Emmylou Harris Songs
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Beneath Still Waters was written back in 1967 by Dallas Frazier and first recorded by George Jones the following year. Also in 1968 country artist Carl Vaughn used the song as a B-side to one of his singles.

Australian singer Diana Trask also put the song into the top 40 with her rendition back in 1970.

In 1980, Emmylou Harris put the song on her album Blue Kentucky Girl. The song was the 2nd single released from that album and it went to #1 in both the US and Canada. It was her fourth #1 to date at that time.

Blue Kentucky Girl is a track from the 1979 album of the same name.

This single managed to chart at #6 in the US and #7 in Canada. It was first recorded by Loretta Lynn in 1965 from her album with the same name, Blue Kentucky Girl. Skeeter Davis also released a version in 1982.

Boulder To Birmingham was co-written by Emmylou Harris and Bill Danoff and appears on her 1978 Profile: Best Of Emmylou Harris album.

The song was never released as a single.

Cosmonaut appears on the soundtrack of the 2012 film Lawless.

Not much info on this song but it doesn't appear that it was ever released as a single.

Feeling Single Seeing Double was written by songwriter Wayne Kemp and recorded by Emmylou Harris in 1975 fro her Elite Hotel album.

This track was never released as a single.

Gold Watch And Chain early recordings is by The Carter Family back in 1933-1934.

Emmylou covered the song for her 1980 album entitled Roses In The Snow.

I Still Miss Someone is a track from the 1989 album Bluebird.

The song was one of three singles released from that album and the song managed to chart at #51.

Making Believe is an old tune that was written back in 1955 and first recorded by writer Jimmy Wells who had a #5 hit. A month later Kitty Wells released her cover and scored a #2 hit. It was held from the #1 spot by a song from Webb Pierce called In The Jailhouse now.

Over the years lots of people and artists recorded the song including The Kendalls, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Don Gibson, Roy Acuff, Wanda Jackson, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Charles, Connie Francis, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Ernest Tubb, Skeeter Davis, Social Distortion, Volbeat, Billy Joe Royal, The Haden Triplets and as a duet by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. Their version was not a hit, but it was popular in concerts. Check out some of these artists versions.

Emmylou covered the song in 1977 as a track on her album Luxury Liner and was released as a single. The song was a #1 in Canada and peaked at #8 in the US.

One Of These Days was released as a single from the 1976 album Elite Hotel.

The track peaked at #3 in the US and #2 in Canada. Tammy Wynette also covered the song in 1976.

Save The Last Dance For Me of course is an old Drifters song from 1960.

Emmylou covered the song in 1979 in a bluegrass format for her Blue Kentucky Girl album and had a top 10 country hit.

The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia was recorded for the album Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town which was released in 1978.

This track was never released as a single.

This Is Us was written by Mark Knopflier and was recorded with Emmylou Harris for their collaboration album in 2006 entitled All The Roadrunning. The album has 12 tracks on it and this song is the third track. The song was released as a single and hit #17 in Norway and #5 in the US.

It appears this was the only single from the album.

Til I Gain Control Again was written by Rodney Crowell in 1975, who at the time was still playing in Emmylou's band.

Emmylou put the song on her 1975 Elite Hotel album.

Together Again is of course an old Buck Owen song from 1964 and was a double sided hit for Buck Owens and his Buckaroos because the song was a B-side to My Heart Skips A Beat, which did reach #1 on the US country charts.

Over the years many artist shave covered this song and they include Ray Price, Ray Charles, Glen Campbell, Wanda Jackson, Eddie Peregrina, Farhad Mehrad, Nora Aunor, Kenny Rogers and Dottie West, Elisabeth Andresson, Richand and Linda Thompson, Dwight Yoakam, Mark Lanegan, Jill Johnson, Vince Gill, Loiuse Mandrell and Ronnie Dunn. Not a bad list to have recorded a song that was a B-side song.

And of course Emmylou Harris in 1975 recorded her version of the song for her album Elite Hotel and had a #1 hit with her version in 1976. Her and Buck actually recorded song called Play Together Again, Again as a tribute to both of their successes with the song.

It's been report that Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead was so inspired by the steel guitar break (which many consider to be the greatest of all time in any country song), that he just had to learn to play the steel guitar.

Two More Bottles Of Wine was a #1 hit for Emmylou Harris when she released her version of this Delbert McClinton song back in 1978.

The song was a #1 hit on both the US and Canadian country charts.

Wayfaring Stranger was released as a single from the 1980 album Roses In The Snow.

It was a #1 hit in Canada and a #7 hit in the US. The earliest known version of this song is 1858. Burl Ives recorded the song in 1944 and Johnny Cash put out a version in 2000.

Download the free Wayfaring Stranger Emmylou Harris lyrics below.

When I Stop Dreaming is an old Louvin Brothers song which Emmylou put on her 1977 album, Luxury Liner.

This song was never released as a single.