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Your favorite version of "Always On My Mind"
Gwen McCrae 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Brenda Lee 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Elvis Presley 14%  14%  [ 4 ]
John Wesley Ryles 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Willie Nelson 55%  55%  [ 15 ]
Pet Shop Boys 22%  22%  [ 6 ]
Alvin and the Chipmunks 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Anne Murray 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Ryan Adams 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Chris de Burgh 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Sweetbox 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
B.B. King 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
The Stylistics 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 27
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:00 am 
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Thanks to Glenn S for this week's song.

According to Wikipedia, which is the authority on everything, the first recording of this was by Gwen "Rockin' Chair" McCrae. Her original version sounds nothing like "Rockin' Chair"....thank God...but this didn't start out as a country song either.

Again according to Wikipedia, which is the authority on everything, there's over 300 recorded versions of this song. Let me know which ones I missed......even though I got the big ones.

I saw one of the acts on this list play it live last night.

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Definitely the Pet Shop Boys' hi-NRG electronic overhaul.

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Willie owns this song.


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Pet Shop Boys for me.


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Willie.

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Elvis' version was the first one I ever heard and it's still my favorite by a very wide margin.

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Pet Shop Boys by a hair over Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. The Khz version would probably be 3rd.


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I wasn't really sure which version I was going to vote for when I suggested this one to Charles. I like Willie Nelson's easygoing delivery and I admire the sheer bravado of the Pet Shop Boys' version. Ultimately, I had to vote for Elvis. Of all his many post-breakup ballads, this always seemed one of the most heartfelt to my ears. He owned this one.


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Went with Elvis on this.

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Just curious...who voted for the Chipmunks?

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Jimbo wrote:
Just curious...who voted for the Chipmunks?


Not me. I voted for Pet Shop Boys.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 4:03 pm 
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cryton wrote:
Willie owns this song.

+1 :agree:

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