George Jones

George Jones and Elvis Costello at the taping for the HBO special With A Little Help From My Friends, April 28, 1981, Los Angeles, CA.   My Very Special Guests includes a duet with Elvis Costello on "Stranger In The House."

Anniversary: Ten Years Of Hits (1982) and Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years (1994) are included in Elvis Costello's "500 Albums You Need" (Vanity Fair, November 2000).

Vocal on:

Stranger In The House (duet with Elvis Costello)   (1980, George Jones: My Very Special Guests)

Performed with Elvis Costello:

1981-04-28, Los Angeles, CA - taping for George Jones: With A Little Help From My Friends HBO special.

1997-02-05, Nashville, TN - taping for Monday Night Concerts With Ricky Skaggs

Songwriter and original performer on:

Ragged But Right

Co-songwriter (with Virginia Franks and Johnny "Country" Mathis) and original performer on:

Brown To Blue

Co-songwriter (with Lawton Williams) and original performer on:

Colour Of The Blues

Co-songwriter (with Earl Montgomery) and original performer on:

A Drunk Can't Be A Man

We Oughta Be Ashamed

Co-songwriter (with Darrell Edwards) and original performer on:

Why Baby Why

Co-songwriter (with Darrell Edwards and Carlos Grier) and original performer on:

That's All It Took

Influential performer on:

Big Fool Of The Year Good Year For The Roses I'm A One Woman Man

If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You) She Thinks I Still Care White Lightning

Possible influential performer on:

Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven

Recipient of The George Jones Demos

Internal links

• Vanity Fair 2000-11-01
• Record Collector, 1995 Pt.1
• 24 Hours of Music Pt 2
• Liner Notes: My Aim Is True (2001 Rhino / Edsel edition)
• Liner Notes: King Of America

External links

• GeorgeJones.com
• Allmusic  •  Wikipedia