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

• Interview magazine, November 1992
• Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1981
• My Aim Is True (2001) liner notes
• King Of America (1995) liner notes
• King Of America (2005) liner notes
• Vanity Fair, November 2000
• Vanity Fair, November 2002
• Record Collector, September 1995
• Record Mirror, April 26, 1986

External links

• GeorgeJones.com
• AllMusic  •  Wikipedia