. ▁ ▁Staff ord ' s ▁recording ▁sold ▁over ▁one ▁million ▁copies , ▁and ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁gold ▁disc ▁by ▁the ▁R I AA . ▁His ▁follow - up , ▁" I ’ ll ▁Touch ▁a ▁Star ", ▁rose ▁to ▁number ▁ 2 5 ▁in ▁America . ▁ ▁Both ▁record ings ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁Bob ▁Sum mers ▁( bro ther - in - law ▁of ▁Les ▁Paul ), ▁who ▁played ▁all ▁the ▁instruments ▁on ▁the ▁tracks ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁engineering ▁and ▁recording ▁them , ▁except ▁for ▁bass ▁which ▁was ▁played ▁by ▁Ron ▁Griff ith . ▁Sum mers ▁released ▁his ▁own ▁version ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁re make ▁with ▁Ed ▁Green wald ▁on ▁vocals ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁Buck ▁O w ens ▁re - w rote ▁Staff ord ' s ▁" Big ▁in ▁Dallas ", ▁recording ▁it ▁as ▁" Big ▁in ▁Veg as ". ▁ ▁O w ens ' ▁version ▁pe aked ▁at ▁no . ▁ 5 ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁Country ▁Singles ▁chart . ▁and ▁reached ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁on ▁the ▁R PM ▁Country ▁Tra cks ▁chart ▁in ▁Canada . ▁ ▁Staff ord ▁himself ▁continued ▁to ▁record , ▁but ▁had ▁no ▁more ▁hits . ▁ ▁His ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁release / joint ▁composition , ▁" A mar illo ▁by ▁Mor ning ", ▁was ▁later ▁covered ▁by ▁George ▁Stra it ▁on ▁Stra it ' s ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁album