History Music / GeorgeJones

This change in labels also shifted him to a more ballad-oriented sound, with which he would stick. After he and Wynette divorced, Jones started hitting the bottle and cocaine, causing him to miss more shows and earn the FanNickname "No-Show Jones." He went to rehab, but it didn't do much until 1983; nonetheless, the hits kept coming until the end of the decade. By 1990, a switch to MCA brought a couple of critically-acclaimed albums but no hits. By the time he moved to Asylum Records in the end of the decade, his traditional sound was highly out of favor against the crossover-happy sound still present today. Nonetheless, Jones left a massive influences on the neotraditionalist acts of the eighties, and his songs are widely recorded to this day. In terms of influence and lasting impact, he is arguably the second most important male country artist after Music/HankWilliams.

Jones first recorded for Starday Records in the 1950s, followed by [[ChannelHop stints]] on Mercury, Creator/UnitedArtistsRecords and Musicor. He was no stranger to the troubles that often plagued A-list musicians in his time, either. By 1968, he began drinking heavily and missing shows. His marriage broke up, but he soon wed fellow singer Tammy Wynette, with whom he would record a large number of duets. A dispute over the label's rights regarding duets between the two led to him jumping ship for Wynette's label, Creator/EpicRecords, where he would stay from 1971 until 1990.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair" had Music/VinceGill, Music/MarkChesnutt, Music/GarthBrooks, Music/TravisTritt, Music/JoeDiffie, Music/AlanJackson, Music/PamTillis, Music/TGrahamBrown, Music/PattyLoveless, and Music/ClintBlack participating in a [[CallAndResponseSong call-and-response]] at the end.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair" had Music/VinceGill, Mark Chesnutt, Music/GarthBrooks, Travis Tritt, Music/JoeDiffie, Music/AlanJackson, Pam Tillis, T. Graham Brown, Music/PattyLoveless, and Music/ClintBlack participating in a [[CallAndResponseSong call-and-response]] at the end.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair" had Music/VinceGill, Mark Chesnutt, Music/GarthBrooks, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Music/AlanJackson, Pam Tillis, T. Graham Brown, Music/PattyLoveless, and Music/ClintBlack participating in a [[CallAndResponseSong call-and-response]] at the end.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair" had Music/VinceGill, Mark Chesnutt, Music/GarthBrooks, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Music/AlanJackson, Pam Tillis, T. Graham Brown, Patty Loveless, and Music/ClintBlack participating in a [[CallAndResponseSong call-and-response]] at the end.

George Glenn Jones (1931–2013) was, to say the least, one of ''the'' most important CountryMusic singers of all time, and given his influence on a large number of ''very'' important rock-and-roll singers, was arguably one of the most important pop singers as well. Active from the early [[TheFifties fifties]] to his death in 2013, he has had an incredibly fruitful career that includes nearly 170 single releases in all. He is widely regarded as one of the most skilled and distinctive vocalists in country music history, and is considered by many country music artists and scholars to be the greatest ever.

* CerebusSyndrome / ReverseCerebusSyndrome: He interestingly alternated back-and-forth between lighthearted and serious phases in his career. After scoring his first #1 hit with the uptempo "White Lightning" in 1959, he abruptly switched to serious ballads ("The Window Up Above", "Tender Years", "She Thinks I Still Care"). Then by the mid-60s he went back to more jivey material ("The Race is On", "Love Bug"), only to get back into ballads by the TheSeventies, starting with "A Good Year for the Roses". After Billy Sherrill took over as his producer, Jones stayed with the more serious material, with a new added element of {{Melodrama}}. But by TheEighties he was mainly releasing heartwarming and comical songs as singles. In a lot of ways it seemed like the instability of his personal life found its way into his music.

* RealitySubtext: Even at the time they were released, it was hard for people ''not'' to see all those torch songs and songs about failed marriages as comments on his relationship with Tammy Wynette. The fact that she duetted with him on several of them did nothing to discourage that speculation.

%%* BreakupSong: "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is one of the best examples out there. And man, is it a doozy.

Among all of his songs, "He Stopped Loving Her Today", a song written about his break-up with his then-wife Tammy Wynette, is often cited as the best country music song of all time. Ironically, its only real competition for the title is "Stand By Your Man" a song Tammy Wynette wrote about her relationship with Jones). Others, such as "A Good Year for the Roses" and "The Grand Tour", have attained legendary status in country music canon.

Jones first recorded for Starday Records in the 1950s, followed by stints on Mercury, Creator/UnitedArtists and Musicor. He was no stranger to the troubles that often plagued A-list musicians in his time, either. By 1968, he began drinking heavily and missing shows. His marriage broke up, but he soon wed fellow singer Tammy Wynette, with whom he would record a large number of duets. A dispute over the label's rights regarding duets between the two led to him jumping ship for Wynette's label, Creator/EpicRecords, where he would stay from 1971 until 1990.

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'''George Glenn Jones''' (1931–2013) was, to say the least, one of ''the'' most important CountryMusic singers of all time, and given his influence on a large number of ''very'' important rock-and-roll singers, was arguably one of the most important pop singers as well. Active from the early [[TheFifties fifties]] to his death in 2013, he has had an incredibly fruitful career that includes nearly 170 single releases in all. He is widely regarded as one of the most skilled and distinctive vocalists in country music history, and is considered by many country music artists and scholars to be the greatest ever.

* BreakupSong: "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is one of the best examples out there. And man, is it a doozy.
* CloudCuckooLander: At times when he was high. He once famously announced at the beginning of a set: "My friends, Deedoodle the duck is going to sing for you tonight, because Deedoodle can do what George Jones can't." He proceeded to sing the entire concert in a Donald Duck voice.
* DestructoNookie: * The lyrics to "Leavin' Love All Over The Place" celebrate it:

* {{Retirony}}: In August 2012, he announced he planned on retiring after going on one final tour in 2013. On April 26, 2013, he died after being hospitalized for over a week for a fever and irregular heartbeat.

* [[VocalEvolution Vocal Decay]]: Sadly, age and decades of drug abuse resulted in this. To be fair, he also had to learn to sing again after having throat surgery, and lost the lower end of his range after quitting smoking in 1999. It became much worse in 2012 after having a bout of pneumonia followed by a lung infection, which reduced his voice to slightly above a whisper.

This change in labels also shifted him to a more ballad-oriented sound, with which he would stick. After he and Wynette divorced, Jones started hitting the bottle and cocaine, causing him to miss more shows and earn the FanNickname "No-Show Jones." He went to rehab, but it didn't do much until 1983; nonetheless, the hits kept coming until the end of the decade. By 1990, a switch to MCA brought a couple of critically-acclaimed albums but no hits. By the time he moved to Asylum Records in the end of the decade, his traditional sound was highly out of favor against the crossover-happy sound still present today. Nonetheless, Jones left a massive influences on the neotraditionalist acts of the eighties, and his songs are widely recorded to this day. In terms of influence and lasting impact, he is arguably the second most important male country artist after Music/HankWilliams (although you could make an equally strong case for a few others like Music/JohnnyCash and Music/MerleHaggard).

'''George Glenn Jones''' (1931–2013) was, to say the least, one of ''the'' most important CountryMusic singers of all time, and given his influence on a large number of ''very'' important rock-and-roll singers, was arguably one of the most important pop singers as well. Active from the early [[TheFifties fifties]] to his death in 2013, he has had an incredibly fruitful career that includes nearly 170 single releases in all. He is widely regarded as one of the most skilled and distinctive vocalists in country music history, and is considered by many country music artists and scholars to be the greatest ever. Among all of his songs, "He Stopped Loving Her Today", a song written about his break-up with Tammy Wynette, is often cited as the best country music song of all time (ironically, its only real competition is "Stand By Your Man" a song written and performed by Tammy Wynette, who was married to Jones at the time, and wrote the song ''about'' her relationship with Jones) and others such as "A Good Year for the Roses" and "The Grand Tour" have attained legendary status in country music canon.

'''George Glenn Jones''' (1931-2013) was, to say the least, one of ''the'' most important CountryMusic singers of all time, and given his influence on a large number of ''very'' important rock-and-roll singers, was arguably one of the most important pop singers as well. Active from the early [[TheFifties fifties]] to his death in 2013, he has had an incredibly fruitful career that includes nearly 170 single releases in all. He is widely regarded as one of the most skilled and distinctive vocalists in country music history, and is considered by many country music artists and scholars to be the greatest ever. Among all of his songs, "He Stopped Loving Her Today", a song written about his break-up with Tammy Wynette, is often cited as the best country music song of all time (ironically, its only real competition is "Stand By Your Man" a song written and performed by Tammy Wynette, who was married to Jones at the time, and wrote the song ''about'' her relationship with Jones) and others such as "A Good Year for the Roses" and "The Grand Tour" have attained legendary status in country music canon.

* LondonEnglandSyndrome: His duet with Tammy Wynette, "(We're Not) The Jet Set", makes reference to Rome (Texas), Athens (Georgia), and Paris (Tennessee).