DON WILLIAMS - SOME BROKEN HEARTS NEVER MEND

SOME BROKEN HEARTS NEVER MEND

DON WILLIAMS

SONGWRITER: HOLYFIELD WAYLAND D.

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: VISIONS

LABEL: MCA NASHVILLE RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1977

 

           Donald Ray Williams(May 27, 1939– September 8, 2017) was an American country singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number one country hits. His straightforward yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones, and imposing build earned him the nickname "The Gentle Giant". In 1975, Williams starred in a movie with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed called W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.

        Williams has had a strong influence over a variety of recording artists of different genres. His hits have been covered by artists such as Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Juice Newton, Claude Russell Bridges, Lefty Frizzell, Josh Turner, Sonny James, Alison Krauss, Billy Dean, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Lambchop, Alan Jackson, Tomeu Penya, Telly Savalas, Waylon Jennings, Pete Townshend, and Tortoise with Bonnie "Prince" Billy. His music is also popular internationally, including in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Ukraine, India, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Uganda,Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe. In 2010, the Country Music Association inducted Don Williams into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

       Visions is the sixth LP by American country singer-songwriter Don Williams. Released on January 17, 1977 on the ABC-Dot label, the album reached number four on the US Country Albums chart. "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" was released as a single in 1977, reaching number one on the Billboard country singles chart. Visions was the first of two Don Williams albums released in 1977, along with Country Boy, which was released later the same year.

Coffee black, cigarettes

Start this day, like all the rest

First thing every morning that I do

Is start missing you

 

Some broken hearts never mend

Some memories never end

Some tears will never dry

My love for you will never die

 

Rendezvous in the night

A willing woman to hold me tight

But in the middle of love's embrace

I see you're face

 

Some broken hearts never mend

Some memories never end

Some tears will never dry

My love for you will never die

 

Some broken hearts never mend

Some memories never end

Some tears will never dry

My love for you will never die.