I May Never Get to Heaven
1979 single by Conway Twitty
| "I May Never Get to Heaven" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Conway Twitty | ||||
| from the album Cross Winds | ||||
| B-side | "Grand Ole Blues" | |||
| Released | July 1979 | |||
| Recorded | February 28, 1979 | |||
| Studio | Woodland Studio "B", Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:52 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Anderson Buddy Killen | |||
| Producer(s) | Conway Twitty, David Barnes | |||
| Conway Twitty singles chronology | ||||
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"I May Never Get to Heaven'" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Buddy Killen, and was originally recorded by Don Gibson in 1960 and released on the B-side of "Just One Time",[1]
Conway Twitty recording
In 1979, the song was recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in July 1979 as the second single from his album Cross Winds. The song was Twitty's 22nd number one hit on the country chart. The song stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of 15 weeks on the country chart.[2]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Other cover versions
- B.J. Thomas released a version in 1968 as the B-side to his Top 40 hit The Eyes of a New York Woman.[5]
- Wanda Jackson recorded the song in 1961 for her album Right Or Wrong.
- The song was notably covered by Aretha Franklin in 1967, on the album Take It Like You Give It, her final album for Columbia Records before moving to Atlantic Records.
References
- ^ "Don Gibson – Just One Time / I May Never Get To Heaven (1960, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 361.
- ^ "Conway Twitty Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "B. J. Thomas - "I May Never Get To Heaven"". YouTube. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
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