A Good Year for the Roses

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"A Good Year for the Roses" is a classic country song, best known through George Jones’s poignant 1971 recording about the emotional aftermath of a failing marriage.

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A Good Year for the Roses canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct George Jones ⓘ
associatedGenre Nashville sound ⓘ
chartPerformance Billboard Hot Country Singles top 10 ⓘ
UK Singles Chart top 10 (Elvis Costello version) ⓘ
composer Jerry Chesnut ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coveredBy Alan Jackson ⓘ
Duane Steele ⓘ
Elvis Costello ⓘ
Solomon Burke ⓘ
The Statler Brothers ⓘ
firstRecordingYear 1970 ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
steel guitar ⓘ
hasTheme emotional aftermath of divorce ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
marital breakup ⓘ
includedOn George Jones album "George Jones with Love" ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Jerry Chesnut ⓘ
mood melancholic ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableCoverPerformer Elvis Costello ⓘ
notableCoverYear 1981 ⓘ
notableFor classic status in country music repertoire ⓘ
evocative portrayal of a failing marriage ⓘ
notableLyricMotif roses in bloom despite relationship ending ⓘ
notablePerformer George Jones ⓘ
notableRecordingYear 1971 ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1970 ⓘ
performer George Jones ⓘ
producer Pappy Daily ⓘ
recordedBy George Jones ⓘ
recordLabel Musicor Records ⓘ
setting domestic home ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
subjectMatter end of a marriage ⓘ
vocalist George Jones ⓘ
vocalStyle poignant ⓘ
writer Jerry Chesnut ⓘ

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George Jones → notableWork → A Good Year for the Roses ⓘ
George Jones → notableWork → A Good Year for the Roses ⓘ
subject linked to: The Possum