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"Take Me" is a song written by George Jones and Leon Payne. Jones originally released the song on the Musicor label in 1966 and scored a No. 8 hit. However, the song is best remembered for being the first single release by Jones and his third wife Tammy Wynette in 1971 on Epic Records.
Between 1974 and 1975, three singles were issued by the Jones-Wynette duo. Of the three, its most successful was 1974's "We Loved It Away". It peaked in the Billboard country top ten and was included on their sixth studio album, George & Tammy & Tina. The latter included Wynette's daughter, Tina.
While "Two Story House" was riding high on the charts, Jones and Wynette made a disastrous appearance on The Tonight Show to promote it. In his book George Jones: The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend, Bob Allen recounts the episode: "George showed up with an ill-suited "uptown" hairdo that had been slapped on him at the last minute by an image consultant, and which made him look like ...
Ladies' Choice was Jones's fifth album of duets in five years, beginning with My Very Special Guests (1979), Double Trouble with Johnny Paycheck (1980), Together Again with Tammy Wynette (1980), and A Taste of Yesterday's Wine with Merle Haggard (1982).
Wynette was visited by George Jones during her recovery, who encouraged her to record another album with him. [100] The result was 1995's One. [58] Released on MCA Records, the album reached number 12 on the Billboard country chart. [34] It was followed by a high-profile duet tour featuring Jones and Wynette as headliners. [58]
"The Ceremony" was co-written by producer Billy Sherrill, who immediately recognized the potential sales-wise in recording duets on George and Tammy.Wynette, who had enjoyed immense success recording at CBS with Sherrill, convinced Jones to cut ties with his mentor Pappy Daily and buy out his contract at Musicor so he could record with her at Epic.
A production crew films a scene for “George and Tammy,” a television series about country music stars George Jones and Tammy Wynette, played by Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, far left ...
New Country Hits features Jones's first studio recording of "Take Me", a song he co-wrote with Leon Payne and would record more famously with Tammy Wynette.The album also includes the hits "Love Bug" (inspired by Buck Owens and the Bakersfield sound) and the self-pitying "Things Have Gone To Pieces".