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"A Good Year for the Roses"
Song
B-side"Let a Little Loving Come In"
"A Good Year for the Roses"
Song
B-side"High-Tech Redneck"

"Good Year for the Roses" is a song written by Jerry Chesnut, and when recorded by George Jones it was released as a single in 1970, and on the 1971 album George Jones with Love. It has also been recorded by Elvis Costello.

Other recordings

Wizex recorded the song in 1982 on the album Nattfjäril, with Kikki Danielsson on lead vocals.[1]

George Jones recorded the song with Alan Jackson for his 1994 album The Bradley Barn Sessions.

Stefan Sundström wrote lyrics in Swedish as Fläder, and the song was recorded as Apache on the album Babyland in 1997. Mona Haledy wrote other lyrics in Swedish Ännu blommor våra rosor, recroded by among others Stefan Borsch 1982 on the album En liten fågel, and by Lasse Stefanz on the 2010 album Texas.[2]

Chart performance

George Jones version

Chart (1970–1971) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[4] 12
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[5] 2

Elvis Costello version

Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
Belgium (Flanders) 25[6]
Netherlands 11[7]

George Jones and Alan Jackson version

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 65
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 56

References

  1. ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  2. ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3738." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 16, 1971. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs 1944 to 2005. Record Research. p. 195.
  5. ^ "George Jones - Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  6. ^ Chart trajectory
  7. ^ Chart trajectory
  8. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2692." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 19, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  9. ^ "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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