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"Amarillo by Morning" is widely considered to be one of Strait's best songs. Billboard and American Songwriter ranked the song number nine and number six, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest George Strait songs. [16] [17] In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number ten on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [18]
His 1973 release/joint composition "Amarillo by Morning" was covered by George Strait on Strait's 1982 album Strait from the Heart. The song was named "#12 country song of all-time" by Country Music Television. Stafford lived most of his life between Los Angeles and Amarillo, Texas, and he died in Amarillo of liver failure at the age of 54.
Amarillo by Morning may refer to: "Amarillo by Morning" (song) , a song by Paul Fraser & Terry Stafford, covered by numerous artists, including George Strait and Asleep at the Wheel Amarillo by Morning (film) , a documentary film by Spike Jonze
CMA Awards co-host Luke Bryan took the stage to perform his song "Love You, Miss You, Mean It." ... Wilson performed Strait's "Amarillo by Morning," Johnson sang "Give It Away," Johnson, McCollum ...
LeDoux continued to write and record his songs, and began playing concerts. [3] His concerts were very popular, and often featured a mechanical bull (which he rode between songs) and fireworks. [6] By 1982, he had sold more than 250,000 copies of his albums, with little or no marketing. By the end of the decade, he had self-released 22 albums. [3]
The song was awarded a CMA [9] and an ACM for Single of the Year. [10] " Check Yes or No" remains one of Strait's biggest singles in the streaming age: [ 11 ] it still regularly attracted hundreds of weekly spins on key country radio stations in the 2010s, and was ranked by listeners as their favorite CMA Single of the Year of the preceding ...
In addition to the original score, the non-album songs featured in the film are: "Everything I Need" by Men at Work, "Save a Prayer" by Duran Duran, “Cadillac Encounter” by The Mears Brothers”, "Lick It Up" by Kiss, "Amarillo by Morning" by George Strait, "Your Silent Face" by New Order, "Atmosphere" by Joy Division, "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." by a-ha, and "Obsession" by Animotion.
It is the song used by Strait to close out his performances. This is also the name of his final tour commencing January 18, 2013. It was the last song he sang at his final The Cowboy Rides Away Tour concert on June 7, 2014, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas with a worldwide record setting attendance for the show at 104,000.