who wrote a good year for the roses
Jerry Chesnut
title: Good Year for the Roses text: Good Year for the Roses "A Good Year for the Roses" is a ballad written by Jerry Chesnut and originally recorded by American country singer George Jones. It rose to #2 on the country singles chart in 1970. "A Good Year for the Roses" describes the thoughts of a man as his wife is preparing to leave him, and is as good an example as any of Jones' ability to deliver an intensely moving vocal, in this case one that conveys both the sadness and profound bitterness that comes with a broken marriage. Although recorded while George was with Musicor, title: Good Year for the Roses text: Michael Daves released both an acoustic and an electric version of the song on his "Orchids and Violence" album. Good Year for the Roses "A Good Year for the Roses" is a ballad written by Jerry Chesnut and originally recorded by American country singer George Jones. It rose to #2 on the country singles chart in 1970. "A Good Year for the Roses" describes the thoughts of a man as his wife is preparing to leave him, and is as good an example as any of Jones' ability to deliver an intensely moving vocal, in this case one that conveys title: Jerry Chesnut text: for a Grammy Award. In 1972, Chesnut was named "Billboard"'s 'Songwriter of the Year', and in 1992 he became a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jerry Chestnut died in Nashville on December 15, 2018 at the age of 87. This list includes the song title and artist(s) who have recorded the song. Source: Jerry Chesnut Jerry Donald Chesnut (May 7, 1931 – December 15, 2018) was an American country music songwriter. His hits include "Good Year for the Roses" (recorded by Alan Jackson, George Jones and Elvis Costello) and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (recorded by Elvis Presley in 1975, and title: Jerry Chesnut text: Jerry Chesnut Jerry Donald Chesnut (May 7, 1931 – December 15, 2018) was an American country music songwriter. His hits include "Good Year for the Roses" (recorded by Alan Jackson, George Jones and Elvis Costello) and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (recorded by Elvis Presley in 1975, and Travis Tritt in 1992.) Born and raised in Harlan County, Kentucky, he moved to Nashville in 1958 to pursue his career. In 1967, Del Reeves recorded Chesnut's "A Dime at a Time" to give the songwriter his first chart hit single. In 1968, Jerry Lee Lewis's hit recording of Chesnut's "Another Place, Another Time" was nominated title: Good Year for the Roses text: hit in the UK Singles Chart with the song in 1981. Berlin-based band Dangerpony with Laura Bruce and Laurent Lavolé made a cover of the song in 2013. Wizex recorded the song in 1982 on the album "Nattfjäril", with Kikki Danielsson on lead vocals. Stefan Sundström wrote lyrics in Swedish as "Fläder", and the song was recorded as Apache on the album Babyland in 1997. Mona Halldeby wrote other lyrics in Swedish "Ännu blommor våra rosor", recorded by among others Stefan Borsch 1982 on the album "En liten fågel", and by Lasse Stefanz on the 2010 album "Texas". In 2016,