George Jones (musician)

George Jones (2002)

George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931 in Saratoga , Texas , † April 26, 2013 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American country musician . He was considered one of the most influential artists and, above all, one of the best singers in the genre.

Life

Childhood and youth

Like many other musicians of his decade, Jones came from a poor background. He learned to play the guitar at the age of nine and soon began making music in the streets of Beaumont. He married for the first time when he was 19. A year later he was divorced and drafted into the Navy.

First steps

After Jones was discharged from the Navy, he met the country singer Sonny Burns know. He performed with him for the first time at the KNUZ Houston Hometown Jamboree and made other appearances in bars and pubs. With Burns he also played his first records in 1953 at Starday Records .

I'm Ragged But I'm Right , live at Louisiana Hayride 1958

With the sponsorship of Harold Daily, who was a partner in the Starday record company and who became its producer and manager for many years, Jones released his first single, No Money in This Deal , which was a failure, as did subsequent releases. It wasn't until Why, Baby, Why made it to number four on the country charts in 1955. This hit was followed by more top ten placements, and in 1959 White Lightning reached the top of the country charts. In the meantime, Jones was known as "Thumper" Jones with titles such as Rock It , How Come It and Who Shot Sam? switched to rockabilly .

In 1962, at the instigation of his manager, he moved to United Artists Records (a subsidiary of the film company United Artists ). There he recorded a series of quite successful singles with Melba Montgomery . In 1965 he changed the record company again. At Musicor he produced a large number of songs and was almost constantly represented in the country charts, even if the really big hits were rare. His most famous hits from this period are Love Bug and A Good Year for the Roses . During the 1960s Jones appeared more on television, for example in 1962 in the "Pet Milk" Grand Ole Opry , in 1965 in the music film Country Music on Broadway , and in the late 1970s also appeared in the program That Good Old Nashville Music on. An appearance in the program The Johnny Cash Show , which is to a certain extent known as a "musical rock solid" , was also completed. His television repertoire included hits like White Lightning , She Thinks I Still Care and his huge hit The Race Is On . Jones was accompanied for a long time by his band The Jones Boys with Freddie Haws as guitarist and James Holley on bass or as harmony singer. Previously, Johnny Paycheck played in this position for a short time .

Marriage to Tammy Wynette

In 1968, divorced for the second time, Jones moved to Nashville . Here he met Tammy Wynette , ten years his junior , who had just made it to the top. The two married at the beginning of 1969. Jones changed both his manager and the record label again on this occasion. In 1971 he signed with Epic Records , the company that his wife was also under contract. Jones and Wynette had become superstars of the country scene through their marriage. A number of very successful duets were produced and both continued to release solo records.

The marriage soon went into crisis. The two strong personalities, who found it difficult to adapt and subordinate themselves, increasingly fought their violent arguments in public. In addition, there were massive alcohol problems at Jones. In this context, a special kind of argument broke out between the couple one day when Tammy Wynette took the car keys of all five cars they shared in order to prevent an alcoholic drive. However, George Jones did not abandon his plan to go into town and made this trip with the lawnmower tractor without further ado, not without giving in to his urge to urinate in public during this excursion.

The joint recordings did not suffer from the alcohol-related disputes. Her biggest hits were We're Gonna Hold On in 1973 and Golden Ring in 1976 . Wynette left Jones in 1974; a year later the marriage ended in divorce. The two continued to play records together.

The further career

After the divorce, Jones's alcohol problems worsened and he became addicted to cocaine. George Jones often had to cancel concerts because of drunkenness. He was nicknamed "No-Show Jones" for it. Hit parade successes became rarer. In 1980 he made it to the top of the country charts again with He Stopped Loving Her Today . In the same year he released the album I Am What I Am , which sold more than a million copies and went platinum. Despite his successes, Jones failed to get off drugs. He rioted in public and had problems with the police.

In 1983 he married for the fourth time. With the help of his wife Nancy, he finally managed to keep his alcohol consumption under control for at least a while. Meanwhile, younger country singers had taken over the helm. Jones continued to produce records, but the big successes failed to materialize. In 1998 he had a serious car accident that nearly cost him his life. He spent over a week in the intensive care unit. After this traumatic experience, he finally managed to free himself from alcohol and drug addiction, always supported by Nancy. His album Cold Hard Truth , half before and half after the accident, is considered one of his best today.

Jones' grave in Nashville

In 1992 Jones received the greatest honor that country music can bestow: he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . In 1995 he published his biography: I Lived to Tell it All .

George Jones, also known as "the Possum ", played around 100 concerts a year even when he was old. In 2008 his album Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets came back to number 15 on the country charts, despite the sometimes considerable age of the material. In spring 2012 he had to survive two hospital stays because of a respiratory infection, but was back on stage in June. He died in a Nashville hospital in 2013 at the age of 81.

meaning

Since his first successes, George Jones was considered one of the best genre singers. Waylon Jennings put his meaning in a nutshell: "If we could all sound the way we wanted, we would all sound like George Jones." But beyond the genre, his importance as one of the great voices of the USA was undisputed: In a survey by the American edition of Rolling Stone , he landed in a list of the hundred best singers of all time - the laudatory speech was given by James Taylor . Only Johnny Cash and Hank Williams came out of his genre before Jones. Keith Richards , who recorded the song Say It's Not You in a duet with him, quotes Frank Sinatra in his book Life : "George Jones is the second best singer in this country." Richards adds smugly: "And who is the best, Frank? "

Albums (selection)

George Jones (2005)

Label Starday:

• The Grand Ole Opry's New Star (1957)
• Long Live King George (1958)
• Hillbilly Hit Parade (1958)

Mercury label:

• Country Church Time (1959)
• White Lightning and Other Favorites (1959)
• George Jones Salutes Hank Williams (1960)
• Country and Western Hits (1961)
• From the Heart (1962)

Label Razor & Tie:

• George Jones Sings Bob Wills (1962)
• The Sings the Hits of His Country Cousins (1962)
• Homecoming in Heaven (1962)

Label United Artists:

• My Favorites of Hank Williams (1962)
• The New Favorites of George Jones (1962)
• Sings More New Favorites (1963)
• I Wish Tonight Would Never End (1963)
• What's in Our Hearts (1963)
• George Jones Sings Like the Dickens (1964)
• Bluegrass Hootenanny (1964)
• A King & Two Queens (1964)
• I Get Lonely in a Hurry (1965)
• King of Broken Hearts (1965)

Label Musicor:

• Old Brush Arbors (1965)
• Mr. Country & Western (1965)
• New Country Hits (1965)
• Famous Country Duets (1965)
• For the first time! Two Great Singers (1965)
• Recorded in Nashville (1965)
• George Jones and Gene Pitney (1965)
• Country Heart (1966)
• We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at “4033” (1966)
• I'm a People (1966)
• Love Bug (1966)
• It's Country Time Again! (1966)
• Cup of Loneliness (1967)
• Hits by George (1967)
• Walk Through This World with Me (1967)
• If My Heart Had Windows (1968)
• The Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier (1968)
• I'll Share My World with You
• My Country (1969)
• Where Grass Won't Grow (1969)
• Will You Visit Me on Sunday? (1970)
• The Great Songs of Leon Payne (1971)
• George Jones with Love (1971)
• The Best of Sacred Music (1971)

Label Epic:

• We Go Together (1971)
• Picture of Me Without You (1972)
• George Jones (We Can Make It) (1972)
• Me and the First Lady (1972)
• Nothing Ever Hurt Me (1973)
• We're Gonna Hold On (1973)
• Battle (1976)
• Alone Again (1976)
• My Very Special Guests (1979)
• I Am What I Am (1980)
• Encore: George Jones & Tammy Wynette (1981)
• Still the Same Ole Me (1981)
• A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (1982; with Merle Haggard )
• Jones Country (1983)
• Shine On (1983)
• You've Still Got a Place in My Heart (1984)
• By Request (1984)
• Ladies' Choice (1984)
• First Time Live (1985)
• Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes (1985)
• Wine Colored Roses (1986)
• Too Wild Too Long (1987)
• One Woman Man (1989)
• You Oughta Be Here with Me (1990)
• Friends in High Places (1991)

MCA label:

• And Along Came Jones (1991)
• Walls Can Fall (1992)
• High-Tech Redneck (1993)
• Bradley Barn Sessions (1994)
• One (1995)
• I Lived to Tell It All (1996)
• It Don't Get Any Better Than This (1998)

Asylum label:

• The Cold Hard Truth (1999)

Bandit Records label:

• Hits I Missed and One I Didn't (2005)
• God's Country (2006)
• Kickin 'Out the Footlights Again (with Merle Haggard ; 2006)
• Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets (2008)
• A Collection of My Best Recollection (2009)

Chart successes

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1964	Singing What's in Our Heart	-	Country3 (16 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
	Bluegrass Hootenanny	-	Country12 (12 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
	The Best of George Jones	-	Country3 (50 weeks) Country
	George Jones Sings Like the Dickens!	-	Country6 (24 weeks) Country
	I Get Lonely in a Hurry	-	Country10 (13 weeks) Country
	Blue & Lonesome	-	Country11 (7 weeks) Country
1965	The Race Is On	US149 (2 weeks) US	Country3 (18 weeks) Country
	George Jones & Gene Pitney	US141 (4 weeks) US	Country3 (20 weeks) Country	with Gene Pitney
	Mr. Country and Western Music	-	Country13 (5 weeks) Country
	New Country Hits	-	Country5 (15 weeks) Country
	It's Country Time Again!	-	Country17 (4 weeks) Country
1966	We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033"	-	Country3 (22 weeks) Country
	Golden hits	-	Country8 (18 weeks) Country
	I'm a people	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	2 weeks in 1st place
	Love bug	-	Country7 (14 weeks) Country
	Close Together (As You and Me)	-	Country28 (8 weeks) Country
1967	George Jones' Greatest Hits	-	Country16 (44 weeks) Country
	Golden Hits Volume 2	-	Country10 (11 weeks) Country
	Walk Through This World with Me	-	Country2 (22 weeks) Country
	Let's get together	-	Country37 (9 weeks) Country
	Hits by George	-	Country9 (28 weeks) Country
1968	George Jones Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier	-	Country13 (15 weeks) Country
	If My Heart Had Windows	-	Country12 (11 weeks) Country
	The George Jones Story	-	Country18 (13 weeks) Country
1969	My country	-	Country36 (7 weeks) Country
	I'll Share My World with You	US185 (5 weeks) US	Country5 (14 weeks) Country
1970	Where Grass Won't Grow	-	Country21 (15 weeks) Country
	Will You Visit Me on Sunday	-	Country44 (2 weeks) Country
1971	George Jones with Love	-	Country9 (16 weeks) Country
	George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne	-	Country26 (6 weeks) Country
1972	Me and the first lady	-	Country6 (17 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	George Jones	-	Country10 (18 weeks) Country
1973	A Picture of Me (Without You)	-	Country3 (16 weeks) Country
	Let's Build a World Together	-	Country12 (12 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)	-	Country12 (12 weeks) Country
	Best of George Jones Vol. II	-	Country26 (12 weeks) Country
1974	We're gonna hold on	-	Country3 (25 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	The Grand Tour	-	Country11 (9 weeks) Country
	In a gospel way	-	Country42 (3 weeks) Country
	George Jones Sings His Songs	-	Country31 (6 weeks) Country
1975	George & Tammy & Tina	-	Country37 (4 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette and Tina
	The best of the best	-	Country40 (2 weeks) Country
	Memories of Us	-	Country43 (3 weeks) Country
1976	The Battle	-	Country36 (7 weeks) Country
	Golden ring	-	Country1 (28 weeks) Country	one week in 1st place
	Alone Again	-	Country9 (16 weeks) Country
1977	I wanta sing	-	Country38 (6 weeks) Country
	All-time Greatest Hits-volume 1	-	Country31 (7 weeks) Country
1978	Bartender blues	-	Country34 (8 weeks) Country
	Greatest hits	US- gold US	Country23 (21 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
1979	My very special guests	-	Country38 (16 weeks) Country
1980	Together again	-	Country26 (14 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	Double trouble	-	Country45 (16 weeks) Country	with Johnny Paycheck
	I Am What I Am	US132 platinum (14 weeks)US	Country7 (129 weeks) Country
1981	Encore	-	Country43 (32 weeks) Country
	Still the Same Ole Me	US115 gold (14 weeks)US	Country3 (51 weeks) Country
1982	Anniversary, Ten Years of Hits	US- gold US	Country16 (44 weeks) Country
	A Taste of Yesterday's Wine	US123 (12 weeks) US	Country4 (52 weeks) Country	with Merle Haggard
1983	Shine on	-	Country7 (33 weeks) Country
1984	Jones Country	-	Country27 (27 weeks) Country
	You've Still Got a Place in My Heart	-	Country17 (23 weeks) Country
	By request	-	Country33 (21 weeks) Country
1985	Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes	-	Country6 (54 weeks) Country
	First time live	-	Country45 (6 weeks) Country
	Ladies Choice	-	Country25 (27 weeks) Country
1986	Wine Colored Roses	US- gold US	Country5 (66 weeks) Country
1987	Walking the line	-	Country39 (11 weeks) Country	with Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
	Great hits	US56 gold (18 weeks)US	Country26 (30 weeks) Country	Billboard 200 placement from 2013
1989	One woman man	-	Country13 (49 weeks) Country
1990	You oughta be here with me	-	Country35 (10 weeks) Country
1991	Friends in high places	-	Country72 (3 weeks) Country
	And Along Came Jones	US148 (10 weeks) US	Country22 (25 weeks) Country
1992	Walls Can Fall	US77 gold (20 weeks)US	Country24 (24 weeks) Country
1993	High-tech redneck	US124 gold (11 weeks)US	Country30 (21 weeks) Country
1995	Bradley's Barn Sessions	US142 (4 weeks) US	Country23 (22 weeks) Country
	One	US117 (13 weeks) US	Country12 (21 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
1996	I lived to tell it all	US171 (2 weeks) US	Country26 (9 weeks) Country
1998	It Don't Get Any Better Than This	-	Country37 (16 weeks) Country
	Too Wild Too Long	-	Country14 (25 weeks) Country
	Cold Hard Truth	US53 gold (25 weeks)US	Country5 (61 weeks) Country
1999	16 Biggest Hits	US42 gold (8 weeks)US	Country50 (67 weeks) Country	Billboard 200 placement from 2013
2000	Live with the possum	-	Country72 (2 weeks) Country
2001	The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001	US65 (7 weeks) US	Country5 (33 weeks) Country
2003	The Gospel Collection: George Jones Sings the Greatest Stories Ever Told	US131 (7 weeks) US	Country19 (26 weeks) Country
2004	50 Years of Hits	US118 gold (3 weeks)US	Country20 (22 weeks) Country
2005	Hits I Missed… And One I Didn't	US79 (12 weeks) US	Country13 (22 weeks) Country
2006	Jones Sings Haggard, Haggard Sings Jones	US119 (4 weeks) US	Country25 (16 weeks) Country
	God's Country: George Jones and Friends	-	Country58 (4 weeks) Country
2008	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets	US79 (4 weeks) US	Country15 (10 weeks) Country
2009	A Collection of My Best Recollection	US88 (4 weeks) US	Country22 (15 weeks) Country
2010	The Great Lost Hits	-	Country52 (7 weeks) Country
2011	Hits	-	Country39 (8 weeks) Country
2013	The Great LOST Hits	-	Country35 (10 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	10 great songs	-	Country56 (3 weeks) Country
	Heartaches and Hangovers	-	Country57 (5 weeks) Country
	Country: George Jones	-	Country35 (28 weeks) Country
	Amazing grace	-	Country34 (8 weeks) Country
	The Essential George Jones	US92 (1 week) US	-
	The Classic Christmas Album	-	Country72 (1 week) Country

Singles

The table shows the titles that made it into the US Hot 100 charts and those that made it into the Hot Country Songs charts. A total of 162 songs are recorded, of which 75 made it into the top 10 and 13 made it to number 1 on the country charts. Seven titles made it to the Hot 100 charts.

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1955	Why Baby Why The Grand Ole Opry's New Star	-	Country4 (... weeks) Country
1956	What Am I Worth The Grand Ole Opry's New Star	-	Country7 (... weeks) Country
	You Gotta Be My Baby The Grand Ole Opry's New Star	-	Country7 (... weeks) Country
	Just One More 14 Top Country Favorites	-	Country3 (... weeks) Country
1957	Don't Stop the Music 14 Top Country Favorites	-	Country10 (... wk.) Country
	Too Much Water 14 Top Country Favorites	-	Country13 (... weeks) Country
1958	Color of the Blues Blue & Lonesome	-	Country7 (... weeks) Country
	Treasure of Love	-	Country6 (16 weeks) Country
	If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries)	-	Country29 (1 week) Country	B-side of Treasure of Love
1959	White Lightning White Lightning and Other Favorites	US73 (5 weeks) US	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	5 weeks in 1st place
	Who Shot Sam	US93 (3 weeks) US	Country7 (13 weeks) Country
	Big Harlan Taylor Singing the Blues	-	Country19 (12 weeks) Country
	Money to Burn	-	Country15 (12 weeks) Country	B-side of Big Harlan Taylor
1960	Accidently on Purpose The Fabulous Country Music Sound	-	Country16 (12 weeks) Country
	Sparkling Brown Eyes	-	Country30 (1 week) Country	B-side of Accidentally On Purpose
	Out of Control Country and Western No. 1 time singer	-	Country25 (2 weeks) Country
	The Window up Above Sings Country and Western Hits	-	Country2 (34 weeks) Country
1961	Family Bible Cup of Loneliness	-	Country16 (2 weeks) Country
	Tender Years Sings from the Heart	US76 (4 weeks) US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country	7 weeks in 1st place
	Did I Ever Tell You Duets Country Style	-	Country15 (3 weeks) Country	with Margie Singleton
1962	Aching, Breaking Heart Sings from the Heart	-	Country5 (12 weeks) Country
	Waltz of the Angels Duets Country Style	-	Country11 (10 weeks) Country	with Margie Singleton
	She Thinks I Still Care The New Favorites of George Jones	-	Country1 (23 weeks) Country	6 weeks in 1st place
	Sometimes you just can't win	-	Country17 (23 weeks) Country	B-side of She Thinks I Still Care
	You're Still on My Mind Country and Western No. 1 time singer	-	Country28 (1 week) Country	Promo single
	Open Pit Mine The New Favorites of George Jones	-	Country13 (11 weeks) Country
	A Girl I Used To Know Sings More New Favorites	-	Country3 (18 weeks) Country	as George Jones and the Jones Boys
	Big Fool of the Year	-	Country13 (9 weeks) Country	as George Jones and the Jones Boys B-side of A Girl I Used To Know
1963	Not What I Had in Mind Sings More New Favorites	-	Country7 (18 weeks) Country	George Jones and the Jones Boys
	I saw me	-	Country29 (1 week) Country	B-side of Not What I Had in Mind
	You Comb Her Hair Sings More New Favorites	-	Country5 (22 weeks) Country
	We Must Have Been out of Our Minds What’s in Our Heart	-	Country3 (28 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
	Let's Invite Them Over What’s in Our Heart	-	Country17 (7 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
	What's in Our Heart What's in Our Heart	-	Country20 (5 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery B-side from Let's Invite Them Over
1964	The Last Town I Painted The Ballad Side	-	Country39 (3 weeks) Country	Promo single
	Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right) Sings More New Favorites	-	Country5 (18 weeks) Country
	My Tears Are Overdue	-	Country15 (9 weeks) Country	B-side of Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)
	Where Does a Little Tear Come From I Get Lonely in a Hurry	-	Country10 (16 weeks) Country
	Something I Dreamed	-	Country31 (7 weeks) Country	B-side of Where Does a Little Tear Come From
	The Race Is On I Get Lonely in a Hurry	-	Country3 (28 weeks) Country
	Please Be My Love Bluegrass Hootenanny	-	Country31 (5 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
	Multiply the Heartaches What's in Our Heart	-	Country25 (15 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
1965	Least of All I Get Lonely in a Hurry	-	Country15 (15 weeks) Country
	Love Bug Love Bug	-	Country6 (18 weeks) Country
	Take Me Love Bug	-	Country8 (18 weeks) Country
	Wrong Number Sings More New Favorites	-	Country14 (12 weeks) Country	Promo single
	What's money	-	Country40 (3 weeks) Country
	Things Have Gone to Pieces For the First Time Two Stars Together	-	Country9 (21 weeks) Country	with Gene Pitney
	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night For the First Time Two Stars Together	US99 (1 week) US	Country16 (10 weeks) Country	with Gene Pitney
	Louisiana Man It's Country Time Again	-	Country25 (7 weeks) Country	with Gene Pitney
	Big Job For the First Time Two Stars Together	-	Country50 (2 weeks) Country	with Gene Pitney
1966	I'm a People I'm a People	-	Country6 (17 weeks) Country
	World's Worst Loser Race Is On	-	Country46 (3 weeks) Country	Promo single
	That's All It Took It’s Country Time Again	-	Country47 (3 weeks) Country	with Gene Pitney
	Old Brush Arbors Old Brush Arbors	-	Country30 (7 weeks) Country
	Four-O-Thirty Three We Found Heaven Right Here On Earth At "4033"	-	Country5 (16 weeks) Country
	Close Together (As You and Me)	-	Country70 (3 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
1967	Walk Through This World with Me We Found Heaven Right Here On Earth At "4033"	-	Country2 (22 weeks) Country	2 weeks in 1st place
	I Can't Get There from Here Sings The Songs Of Dallas Frazier	-	Country5 (17 weeks) Country
	Party pickin ' party pickin'	-	Country24 (10 weeks) Country	with Melba Montgomery
	If My Heart Had Windows If My Heart Had Windows	-	Country7 (18 weeks) Country
1968	Say It's Not You If My Heart Had Windows	-	Country8 (14 weeks) Country
	Small Time Laboring Man Cup of Loneliness	-	Country35 (11 weeks) Country
	As Long as I Live My Country	-	Country3 (13 weeks) Country
	Milwaukee, Here I Come I'll Share My World with You	-	Country12 (12 weeks) Country	with Brenda Carter
	When the Grass Grows Over Me I'll Share My World with You	-	Country2 (17 weeks) Country
1969	I'll Share My World with You I'll Share My World with You	-	Country2 (18 weeks) Country
	If Not for You Where Grass Won't Grow	-	Country6 (14 weeks) Country
	She's Mine Where Grass Won't Grow	-	Country40 (2 weeks) Country
	No Blues Is Good News	-	Country72 (1 week) Country	B-side of She's Mine
1970	Where Grass Won't Grow Where Grass Won't Grow	-	Country28 (10 weeks) Country
	Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong The Best of George Jones	-	Country13 (14 weeks) Country
	A Good Year for the Roses George Jones with Love	-	Country2 (15 weeks) Country
1971	Sometimes You Just Can't Win First in the Hearts of Country Music Lovers	-	Country10 (18 weeks) Country
	Right Won't Touch a Hand First in the Hearts of Country Music Lovers	-	Country7 (14 weeks) Country
	I'll Follow You (Up to Our Cloud) George Jones with Love	-	Country13 (12 weeks) Country
	Take Me We Go Together	-	Country9 (13 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
1972	We Can Make It George Jones (We Can Make It)	-	Country6 (14 weeks) Country
	Loving You Could Never Be Better George Jones (We Can Make It)	-	Country2 (14 weeks) Country
	A Day in the Life of a Fool George Jones with Love	-	Country30 (8 weeks) Country
	A Picture of Me (Without You) A Picture of Me (Without You)	-	Country5 (16 weeks) Country
	The Ceremony Me and the First Lady	-	Country6 (15 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	Old Fashioned Singing We Love to Sing About Jesus	-	Country38 (9 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	Wrapped Around Her Finger Wrapped Around Her Finger	-	Country46 (7 weeks) Country
1973	What My Woman Can't Do Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)	-	Country6 (14 weeks) Country
	Let's Build a World Together Let's Build a World Together	-	Country32 (9 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)	-	Country7 (13 weeks) Country
	We're Gonna Hold On We're Gonna Hold On	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette in 1st place for 2 weeks
	Once You've Had the Best Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)	-	Country3 (17 weeks) Country
1974	(We're Not) The Jet Set We're Gonna Hold On	-	Country15 (13 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	The Telephone Call George & Tammy & Tina	-	Country25 (12 weeks) Country	"Tina & Daddy"
	The Grand Tour The Grand Tour	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country	one week in 1st place
	We Loved It Away George & Tammy & Tina	-	Country8 (12 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	The Door The Best of George Jones	-	Country1 (13 weeks) Country	one week in 1st place
	These Days (I Barely Get By) The Best of George Jones	-	Country10 (14 weeks) Country
1975	God's Gonna Get'cha (For That) George & Tammy & Tina	-	Country25 (13 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	Memories of Us Memories of Us	-	Country21 (11 weeks) Country
	I just don't give a damn	-	Country92 (4 weeks) Country	B-side of Memories of Us
1976	Golden ring golden ring	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country	1st place with Tammy Wynette for a week
	You Always Look Your Best (Here in My Arms) The Battle	-	Country37 (9 weeks) Country
	The Battle The Battle	-	Country16 (12 weeks) Country
	Her Name Is Alone Again	-	Country3 (16 weeks) Country
	Near You Golden Ring	-	Country1 (16 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette in first place for two weeks
1977	Old King Kong I Wanta Sing	-	Country34 (8 weeks) Country
	Southern California George Jones & Tammy Wynette - Greatest Hits	-	Country5 (13 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You) I Wanta Sing	-	Country24 (10 weeks) Country
1978	Bartender's Blues Bartender's Blues	-	Country6 (14 weeks) Country
	I'll Just Take It Out in Love Bartender’s Blues	-	Country11 (13 weeks) Country
	Mabellene Double Trouble	-	Country7 (13 weeks) Country	with Johnny Paycheck
1979	Someday My Day Will Come Still the Same Ole Me	-	Country22 (11 weeks) Country
	You Can Have Her Double Trouble	-	Country14 (11 weeks) Country	with Johnny Paycheck
1980	He Stopped Loving Her Today I Am What I Am	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country	one week in 1st place
	Two Story House Together Again	-	Country2 (14 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool) Double Trouble	-	Country31 (9 weeks) Country	with Johnny Paycheck
	A Pair of Old Sneakers Together Again	-	Country19 (11 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
	I'm Not Ready Yet I Am What I Am	-	Country2 (17 weeks) Country
	You Better Move On Double Trouble	-	Country18 (12 weeks) Country	with Johnny Paycheck
1981	If Drinkin 'Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) I Am What I Am	-	Country8 (15 weeks) Country
	Still Doin 'Time Still the Same Ole Me	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country	one week in 1st place
1982	Same Ole Me Still the Same Ole Me	-	Country5 (19 weeks) Country	with Oak Ridge Boys
	CC Waterback A Taste of Yesterday's Wine	-	Country10 (19 weeks) Country	with Merle Haggard
	Yesterday's Wine A Taste of Yesterday's Wine	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country	1 week with Merle Haggard
1983	Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me) Shine On	-	Country3 (19 weeks) Country
	I Always Get Lucky with You Shine On	-	Country1 (18 weeks) Country	one week in 1st place
	Tennessee Whiskey Shine On	-	Country2 (22 weeks) Country
1984	You've Still Got a Place in My Heart You've Still Got a Place in My Heart	-	Country3 (19 weeks) Country
	She's My Rock Ladies' Choice	-	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
	Hallelujah, I Love You So Ladies' Choice	-	Country15 (16 weeks) Country	with Brenda Lee
	Size Seven Round (Made of Gold) Ladies' Choice	-	Country19 (18 weeks) Country	with Lacy J. Dalton
1985	Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
	The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song) Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes	-	Country3 (22 weeks) Country
1986	Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes	-	Country9 (21 weeks) Country
	Wine Colored Roses Wine Colored Roses	-	Country10 (23 weeks) Country
1987	The Right Left Hand Wine Colored Roses	-	Country8 (23 weeks) Country
	I Turn to You Wine Colored Roses	-	Country26 (18 weeks) Country
	The Bird Too Wild Too Long	-	Country26 (14 weeks) Country
1988	I'm a Survivor Too Wild Too Long	-	Country52 (10 weeks) Country
	The Old Man No One Loves Too Wild Too Long	-	Country63 (6 weeks) Country
	If I Could Bottle This Up Friends in High Places	-	Country43 (10 weeks) Country	with Shelby Lynne
	I'm a One Woman Man One Woman Man	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country
1989	The King Is Gone (So Are You) One Woman Man	-	Country26 (13 weeks) Country
	Writing on the Wall One Woman Man	-	Country31 (16 weeks) Country
	Radio Lover One Woman Man	-	Country62 (6 weeks) Country
1991	You Couldn't Get the Picture And Along Came Jones	-	Country32 (20 weeks) Country
1992	She Loved a Lot in Her Time And Along Came Jones	-	Country55 (14 weeks) Country
	Honky Tonk Myself to Death And Along Came Jones	-	Country60 (7 weeks) Country
	I Don't Need Your Rockin 'Chair Walls Can Fall	-	Country34 (20 weeks) Country
1993	Wrong's What I Do Best Walls Can Fall	-	Country65 (6 weeks) Country
	High-Tech Redneck High-Tech Redneck	-	Country24 (20 weeks) Country
1994	Never Bit a Bullet Like This High Tech Redneck	-	Country52 (10 weeks) Country	with Sammy Kershaw
	A Good Year for the Roses The Bradley Barn Sessions	-	Country56 (7 weeks) Country	with Alan Jackson
1995	One One	-	Country69 (4 weeks) Country	with Tammy Wynette
1996	Honky Tonk Song I Lived to Tell It All	-	Country66 (6 weeks) Country
1999	Choices Cold Hard Truth	-	Country30 (20 weeks) Country
	The Cold Hard Truth Cold Hard Truth	-	Country45 (20 weeks) Country
2000	Sinners & Saints Cold Hard Truth	-	Country55 (12 weeks) Country
2001	The Man He Was The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001	-	Country47 (9 weeks) Country
	Beer Run The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001	-	Country24 (20 weeks) Country	with Garth Brooks
2002	50,000 Names The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001	-	Country55 (1 week) Country

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1983	We Didn't See a Thing Friendship	-	Country6 (18 weeks) Country	with Ray Charles and Chet Atkins
1990	A Few Ole Country Boys Heroes & Friends	-	Country8 (20 weeks) Country	with Randy Travis
2000	A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version) Yes!	US75 (3 weeks) US	Country30 (13 weeks) Country	with Chad Brock and Hank Williams Jr.
2005	4th of July Put the "O" Back in Country	-	Country26 (26 weeks) Country	with shooter Jennings
2011	Country Boy Town Line (EP)	US87 platinum (2 weeks)US	Country50 (19 weeks) Country	with Aaron Lewis and Charlie Daniels

Chart evaluation

US  Country Number one albums US-US Country2Country Top 10 albums US-US Country30thCountry Albums in the charts US23US Country98Country

US  Country Number one singles US-US Country13Country Top 10 singles US-US Country75Country Singles in the charts US7thUS Country162Country

The most important awards

year	Org.	Award	title
1980	ACM	Single Of The Year	He Stopped Loving Her Today
1980	ACM	Song Of The Year	He Stopped Loving Her Today
1980	ACM	Top male vocalist
1980	CMA	Male Vocalist Of The Year
1980	CMA	Single Of The Year	He Stopped Loving Her Today
1980	grammy	Best Male Country Vocal Performance	He Stopped Loving Her Today
1981	CMA	Male Vocalist Of The Year
1981	TNN	Single Of The Year	He Stopped Loving Her Today
1981	TNN	Top male vocalist
1985	ACM	Video Of The Year	Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes
1986	CMA	Music Video Of The Year	Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes
1998	CMA	Vocal Event Of The Year
1999	grammy	Best Male Country Vocal Performance	Choices
2001	CMA	Vocal Event Of The Year
2008	Kennedy Center Honors for Lifetime Achievement

In 1992 Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame .

Web links

Commons : George Jones (musician)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• George Jones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about George Jones in the catalog of the German National Library
• George Jones in the nndb (English)
• Official website (English)
• George Jones at Discogs (English)
• Adam Gold: George Jones Honored With Star-Studded Grand Ole Opry Funeral Service. In: Rolling Stone . May 2, 2013, accessed March 10, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81 ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at mercurynews.com, accessed April 26, 2012.  
2. Jump up ↑ List of Top Singers in Country Music History
3. ^ WDR 1 Oldie-Show , Roger Handt , September 12, 1993, on the occasion of the 62nd birthday
4. ↑ Bob Allen: George Jones. In: Country Music Hall of Fame (English).
5. ↑ Gayle Thompson: George Jones Health Update: Legend Ready to Return to Stage on theboot.com, June 25, 2012 (English).
6. ↑ Biography on biographie.com (English).
7. ^ Greatest Singers of all Time # 43. In: Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 10, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Keith Richards: Life. With James Fox . German edition, Heyne, 2010, p. 685.
9. ↑ ^{a b c} chart sources:
   • George Jones on the US Billboard 200 chart
   • George Jones in the US Top Country Albums chart
   • George Jones on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart
   • George Jones on the US Hot Country Songs chart
10. ↑ Awards for George Jones Music Sales in the USA , RIAA