- Amarillo by Morning (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Amarillo by Morning
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Artist =George Strait
Album =Strait from the Heart
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Released = 1983
Format = Single
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Genre = Country
Length = 2:52
Label = MCA
Writer = Paul Fraser, Terry Stafford
Producer = Blake Mevis
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Certification =
Last single = "Marina del Rey"
(1982)
This single = "Amarillo by Morning"(1983)
Next single = "A Fire I Can't Put Out "
(1983)"Amarillo by Morning" is a
country music song written byPaul Fraser andTerry Stafford .Stafford wrote the lyrics after playing with his band at a rodeo in
San Antonio, Texas , and then driving back to his home inAmarillo, Texas .Albright, Max. "Amarillo, A Place to Sing About". "Amarillo Globe-News ". September 17, 2003] [Moser, Margaret. [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/print?oid=188508 "The Top Texas 40: Ranking the Lone Star State in song"] - "Austin Chronicle " - November 28, 2003]Releases
Stafford recorded the song on his "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" album, released in 1973. [Stafford, Terry, and the Nashville Edition. "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose". New York, New York:
Atlantic Records . 1973. SD 7282. OCLC 26762481] Young, Harry. [http://keepkey.yochanan.net/terry.htm "Terry Stafford Track Annotation"] ] The single was released August 2, 1973, byAtlantic Records with the Master number 26867. The single "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" had been previously released as an A-side 45 (Atlantic Master 26868; June 7, 1973), but due to the success of "Amarillo by Morning", the single was re-released October 4, 1973 as the A-side (Atlantic Master 26867-1 stereo and Atlantic Master 26867-2 mono), with "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" on the B-side. ["Cash Box " - November 17, 1973] The song entered the Cash Box Country Looking Ahead chart November 3, 1973, the Cash Box Country chart on December 15, 1973, peaking at #37, the Billboard Country chart December 1, 1973, peaking at #31, the Record World Country chart December 15, 1973, peaking at #50, and Canada RPM Country chart January 26, 1974, peaking at #38.The song has been recorded by numerous artists, including rodeo champion
Chris LeDoux in 1975 on his album "Life as a Rodeo Man", Terry Bullard, Kelly Schoppa and more recently by Clifton Jansky.George Strait covered the song in 1982, it appeared on Strait's 1982 album "Strait from the Heart " (LP MCA 5320). It was released on MCA as a single, release number 52162. The publisher's release was January 14, 1983, and the full release came February 16, 1983. The single entered the Billboard Country chart February 12, 1983, peaking at #4.Collins, Dugg. [http://www.dickshuey.com/stories/story101.html "Terry LaVerne Stafford"] - Dick Shuey's Country Music Stories] A cover was also recorded byJohn Arthur Martinez on his 2004 album "Lone Starry Night".Legacy
The song is regularly played at rodeos. The song was named "#12 country song of all-time" by
Country Music Television . [Flippo, Chet, and Country Music Television Network. "CMT 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music". Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0634063529] [ [http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/greatest_series/76600/episode_countdown.jhtml Countdown: The Greatest: 100 Greatest Songs - Show 1 (songs 100-76)] - CMT.com] Development Counselors International and "USA Today " named the song one of the top ten songs about a place, number 7. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-09-15-newyork_x.htm "'New York' tops place songs"] - Development Counselors International - "USA Today " - 9/15/2003] [ [http://www.aboutdci.com/WhatsNew.cfm?ItemID=%22%27P%2D9%0A "Results of DCI's "Music on Location" Poll Announced"] - Development Counselors International - September 16, 2003]References
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