Life Turned Her That Way

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"Life Turned Her That Way"
Song
B-side"I Don't Care"
"Life Turned Her That Way"
Song
B-side"If I could Only Start Over"

"Life Turned Her That Way" is a song written by Harlan Howard and first recorded by American country music artist Little Jimmy Dickens in 1965. Mel Tillis record it in 1967 and release it as a single in February and was his seventh chart entry.. Ricky Van Shelton would also later record it and release it as a single. It was the fourth single released from his debut album, Wild-Eyed Dream. Released in late 1987, It was his second number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart in early 1988.[2]

Covers

This song was recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens (1965). In the 1960s it was covered in 1967 by Mel Tillis and released as a single where it went to #11, Charley Pride (1967), George Jones (1967), James Carr (1968), Sonny Strickland (Unknown year), and Ernest Tubb (1968). Many more famous country acts would cover the song such as Willie Nelson and Conway Twitty.

Chart performance

Mel Tillis

Chart (1967) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 11
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[4] 28

Ricky Van Shelton

"Life Turned Her That Way" reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was his first single to reach #1 on that chart.

Chart (1987–1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ a b Greatest Hits Plus (CD). Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia Records. 1992. 52753.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310.
  3. ^ "Mel Tillis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Mel Tillis Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Ricky Van Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single
March 19, 1988 		Succeeded by
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
April 2, 1988 		Succeeded by
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