My Mind"

Elvis Presley

1972

Elvis recorded this soon to be classic on March 29th 1972 just weeks after his separation from wife Priscilla.  Originally the "B" side of the sing "Separate Ways", this would become one of his best songs of the 1970s and peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100, #16 on the Country chart, and #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

"Always On My Mind"

Willie Nelson

1982

Recorded and released in the early part of 1982 this remake of the Elvis song from 10 year previous raced to the top of the Billboard Country songs chart and spent 2 consecutive weeks at #1 and eventually became Billboard's #1 country song of 1982.

Willie would also peak at #5 on the Hot 100, #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #1 on the Canadian Country songs chart.

#1 Country Album of 1977

"Ol' Waylon"

released April 1977

13 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard country album chart.

Contains the #1 single "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)", which spent 6 consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard's country songs chart.

Magazine Cover of the Week

February 1976

Willie Nelson

The Year in Billboard #1 Country Songs - 1976

September 25th 1976

"If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" - Willie Nelson

(1 week at #1)

Billboard Country Album Chart (May 7th 2016)

Billboard Country Album Chart

Top 20

Week Ending May 7th 2016

20 - Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line
19 - Remington - Granger Smith
18 - The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini
17 - Full Circle - Loretta Lynn
16 - Django and Jimmie - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
15 - Meat and Candy - Old Dominion
14 - Redneck Shit - Wheeler Walker Jr.
13 - Midwest Farmer's Daugther - Margo Price
12 - I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young
11 - Reloaded : 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton
10 - Music is Medicine - Marie Osmond
(Debut)
9  -  Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church
8  -  Damn Country Music - Tim McGraw
7  -  Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan
6  -  Storyteller - Carrie Underwood
5  -  Montevallo - Sam Hunt
4  -  Tangle Up - Thomas Rhett
3  -  Hymns - Joey and Rory
2  -  Traveller - Chris Stapleton
1  -  A Sailor's Guide To Earth - Sturgill Simpson
(Debut)

Track listing[edit]

All songs written and composed by Sturgill Simpson except "In Bloom", which is written by Kurt Cobain. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)"	4:53
2.	"Breakers Roar"	3:33
3.	"Keep It Between the Lines"	4:01
4.	"Sea Stories"	3:17
5.	"In Bloom" (Nirvana cover)	4:01
6.	"Brace for Impact (Live a Little)"	5:49
7.	"All Around You"	3:36
8.	"Oh Sarah" (Was originally released on Sunday Valley's album To the Wind and On to Heaven in 2011)	4:15
9.	"Call to Arms"	5:30
Total length:		38:54

Rolling Stone Magazine Cover of the Week

Happy 83rd Birthday to Willie Nelson

☺ #1 Country Singles Of 1984 ☺

The Year in Billboard #1 Country Songs - 1976

February 21st - March 6th 1976

Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

(3 consecutive weeks at #1)

Billboard Country Album Chart (June 27th 2015)

Billboard Country Album Chart

Top 20

Week Ending June 27th 2015

20 - Ignite the Night - Chase Rice
19 - Southern Style - Darius Rucker
18 - Love Somebody - Reba
17 - Greatest Hits : Decade of #1 - Carrie Underwood
16 - The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini
15 - Outlaw In Me - The Lacs
14 - Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
13 - Folks Like Us - Montgomery Gentry
12 - Spring Break...Checkin' Out - Luke Bryan
11 - Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line
10 - Old Boots, New Dirt - Jason Aldean
9  -  Summer Forever - Billy Currington
8  -  Pain Killer - Little Big Town
7  -  The Outsiders - Eric Church
6  -  Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert 
5  -  Django and Jimmie - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
(#1 last week)
4  -  Montevallo - Sam Hunt
3  -  Southernality - A Thousand Horses 
(Debut)
2  -  Jekyll and Hyde - Zac Brown Band
1  -  NOW Country  Vol 8 - Various Artist
(Debut)

1.       Luke Bryan                                          Roller Coaster

2.       Jason Aldean                                     Just Gettin’ Started

3.       Sam Hunt                                            Leave The Night On

4.       Darius Rucker                                    Homegrown Honey

5.       Florida Georgia Line                        Sun Daze

6.       Jake Owen                                          Beachin’

7.       Brantley Gilbert                                 Bottoms Up

8.       Eric Church                                        Give Me Back My Hometown

9.       Lady Antebellum                              Bartender

10.   A Thousand Horses                           Smoke

11.   Cole Swindell                                     Ain’t Worth The Whiskey

12.   Keith Urban                                        Somewhere In My Car

13.   Miranda Lambert                             Automatic

14.   Brad Paisley                                        Perfect Storm

15.   Tyler Farr                                             A Guy Walks Into A Bar

16.   Lee Brice                                              Drinking Class

17.   Chris Young                                        Lonely Eyes

18.   Eric Paslay                                           She Don’t Love You

"Waylon and Willie" Goes Platinum

April 11th 1978

The album "Waylon and Willie" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson is certified platinum for sales of 1 million copies.  The album released in January of 1978, spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country chart and peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

The single "Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" spent 4 weeks in March at #1 on the Billboard country chart and reached only #42 on the Hot 100 in 1978.

The duo also won the Grammy in 1979 for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" 

Track listing

Side one[edit]

1. "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce) – 2:34
2. "The Year 2003 Minus 25" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:04
3. "Pick Up the Tempo" (Willie Nelson) – 2:32
4. "If You Can Touch Her at All" (Lee Clayton) – 3:04
5. "Lookin' for a Feeling" (Waylon Jennings) – 2:38
6. "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" (Nelson) – 3:20

Side two[edit]

1. "I Can Get Off on You" (Jennings, Nelson) – 2:24
2. "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" (Kristofferson) – 3:04
3. "Gold Dust Woman" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:00
4. "A Couple More Years" (Dennis Locorriere, Shel Silverstein) – 4:02
5. "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" (Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman) – 2:08

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Billboard #1 Country Hits of 1982

Billboard Hot Country Songs (12/23/1978)

Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart

Top 60

Week Ending December 23rd 1978

Billboard Country Album Chart (July 12th 2014)

Billboard Country Album Chart

Top 10 

Week Ending July 12th 2014

10 - Riser - Dierks Bentley
9  -  Kuntry Livin' - Big Smo
8  -  Based On A True Story....- Blake Shelton
7  -  The Outsiders - Eric Church
6  -  Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line
5  -  NOW Country Vol. 7 - Various Artist
4  -  Band of Brothers - Willie Nelson
3  -  Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
2  -  Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert
1  -  Platinum - Miranda Lambert
(3rd non consecutive week at #1)

Track listing[edit]

Source: Sony Music Nashville^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Girls"	Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, Jimmy Robbins	3:35
2.	"Platinum"	Miranda Lambert, Galyon, Hemby	3:11
3.	"Little Red Wagon"	Audra Mae, Joe Ginsberg	3:24
4.	"Smokin' and Drinkin'" (featuring Little Big Town)	Hemby, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally	5:30
5.	"Priscilla"	Galyon, Hemby, Robbins	3:26
6.	"Automatic"	Lambert, Galyon, Hemby	4:07
7.	"Bathroom Sink"	Lambert	4:05
8.	"Old Shit"	Brent Cobb, Neil Mason	2:45
9.	"All That's Left" (featuring The Time Jumpers)	Dixie Hall, Tom T. Hall	3:11
10.	"Gravity Is a Bitch"	Lambert, Scotty Wray	3:08
11.	"Babies Makin' Babies"	Galyon, Hemby, Robbins	2:56
12.	"Somethin' Bad" (duet with Carrie Underwood)	Chris DeStefano, Brett James, Priscilla Renea	2:49
13.	"Holding on to You"	Lambert, Jessi Alexander, Ashley Monroe	4:32
14.	"Two Rings Shy"	Lambert, Brandy Clark, Heather Little	3:18
15.	"Hard Staying Sober"	Lambert, Hemby, Laird	4:28
16.	"Another Sunday in the South"	Lambert, Alexander, Monroe	3:50
Total length:			58:15

Billboard Country Album Chart (07/05/2014)

Billboard Country Albums

Top 10

Week Ending July 5th 2014

10 - Kuntry Livin' - Big Smo
9  -  Rewind - Rascal Flats
8  -  Based On A True Story...- Blake Shelton
7  -  The Outsiders - Eric Church
6  -  NOW Country 7 - Various Artist
5  -  Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line
4  -  Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
3  -  Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert
2  -  Platinum - Miranda Lambert
1  -  Band of Brothers - Willie Nelson
(DEBUT)

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bring it On"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	2:54
2.	"Guitar in the Corner"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	3:56
3.	"The Wall"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	3:29
4.	"Whenever You Come Around"	Vince Gill, Pete Wasner	4:13
5.	"Wives and Girlfriends"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	3:02
6.	"I Thought I Left You"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	3:02
7.	"Send Me a Picture"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	3:59
8.	"Used to Her"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	2:47
9.	"The Git Go (Featuring Jamey Johnson)"	Billy Joe Shaver, Gary Nicholson	4:08
10.	"Band of Brothers"	Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon	2:51
11.	"Hard to Be an Outlaw"	Billy Joe Shaver	3:09
12.	"Crazy Like Me"	Dennis Morgan, Shawn Camp, Billy Burnette	3:17
13.	"The Songwriters"	Gordie Sampson, Bill Anderson	3:16
14.	"I've Got a Lot of Traveling to Do"	Dennis Morgan	3:18

Billboard Album Chart (Top 20) 07/05/2014

Billboard Album Chart

Top 20

Week Ending July 6th 2014

20 - Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
19 - The New Classic - Iggy Azalea
18 - A Town Called Paradise - Tiesto
(Debut)
17 - Xscape - Michael Jackson
16 - Mali Is - Mali Music
15 - Mutineers - David Gray
(Debut)
14 - Turn Blue - The Black Keys
13 - Fault In Our Stars - Soundtrack
12 - Ghost Stories - Coldplay
11 - NOW 50 - Various Artist
10 - Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert
9  -  while - deadmau5
(Debut)
8  -  A.K.A. - Jennifer Lopez
(Debut)
7  -  Lazaretto - Jack White
6  -  Platinum - Miranda Lambert
5  -  Band Of Brothers - Willie Nelson
(Debut)
4  -  Frozen - Soundtrack
3  -  The Hunting Party - Linkin Park
(Debut)
2  -  In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
(Debut)
1  -  Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
(DEBUT)

Track listing[edit]

Ultraviolence – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Cruel World"	Lana Del Rey Blake Stranathan	Dan Auerbach	6:39
2.	"Ultraviolence"	Del Rey Daniel Heath	Auerbach	4:11
3.	"Shades of Cool"	Del Rey Rick Nowels	Auerbach	5:42
4.	"Brooklyn Baby"	Del Rey Barrie O'Neill	Auerbach	5:51
5.	"West Coast"	Del Rey Nowels	Auerbach	4:16
6.	"Sad Girl"	Del Rey Nowels	Auerbach Nowels[a]	5:17
7.	"Pretty When You Cry"	Stranathan Del Rey	Del Rey Stranathan Lee Foster	3:54
8.	"Money Power Glory"	Del Rey Greg Kurstin	Kurstin	4:30
9.	"Fucked My Way Up to the Top"	Del Rey Heath	Auerbach	3:32
10.	"Old Money"	Del Rey Heath Robbie Fitzsimmons	Heath	4:31
11.	"The Other Woman"	Jessie Mae Robinson	Auerbach	3:01

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