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"Why Me" was Kristofferson's lone major country hit as a solo recording artist, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1973. [4] The song peaked only at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, but had at that time one of the longer runs (19 weeks) in the top 40 [1] and the most chart reversals (6) in one run on the Hot 100.
Previously, "Help Me" was recorded by: Kris Kristofferson in 1972, the first recording of the song, on his album Jesus Was a Capricorn and subsequently released as the B-side to the single "Why Me". Ray Price, on his 1973 album She's Got to Be a Saint. Connie Smith, on her 1973 album God Is Abundant. Johnny Cash, on his 1973 album The Gospel Road.
Jesus Was a Capricorn was produced by Fred Foster and, like his previous album Border Lord, features more elaborate instrumentation than his first two LPs.Biographer Stephen Miller notes in his book Kristofferson: The Wild American, “A common criticism directed at Jesus Was a Capricorn was that it was overproduced and moved Kristofferson's songs too far away from the rough-hewn charm of his ...
Songs of Kristofferson is a best-of compilation album by Kris Kristofferson, released in 1977, after he had become more well known as a movie star than as a singer-songwriter. It includes tracks from his albums Kristofferson , The Silver Tongued Devil and I , Jesus Was a Capricorn , Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame and Surreal Thing .
Jesus in the Temple * Come Unto Me * Adulterous Woman, The * Song: "Help (Part #1)" - Larry Gatlin, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge (Larry Gatlin) Jesus and Nicodemus* Song: "Help (Part #2)" - Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge (Larry Gatlin) Sermon on the Mount * Blessed Are * The Lord's Prayer *
Kristofferson and O’Connor then sang a duet on the show of his classic song, “Help Me Make It Through the Night”. O’Connor died in July 2023 , aged 56, of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Kristofferson was known among his peers to easily cause the infatuation of women, a recurring theme in the songs of the album. [7] [5] According to Kristofferson's biographers, due to the autobiographical nature of the record, he may have experienced guilt because his sporadic partners aimed to romantic-related results, while he did not. [5] [8]
Border Lord was released in February 1972 but failed to achieve the success its predecessors had. At the time of its release, Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone was unkind, charging that Kristofferson was “a fast-livin’, hard lovin’ dude who has just enough time between ballin’ and brawlin’ to jot down a tune or two.