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There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)

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Released
  
January 1974

Length
  
2:57

Writer(s)
  
Troy Seals Denny Rice

Genre
  
Country

Label
  
MCA

B-side
  
"Don't It Let Go To Your Heart"

"There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" is a song written by Troy Seals and Denny Rice, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in January 1974 as the first single from the album Honky Tonk Angel. The single was Twitty's 10th number one on the U.S. country singles chart as a solo artist and 13th overall. It stayed at number one for one week and spent 12 weeks on the chart in all.

Cover versions

  • A cover by Elvis Presley, first released on his Promised Land album. Recorded at Stax Records 15 December 1973. Released as a single posthumously in 1979, it peaked at number 6 on the Hot Country Singles chart.
  • A cover by Dobie Gray is on his Loving Arms album.
  • A cover by Cliff Richard, which was released as a single in 1975, but immediately withdrawn.

    • References

    There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In) Wikipedia
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