For the Good Times (song)

"For the Good Times" is a song penned by Kris Kristofferson that appeared on his debut album Kristofferson. He wrote the first verse and chorus in 1968 while driving from Nashville to the Gulf of Mexico; an early recording of the song was by Bill Nash on Smash Records.^[1]^[2]

In 1970 Ray Price recorded a version of the song which topped the US country music chart^[3] and was awarded "Song of the Year" by the Academy of Country Music. "For the Good Times" was Price's fifth #1 single and spent 19 weeks on the chart.^[4] "For the Good Times" crossed over onto the pop chart peaking at number eleven, becoming Ray Price's only release to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.^[5] Originally Price's label, Columbia Records, released the song as the "B" side of the single, but switched to promoting "For the Good Times" after Wayne Newton recorded his own version of the tune. The flip side, "Grazin' in Greener Pastures," did receive credit on the country music chart.^[2]

In the UK, in 1973, a version by Perry Como spent 27 weeks on the UK Singles Chart peaking at #7 in the week beginning August 25.^[6]

Chart performance

Chart (1970)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	11
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Top Singles	13
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	10
Australian Go-Set Charts	39

Cover versions

The song has been recorded by many artists, including:

Brian Kennedy on his 2008 album Interpretations
Lynn Anderson on her 1970 album Rose Garden
Anne Murray
Aaron Neville
Al Green
Andy Abraham
Bill Kenny
Billy Walker
Chet Atkins
Crystal Gayle
Dean Martin
Dolly Parton
Elvis Presley on his albums Welcome to My World and As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
Engelbert Humperdinck
Frank Sinatra on his album Trilogy with Eileen Farrell
Geraldine a Filipino Artist under Alpha Records recorded in 1971
Isaac Hayes
Jamey Johnson from disc two of his 2010 release The Guitar Song
Jerry Lee Lewis on his 1972 albumWould You Take Another Chance on Me^[7]
Joe Diffie
Johnny Cash recorded a version released posthumously on his album American VI: Ain't No Grave
Kenny Rogers
The Little Willies
Lloyd Cole with Jill Sobule
Slim Cessna has covered the song at the end of every Slim Cessna's Auto Club set since the early 2000s
Tennessee Ernie Ford and Glen Campbell (on the album Ernie Sings & Glen Picks)
Willie Nelson
Albert West in 1975
Andy Williams recorded a version for his 1971 album Love Story
Roger Whittaker

Michael Jackson also sang the song live on his mother Katherine's birthday in 1984

References

↑ "For the good times". Poplartunes.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
1 2 Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2), p. 43.
↑ "For the Good Times (song by Ray Price) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. 1970-08-29. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 275.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 505.
↑ "PERRY COMO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Would You Take Another Chance on Me? - Jerry Lee Lewis | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

Preceded by "All for the Love of Sunshine" by Hank Williams, Jr.	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single September 19, 1970	Succeeded by "There Must Be More to Love Than This" by Jerry Lee Lewis

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