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1968 Chart Singles
Take Me To Your World
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Stand By Your Man "Take Me To Your World," Tammy Wynette's 1968 number one, was originally written for another female country singer named Beverly Byrd.
The song was co-written by Glenn Sutton and Billy Sherrill and after the song was recorded, Sherrill--who was also Wynette's record producer--decided the song would be better for Tammy than for Beverly.
But Wynette didn't exactly agree! According to Tammy, "I liked the song the first time I heard it--but they mentioned putting strings on the record--which I didn't like! I didn't like the idea at all! I kept thinking that if they put strings on the record--everyone will think I was going pop!
"Take Me To Your World" was the first Tammy Wynette record to have strings and it entered the country music charts January 6th, 1968 and was in the number one slot the week of March 9th. It was Tammy's third number one and her 5th chart single. It was on the charts for 17 weeks.
Stand By Your Man" sold one million copies Tammy Wynette won a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo In 1968, she started a relationship with George Jones, which would prove to be extremely stormy. | 
At Folsom Prison - May 1968 By 1968, Cash was recording for Columbia Records and recorded a live album at Folsom Prison--which included "Folsom Prison Blues."
Columbia Records decided to release the song as a single and it entered the country music charts June 1st, 1968 and made it to number one where it stuck for four weeks.
It was Cash's 62nd chart single and was on the charts for 18 weeks
Waylon's early success came with producer Chet Atkins beginning in 1965 at RCA Records. Despite the tension between Jennings and Atkins, Waylon turned out several hits, including "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" (1968), and "Just to Satisfy You" (1968).
| "Killers Three," featuring Merle Haggard, debuts in the theatres 
Red Foley passes on:
A great friend of Hank Williams Sr., he was ironically headlining a touring Opry show that included the young Hank Williams, Jr., when, after playing the matinee and evening shows, Foley suffered a heart attack and died in his sleep at Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA on 19 September 1968. This prompted Hank Jr., seemingly the last person to speak to him, to write and record, as Luke The Drifter, Jr., the tribute narration I Was With Red Foley (The Night He Passed Away), which charted for him in November 1968. In the song, Hank Jr. relates, that after reminiscing about the problems faced by a country singer, such as himself and Hank Sr., Red's final words were 'I'm awful tired now, Hank, I've got to go to bed'. |
