FADED LOVE

Created on 28/02/2003
Latest update on 25/10/2023

Artist: Bob Wills
Author: Bob Wills/John Wills
Label: Tiffany
Year: 1946

Adapted from 1850s ballad Darling Nelly Gray, played as a fiddle tune by his father John and his grandfather Tom. All three Wills generations were mean fiddlers. Was a Texas Playboy instrumental before Bob's younger brother Johnny Lee wrote the lyrics in 1950, when it became a hit on MGM.

Covers:

1950:

Maddox Brothers & Rose

1962:

Leon McAuliffe [swing version]

1962:

Leroy Van Dyke

1963:

Jackie DeShannon

1963:

Patsy Cline [during her last session]

1963:

Conway Twitty

1963:

Milly Scott [as Ik Kus Jouw Ring]

1964:

Faron Young

1964:

Kentucky Colonels

1965:

Buck Owens

1967:

David Houston

1970:

Elvis Presley

1971:

Delaney & Bonnie

1971:

Wet Willie

1971:

Tompall & The Glaser Brothers

1973:

Doug Sahm & Band

1974:

Johnny Rodriguez

1977:

Loretta Lynn

1980:

Willie Nelson & Ray Price [n°3 C&W]

1985:

Wall Of Voodoo

1999:

LeAnn Rimes

1999:

Asleep At The Wheel [with Lyle Lovett and Shawn Colvin]

2010:

Hot Club Of Cowtown

First recorded by the Tiffany Music Company, specialized in radio transcripts. Wills recorded circa 370 titles for Tiffany, partly made available on Edsel in 1990.

Contact


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Arnold Rypens
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