ACT NATURALLY

Created on 09/01/2001
Latest update on 26/04/2022

Artist: Buck Owens
Author: Johnny Russell/Voni Morrison
Label: Capitol
Year: 1963

N°1 C&W. More about composing duo Johnny Russell/Voni Morrison under Making Plans.

Covers:

1963:

Bob Houston [on Giant]

1963:

Loretta Lynn

1964:

Brian Hyland

1964:

Kitty Wells

1965:

Beatles [Ringo's song on Help!]

1965:

Hank Locklin

1965:

Betty Willis

1966:

Bill Black's Combo

1966:

Homer & Jethro

1967:

Charley Pride

1967:

Johnny Farago [as Etre naturel]

1971:

Johnny Russell [coauthor]

1971:

Youngbloods

1979:

Henk Wijngaard

1988:

Ringo Starr & Buck Owens [top 30 C&W]

1997:

Moe Bandy

1998:

Leon Russell

2007:

Dwight Yoakam

2008:

Popa Chubby

2013:

BR5-49

2014:

Garth Brooks

2022:

Dale Watson

Ringo found this country song all by himself. As the best actor of the four, he had Act Naturally written all over him: "They're gonna put me in the movies, They're gonna make a big star out of me, We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely, And all I have to do is act naturally."

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