HE
STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY
GEORGE
JONES
SONGWRITER: BOBBY
BRADDOCK & CURLY PUTMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I AM WHAT I AM
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1980
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 –
April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame
for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as
well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the
last two decades of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest
living country singer. Country music scholar Bill
Malone writes, "For the two or three
minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics,
and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming
similarly involved." Waylon
Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his
song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to,
we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial
features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum". George Jones has
been called "The Rolls Royce Of Country Music" and had more than 160
chart singles to his name from 1955 until his death in 2013.
Born
in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven, and was given a
guitar at the age of nine. He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in
1950, and was divorced in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was
discharged in 1953. He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954. In 1959,
Jones recorded "White Lightning",
written by J. P. Richardson,
which launched his career as a singer. His second marriage ended in divorce in
1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to
his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show
Jones". After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth
wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999. Jones died in
2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory
failure.
During his career, Jones had more than 150
hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists. Robert Christgau has called him "honky-tonk's
greatest honky".
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" is a
song recorded by American country
music artist George Jones.
It has been named in several surveys as the greatest country song of all time. It
was released in April 1980 as the lead single from the album I Am What I Am. The song was Jones's first solo No. 1 single in
six years. The melancholy song was written by Bobby
Braddock and Curly Putman.
The week after Jones' death, the song re-entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 21. As of November 13, 2013, the single has sold
521,000 copies in the United States. Since 2008 it has been preserved by the Library
of Congress into the National Recording Registry. The
song was No. 275 on Rolling Stone's
list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Alan Jackson sang the song during George Jones' funeral service on May 2, 2013. George Strait and Jackson sang the song as a tribute during the 2013 CMA Awards on November 6,
2013.
He said I'll love you
till I die
She told him you'll forget in time
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind
He kept her picture
on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again
Kept some letters by
his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single I love you
I went to see him just today
Oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years
He stopped loving her
today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
You know she came to
see him one last time
Oh and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good
He stopped loving her
today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today.
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