Sweet Memories (song)

"Sweet Memories" is a song by Mickey Newbury, brought to success by Andy Williams. The song reached #4 on the adult contemporary chart and #75 on the Billboard chart in 1968.^[1]

Other versions include those by Willie Nelson, Brenda Lee & Ricky Van Shelton, Ray Charles & Mary Ann, The Everly Brothers, and Roy Orbison.

Willie Nelson version

"Sweet Memories"

Single by Willie Nelson

from the album Sweet Memories

A-side

"Little Things"

Released

January 1979

Genre

Country

Length

3:12

Label

RCA

Writer(s)

Mickey Newbury

Willie Nelson singles chronology

"Whiskey River"
(1979)

"Sweet Memories"
(1979)

"September Song"
(1979)

Willie Nelson released a version of the song in January 1979 and was the second single from his album Sweet Memories. The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[2] It also reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

↑ Andy Williams, "Sweet Memories" chart positions Retrieved June 16, 2013
↑ "Willie Nelson singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
↑ "RPM Country Singles for April 21, 1979". RPM. Retrieved 15 March 2011.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "It's a Cheating Situation" by Moe Bandy with Janie Fricke	RPM Country Tracks number-one single April 21, 1979	Succeeded by "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" by Barbara Mandrell

Andy Williams

Studio albums	Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein Two Time Winners To You Sweetheart, Aloha Lonely Street The Village of St. Bernadette Under Paris Skies Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes Warm and Willing Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests The Andy Williams Christmas Album The Wonderful World of Andy Williams The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits Andy Williams' Dear Heart Merry Christmas The Shadow of Your Smile In the Arms of Love Born Free Love, Andy Honey Happy Heart Get Together with Andy Williams Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head The Andy Williams Show Love Story You've Got a Friend Love Theme from "The Godfather" Alone Again (Naturally) Solitaire The Way We Were Christmas Present You Lay So Easy on My Mind The Other Side of Me Andy Let's Love While We Can Greatest Love Classics Close Enough for Love I Still Believe in Santa Claus Nashville We Need a Little Christmas I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up

Greatest hits albums	Andy Williams Andy Williams' Best Million Seller Songs Canadian Sunset Andy Williams' Newest Hits May Each Day The Andy Williams Sound of Music Andy Williams' Greatest Hits The Impossible Dream Love Story Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (CBS) Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Reflections B Sides and Rarities Moon River: The Very Best of Andy Williams The Very Best of Andy Williams

Live albums	Greatest Hits The New Andy Williams Christmas Album

Singles	"Walk Hand in Hand" "Canadian Sunset" "Butterfly" "I Like Your Kind of Love" "Lips of Wine" "Are You Sincere?" "Promise Me, Love" "The Hawaiian Wedding Song" "Lonely Street" "The Village of St. Bernadette" "Danny Boy" "Fly by Night" "Stranger on the Shore" "Don't You Believe It" "Twilight Time" "Can't Get Used to Losing You" "Days of Wine and Roses" "Hopeless" "A Fool Never Learns" "Charade" "Wrong for Each Other" "On the Street Where You Live" "Almost There" "Dear Heart" "...and Roses and Roses" "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" "May Each Day" "You're Gonna Hear from Me" "Bye Bye Blues" "How Can I Tell Her It's Over" "In the Arms of Love" "Music to Watch Girls By" "Holly" "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" "Sweet Memories" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" "Happy Heart" "Live and Learn" "A Woman's Way" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "One Day of Your Life" "It's So Easy" "Home Lovin' Man" "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" "A Song for You" "You've Got a Friend" "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)" "MacArthur Park" "Solitaire" "Love's Theme" "Another Lonely Song" "Cry Softly" "Sad Eyes" "The Other Side of Me" "Tell It Like It Is" "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

B-Sides	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "I Want to Be Wanted" "Summertime" "So Rare" "Emily" "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" "I'll Remember You" "Something" "My Love" "They Long to Be Close to You " "I Love My Friend"

Related articles	Discography The Williams Brothers

Willie Nelson singles discography

1950s
and
1960s

1957	"No Place For Me" / "Lumberjack"

1959	"Man With the Blues" / "The Storm Has Just Begun"

1960	"What a Way to Live" / "Misery Mansion" "Nite Life" / "Rainy Day Blues"

1961	"The Part Where I Cry" / "Mr. Record Man"

1962	"Willingly" / "Chain of Love" "Touch Me" / "Where My House Lives" "Wake Me When It's Over" / "There's Gonna Be Love In My House" "You Dream About Me" / "Is This My Destiny"

1963	"Half a Man" / "The Last Letter" "Take My Word" / "Feed it a Memory"

1964	"How Long is Forever" / "You Took My Happy Away" "Am I Blue" / "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" "River Boy" / "Opportunity to Cry" "I Never Cared For You" / "You Left Me (A Long Time Ago)" "Pretty Paper" / "What A Merry Christmas This Could Be"

1965	"She's Not For You" / "Permanently Lonely" "Healing Hands of Time" / "One Day at the Time" "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" / "And So Will You, My Love"

1966	"One In A Row" / "San Antonio Rose" "Colombus Stockade Blues" / "He Sits at my Table" "I'm Still Not Over You"/ "I Love You Because"

1967	"The Party's Over" / "Make Way for a Better Man" "Blackjack County Chain" / "Some Other World" "San Antonio" / "To Make a Long Story Short"

1968	"Little Things" / " Sweet Memories" "Good Times" / "Where Do You Stand" "Johnny One Time" / "She's Still Gone"

1969	"Bring Me Sunshine" / "Don't Say Love or Nothing" "I Hope So" / "Right or Wrong"

1970s

1970	"Once More With Feeling" / "Who Do I Know in Dallas" "Laying My Burdens Down" / "Truth Number One"

1971	"I'm a Memory" / "Fire and Rain" "Yesterday's Wine" / "Me and Paul"

1972	"Words Don't Fit the Picture" / "A Moment"

1973	"Shotgun Willie" (mono) / "Sad Songs and Waltzes" "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" / "Devil in a Sleepin' Bag"

1974	"I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" / "Heaven and Hell" "Bloody Mary Morning" / "After the Fire is Gone"(with Tracy Nelson) "Sister's Comin' Home" (mono) / "Pick Up The Tempo"

1975	"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" / "Bandera"

1976	"Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)" / "Time of the Preacher" "I'd Have to Be Crazy" (mono) / "Amazing Grace" "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" / "The Sound in Your Mind"

1977	"Uncloudy Day" / "Precious Memories" "I Love You A Thousand Ways" / "Mom and Dad's Waltz"

1978	"Georgia on My Mind" / "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" "Blue Skies" / "Moonlight in Vermont" "All of Me" / "Unchained Melody"

1979	"Whiskey River" / "Under the Double Eagle" "September Song" / "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" "White Christmas" / "Blue Christmas"

1980s

1980	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" / "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33" "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" / "Rising Stars" "Midnight Rider" / "So You Think You're A Cowboy" "On the Road Again"/ "Jumpin' Cotton Eyed Joe"(performed by Johnny Gimble)

1981	"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" / "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes" "Mona Lisa" / "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" / "Over the Rainbow" "Heartaches of a Fool" / "Uncloudy Day"

1982	"Always on My Mind" / "The Party's Over" "Let It Be Me" / "Permanently Lonely" "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning" / "Old Fords and a Natural Stone"

1983	"Little Old Fashioned Karma" / "Beer Barrel Polka" "Why Do I Have to Choose" / "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" "Take It to the Limit" / "Till I Gain Control Again" "Without a Song"

1984	"City of New Orleans (Unedited version)" / "Why Are You Pickin' On Me"

1985	"Forgiving You Was Easy" / "You Wouldn't Cross the Street" "Me and Paul" / "I Let My Mind Wander"

1986	"Living in the Promiseland" / "Bach Minuet in G" "I'm Not Trying to Forget You" / "I've Got the Craziest Feeling"

1987	"Partners After All" / "Home Away From Home" "Heart of Gold" / "So Much Like My Dad" "Island in the Sea" / "There is no Easy Way"

1988	"Nobody There But Me" / "Wake Me When It's Over" "Spanish Eyes" (with Julio Iglesias) / "Ole Buttermilk Sky" "Twilight Time" / "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"

1989	"Nothing I Can Do About It Now" / "If I Were a Painting" "There You Are" / "Spirit" "Is The Better Part Over" / "Mr. Record Man"

1990s

1990	"The Highway" / "Spirit" "Ain't Necessarily So" / "I Never Cared For You" ("Ain't Necessarily So" also on CD Single)

1991	"The Piper Came Today" / "(I Don't Have a Reason) To Go To California Anymore" ("The Piper Came Today" also on CD Single) "Ten With a Two" / "You Decide"

1993	"Graceland" "Still is Still Moving to Me" / "Valentine"

1995	"Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing"

1998	"I Never Cared for You"

2000s
and
2010s

2002	"Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack) / "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" (Both single tracks released on CD and 7" record)

2003	"Wurlitzer Prize" (with Norah Jones) "Beer for My Horses" (with Toby Keith)

2005	"I'm a Worried Man" (with Toots Hibbert) "The Harder They Come"

2006	"You Don't Know Me" "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other"

2008	"Gravedigger" "You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore"

2011	"The Scientist"

2012	"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" "Just Breathe" "Come On Back Jesus"

2013	"From Here to the Moon and Back" (with Dolly Parton) "Grandma's Hands" (with Mavis Staples) "It Won't Be Long" (with The Secret Sisters) "Somewhere Between" (with Loretta Lynn)

2014	"The Wall" "Bring It On" "Laws of Nature" "Who'll Buy My Memories"

2015	"It's All Going to Pot"

Book:Willie Nelson
Category:Willie Nelson

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/19/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.