POISON LOVE

Created on 09/03/2006
Latest update on 29/11/2022

Artist: Johnny & Jack
Author: Elmer Laird/Tillman Franks
Label: RCA
Year: 1950

Top 5 C&W. Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole' Opry duo (but not in the Country Music Hall of Fame); Johnny Wright was married with Kitty Wells (who provided the backing vocals); Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on his way to Patsy Cline's funeral. Credits go to Mrs. Elmer Laird; her husband had been murdered since. See also: I Get So Lonely (Oh Baby Mine).

Covers:

1951:

Bill Monroe

1973:

Doug Sahm & Band

1973:

Ralph Stanley

1978:

Gail Davies

1979:

Osborne Brothers & Mac Wiseman

1986:

T-Bone Burnett

1995:

Jerry Lee Lewis

1997:

Buddy Miller [duet with Steve Earle]

2017:

Alison Krauss

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