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
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