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Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down

A long while back I used to do a mystery singer, but most of the singers were easy to find surfing the net until maybe this one. Who could it be?

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21 Comments on “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”

  2. DOuG pRATt's avatar DOuG pRATt Says:

    May 30, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    It sounds like somebody trying to sound like Leonard Cohen would if he sang Country.

  3. Cuidado's avatar Cuidado Says:

    May 30, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    I have a few versions of this song but it is not any of them. I hope someone gets it.

  4. Mark Clark's avatar Mark Clark Says:

    May 30, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Roger Miller?

  5. Robert Brooks's avatar Robert Brooks Says:

    May 30, 2010 at 9:51 pm

    Dean Martin, maybe?

  6. Island Girl's avatar Island Girl Says:

    May 30, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    Okay, don’t laugh…. for some reason his voice reminded me of Don Ho. Could it be possible?
    I said…. don’t laugh.

  7. Bob Linn's avatar Bob Linn Says:

    May 31, 2010 at 12:02 am

    I vaguely recall that Telly Savalas did a cover of this song. Could it be? I can’t tell from the voice; it sounds like somebody trying to Dean Martin without success.

  8. im6's avatar im6 Says:

    May 31, 2010 at 1:13 am

    Haven’t a clue. I really like the Don Ho guess, but he doesn’t slur his words enough. I’m going out of a limb and guess John Ashcroft.

  9. splendid's avatar splendid Says:

    May 31, 2010 at 9:33 am

    Wayne Newton? what a strange version, he sounds like so many people ……

  10. herb's avatar herb Says:

    May 31, 2010 at 11:53 am

    Hi Kat – I never would have guessed Kojak. After listening to it I did listen to a few versions by Johnny Cash. Herb

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      May 31, 2010 at 7:15 pm

      Herb,
      I listened to the Cash version before I ended up posting the Kojak. It would have been my choice except I decided to go with the mystery guest.

  11. sblake's avatar sblake Says:

    May 31, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    and some info:

    Kris Kristofferson wrote this while living in a run-down tenement in Nashville when he was working as a janitor for Columbia Records. He was told if he was caught pitching songs to any artists he would be fired. He delivered this song personally to Johnny Cash after landing his National Guard helicopter in Cash’s front yard – the best way he could think of to get Cash’s attention. This song was #1 on the Country charts for 2 weeks in September 1970.

    n a 2009 Rolling Stone article about Kris Kristofferson that was written by Ethan Hawke, it explains that Kris made Johnny Cash listen to the song before removing the helicopter. After hearing it Cash said he “liked his songs so much that I would take them off and not let anybody else hear them.”
    Cash recorded the song live on The Johnny Cash Show, and before the show, ABC censors asked him to change the lyrics, “Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned” to “Wishing, Lord, that I was home.” Cash sang it the way Kristofferson wrote it, and even stressed the word “stoned.”

    The original version of this song was recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969. At the 2009 BMI Country Awards, at which Kristofferson was honoured as an icon, he recalled how Stevens took a chance on his tune, when he was still an unknown songwriter: “Nobody had ever put that much money and effort into recording one of my songs,” Kristofferson said. “I remember the first time I heard it — he’s a wonderful singer — I had to leave the publishing house and I just sat on the steps and wept because it was such a beautiful thing.” Stevens added that he was drawn to the song because he felt Kristofferson had a “spark.” “He was very talented, very smart and right on time with his style,” Stevens recalled. “A lot of people since then have copied those songs that he put out so at this point in time it doesn’t seem all that different. It still is of course. There are very few writers who get that spark at the right time.”

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      May 31, 2010 at 7:17 pm

      sblake,
      I would have guessed he was down and out and working as a janitor seems right for the lyrics. I just happened on this when I was looking for Sunday songs. I’d hadn’t ever heard it before then. I downloaded a couple of versions, including the Cash, but decided on a surprise guest.


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