John Hartford & Gentle On My Mind
Gentle on My Mind, a song written by John Hartford, won two 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford himself won the award for Best Folk Performance. The other award, Best Country Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male, went to Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford's song.
John Hartford is reported to have said that he was inspired to write Gentle on My Mind's poignant lyrics after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago, and that it took about fifteen minutes to write down. And in a "flash of brilliance in the form of a song, seeped into the collective psyche of a generation."
John Hartford is reported to have said that he was inspired to write Gentle on My Mind's poignant lyrics after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago, and that it took about fifteen minutes to write down. And in a "flash of brilliance in the form of a song, seeped into the collective psyche of a generation."
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Gentle on My Mind By Various Artists
Campbell used Gentle on My Mind as the theme to his late-1960s TV variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
- Campbell's version remains the best known in the US
- Versions by Patti Page and Aretha Franklin were also Hot 100 hits in 1968 and 1969, respectively
- Tthe version by Dean Martin reached number 2 in 1969 in the UK
- Elvis Presley recorded the song at American Sound Studios in Memphis in January 1969, and the song featured on the award winning album From Elvis in Memphis
- The version by Lucinda Williams was featured over the closing credits in the 2006 comedy movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- R.E.M.performs a cover of this song on Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project, a covers album released by alternative radio KCRW with the participation of 15 different artists.
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- Campbell's version remains the best known in the US
- Versions by Patti Page and Aretha Franklin were also Hot 100 hits in 1968 and 1969, respectively
- Tthe version by Dean Martin reached number 2 in 1969 in the UK
- Elvis Presley recorded the song at American Sound Studios in Memphis in January 1969, and the song featured on the award winning album From Elvis in Memphis
- The version by Lucinda Williams was featured over the closing credits in the 2006 comedy movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- R.E.M.performs a cover of this song on Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project, a covers album released by alternative radio KCRW with the participation of 15 different artists.
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Gentle on My Mind Lyrics
Lyrics
Written by: John Hartford
Arranged By: Don Costa
Originally made famous by: Glen Campbell
From the Album: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: November 12, 1968
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It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because
They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
In some train yard
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
Arranged By: Don Costa
Originally made famous by: Glen Campbell
From the Album: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: November 12, 1968
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It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because
They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
In some train yard
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
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Gentle On MY Mind by Other Artists
Recorded by various artists
The song's popularity is better measured by the number of times it has been recorded - between 400 and 600 times.
The song remains among the most often recorded in the history of popular music, its copyright netting Hartford well over a hundred thousand dollars annually for many years. It is now in its fifth decade of popularity.
The song remains among the most often recorded in the history of popular music, its copyright netting Hartford well over a hundred thousand dollars annually for many years. It is now in its fifth decade of popularity.
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By Various Artists
| Track | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gentle On My Mind | John Hartford | Live from Mountain Stage: John Hartford | |
| Gentle On My Mind | John Hartford | Folk Live from Mountain Stage | |
| Gentle On My Mind | John Hartford | John Hartford: Me Oh My, How the Time Does Fly - A John Hartford Anthology | |
| Gentle on My Mind | Glen Campbell | 20 Greatest Hits | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Dean Martin | Dino - The Essential Dean Martin | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Leonard Nimoy | Spaced Out - The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Aretha Franklin | Soul Queen | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Béla Fleck, Jamie Hartford & Sam Bush | Part of Your History - The Songs of John Hartford | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Elvis Presley | From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy Edition) [Remastered] | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Johnny Cash & Glen Campbell | Unearthed | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Frank Sinatra | Cycles | |
| Gentle on My Mind | Roger Williams | Roger Williams: The Greatest Popular Pianist/The Artist's Choice | |
| Gentle On My Mind | Engelbert Humperdinck | Classics and Collectables: Engelbert Humperdinck |
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The Film That Inspired the Song
Dr. Zhivago
Hartford said that he was inspired to write the song's poignant lyrics after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago, and that it took about fifteen minutes to write down.
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Hartford said that he was inspired to write the song's poignant lyrics after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago, and that it took about fifteen minutes to write down.
"I have never really understood commercial music like I've wanted to," Hartford admitted in Dorothy Horstman's book, "Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy," "and I have no idea, except for the message in that song, why it was a hit."
"I have never really understood commercial music like I've wanted to," Hartford admitted in Dorothy Horstman's book, "Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy," "and I have no idea, except for the message in that song, why it was a hit."
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Links to John Hartford Websites
- GENTLE ON MY MIND TAB
- Campbell Glen; ( GENTLE ON MY MIND TAB )
- John Hartford Audio Interview
- John Hartford is interviewed by Don Swaim of CBS Radio. Singer and songwriter John Hartford was also a writer and author of Steamboat in a Cornfield. Listen to Don Swaim interview John Hartford in 1986 and enjoy a few of John Hartford's favorite songs, including "Gentle on My Mind."
Listen to the John Hartford interview with Don Swaim, 1986
(36 min. 32 sec.) - St. Louis Walk of Fame - John Hartford
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Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy by Dorothy Horstman
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"This book is a great book for lyrics to many country classics. It is arranged in topics such as "Train Songs," "Religious Songs," etc. as country music is about real life and the songs tell the story. There are stories behind the songs contributed by the songwriters or acquaintances of the writers that are worth reading as well. Too bad this is out of print and that Dorothy Horstman has passed away, but the Country Music Foundation has acquired the rights to the book and have revised it up to 1992 when the most recent edition was published. This book is essential for country music history buffs and new converts alike. Great reading." ~~Bradley Olson
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"I have never really understood commercial music like I've wanted to," Hartford admitted in Dorothy Horstman's book, "Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy," "and I have no idea, except for the message in that song, why it was a hit."
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ChrisDay
Jan 14, 2011 @ 5:52 am | delete
- Gentle on my Mind was a tremendous song, almost whoever sang it.
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CreativeArtist Sep 14, 2010 @ 12:00 pm | delete
- Interesting to see the origins of the lovely song.
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2FriendsTreasures
May 2, 2009 @ 5:15 pm | delete
- Good combination - John Hartford & Glen Campbell. Informative lens - 5 stars.
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- Cool Lense! Give you 5 stars from me :)
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- Sweet Song! Thanks for the gentle reminder! :-)
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