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{{Short description|1964 song by Buck Owens}}
{{Infobox single
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| Name = Together Again
{{Infobox song
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Buck Owens]]
| name = Together Again
| from Album =
| cover =
| B-side = "My Heart Skips a Beat"
| alt =
| Released = 1964
| type = single
| Format = 7" single
| artist = [[Buck Owens]]
| album = [[Together Again (Buck Owens album)|Together Again]]
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| A-side = [[My Heart Skips a Beat]]
| Length =
| released = April 4, 1964
| recorded =
| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| Writer = Buck Owens
| studio =
| Producer =
| venue =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Last single = "My Heart Skips a Beat" <br>(1964)
| length = 2:28
| This single = "'''Together Again'''" <br>(1964)
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| Next single = "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"<br>(1964)
| writer = Buck Owens
| producer = [[Ken Nelson (American record producer)|Ken Nelson]]
| prev_title = My Heart Skips a Beat
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)
| next_year = 1964
}}
}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Together Again
| name = Together Again
| Cover =
| cover =
| Artist = [[Emmylou Harris]]
| alt =
| from Album = [[Elite Hotel]]
| type = single
| A-side =
| artist = [[Ray Charles]]
| album = [[Together Again (Ray Charles album)|Together Again]]
| B-side =
| B-side = You're Just About to Lose Your Clown
| Released = January 1976
| Format = [[7" single|7"]]
| released = March 1966
| Recorded = June 1975
| recorded = 1965
| studio =
| Genre = [[country music|Country]]
| Length = 3:56
| venue =
| Label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| Writer =
| length = 2:36
| Producer = [[Brian Ahern (producer)|Brian Ahern]]
| label = [[ABC-Paramount Records|ABC-Paramount]]
| writer = Buck Owens
| Chart position =
| producer =
| Last single = "[[If I Could Only Win Your Love]]"<Br />(1975)
| prev_title = [[Crying Time]]
| This single = "'''Together Again'''" <BR />(1976)
| prev_year = 1965
| Next single = "[[One of These Days (Emmylou Harris song)|One of These Days]]" <BR />(1976)
| next_title = You're Just About to Lose Your Clown
| next_year = 1966
}}
}}
{{Infobox song
"'''Together Again'''" is a 1964 song by [[United States]] [[country music|country]] singer and [[guitar]]ist [[Buck Owens]].
| name = Together Again
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Emmylou Harris]]
| album = [[Elite Hotel]]
| B-side = [[One of These Days (Emmylou Harris song)|One of These Days]]
| released = January 1976
| recorded = June 1975
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| length = 3:56
| label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| writer = Buck Owens
| producer = [[Brian Ahern (producer)|Brian Ahern]]
| prev_title = [[If I Could Only Win Your Love]]
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = [[One of These Days (Emmylou Harris song)|One of These Days]]
| next_year = 1976
}}
"'''Together Again'''" is a 1964 song by American [[country music|country]] singer and [[guitar]]ist [[Buck Owens]].


The song, best known as the "B" side to Owens' No. 1 hit, "[[My Heart Skips a Beat]]", interrupted that song's run at Number One on the U.S. country charts. [[Steel guitar]]ist [[Tom Brumley|Tom Brumley's]] performance on "Together Again" is considered "one of the finest steel guitar solos in the history of country music" by the [[Country Music Television]] staff;<ref>[http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1604311/tom-brumley-member-of-buck-owens-buckaroos-dies-in-texas.jhtml "Tom Brumley, Member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos, Dies in Texas"], ''[[Country Music Television]]'', February 4, 2009. Accessed February 5, 2009.</ref> it inspired [[Jerry Garcia]] to learn the instrument.
The song, best known as the "B" side to Owens' No. 1 hit, "[[My Heart Skips a Beat]]", interrupted that song's run at Number One on the U.S. country charts. [[Steel guitar]]ist [[Tom Brumley|Tom Brumley's]] performance on "Together Again" is considered "one of the finest steel guitar solos in the history of country music" by the [[Country Music Television]] staff;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090205003031/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1604311/tom-brumley-member-of-buck-owens-buckaroos-dies-in-texas.jhtml "Tom Brumley, Member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos, Dies in Texas"], ''[[Country Music Television]]'', February 4, 2009. Accessed February 5, 2009.</ref> it inspired [[Jerry Garcia]] to learn the instrument.


==Covers==
==Covers==
*[[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]] on his 1965 album ''[[Burning Memories (Ray Price album)|Burning Memories]]''
*[[Ray Charles]] released the song in 1966, and it reached #19 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard pop chart]] and #1 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary chart]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=53}}</ref> On the soul chart, this version went to #10.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=113}}</ref>
*[[The_Dixies|Brendan O'Brien And The Dixies']] recording of the song spent thirteen weeks in the Irish Singles Charts <ref>[https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/10843646-irish-singles-charts-1966-new-spotlight-top-30] </ref> from January to April 1966, peaking at number 4 on 14 February, appropriately.
*[[Farhad Mehrad]] Persian singer
*[[Ray Charles]] released the song in 1966, and it reached #19 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard pop chart]] and #1 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary chart]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=53}}</ref> On the soul chart, this version went to #10.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=113}}</ref>
*[[Nora Aunor]] with [[Tirso Cruz III]] on their duet album ''[[Dream Come True (Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III album)|Dream Come True]]'' 1971 under [[Vicor Records]]
*[[Glen Campbell]] on his 1967 album ''[[Burning Bridges (Glen Campbell album)|Burning Bridges]]''
*Country music singer [[Emmylou Harris]] recorded the song for her 1975 album ''[[Elite Hotel]]''; her version also ascended to the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart in April 1976. In 1979, Owens and Harris dueted on a song called "Play Together Again, Again," which paid tribute to the song both artists recorded and made famous.
*[[Wanda Jackson]] on her 1968 album ''Cream of the Crop''
*[[Eddie Peregrina]] on his 1968 album ''What Am I Living For''
*[[Farhad Mehrad]]
*[[Nora Aunor]] with [[Tirso Cruz III]] on their 1971 duet album ''[[Dream Come True (Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III album)|Dream Come True]]''
*Country music singer [[Emmylou Harris]] recorded the song for her 1975 album ''[[Elite Hotel]]''; her version also ascended to the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart in April 1976, with the flip side, Harris' version of [[The Beatles]]' "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]" being a minor pop hit as well. In 1979, Owens and Harris dueted on a song called "Play Together Again, Again," which paid tribute to the song both artists recorded and made famous.
*In 1983, [[Kenny Rogers]] and [[Dottie West]] released a duet version of the song (it originally was recorded for their 1979 ''[[Classics (Kenny Rogers & Dottie West)|Classics]]'' album, but was released on Rogers' ''Duets'' album in 1983), that reached No. 19 on the [[Hot Country Singles]] chart.
*In 1983, [[Kenny Rogers]] and [[Dottie West]] released a duet version of the song (it originally was recorded for their 1979 ''[[Classics (Kenny Rogers & Dottie West)|Classics]]'' album, but was released on Rogers' ''Duets'' album in 1983), that reached No. 19 on the [[Hot Country Singles]] chart.
*[[Norway|Norwegian]] singer [[Elisabeth Andreassen|Elisabeth Andreasson]] covered the song on her 1981 country album ''[[Angel of the Morning (Elisabeth Andreassen album)|Angel of the Morning]]''.<ref>[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001886123 Information at [[Svensk mediedatabas]]]</ref>
*[[Norway|Norwegian]] singer [[Elisabeth Andreassen|Elisabeth Andreasson]] covered the song on her 1981 country album ''[[Angel of the Morning (Elisabeth Andreassen album)|Angel of the Morning]]''.<ref>[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001886123 Information] at [[Svensk mediedatabas]]</ref>
*[[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard]] and [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]] recorded a version in May 1973 included in the album ''[[I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight]]'', released in April 1974.
*[[Dwight Yoakam]] recorded a version of the song for his 2007 Buck Owens tribute album, ''[[Dwight Sings Buck]]''.
*[[Dwight Yoakam]] recorded a version of the song for his 2007 Buck Owens tribute album, ''[[Dwight Sings Buck]]''.
*[[Mark Lanegan]] recorded a version of the song for his 1999 album [[I'll Take Care of You (Mark Lanegan album)|I'll Take Care of You]].
*[[Mark Lanegan]] recorded a version of the song for his 1999 album [[I'll Take Care of You (Mark Lanegan album)|I'll Take Care of You]].
*[[Sweden|Swedish]] singer [[Jill Johnson]] covered the song on her 2009 cover album ''[[Music Row II]]''.<ref>[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/002563709 Information at [[Svensk mediedatabas]]]</ref>
*[[Martina McBride]] recorded a version of the song for her 2005 album ''[[My Heart (Martina McBride album)|My Heart]]''.
*[[Sweden|Swedish]] singer [[Jill Johnson]] covered the song on her 2009 cover album ''[[Music Row II]]''.<ref>[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/002563709 Information] at [[Svensk mediedatabas]]</ref>
*[[Vince Gill]] recorded a version of the song for his 2013 album with steel guitarist [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]], ''[[Bakersfield (album)|Bakersfield]]''
*[[Vince Gill]] recorded a version of the song for his 2013 album with steel guitarist [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]], ''[[Bakersfield (album)|Bakersfield]]''
*[[Louise Mandrell]] recorded a version of the song for her 2019 album, ''Playing Favorites''.
*[[Ronnie Dunn]] recorded a version of the song for his 2020 album of covers, ''[[Re-Dunn]]''.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|buck-owens|together-again}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->

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Latest revision as of 02:50, 5 October 2024

"Together Again"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album Together Again
A-side"My Heart Skips a Beat"
ReleasedApril 4, 1964
GenreCountry
Length2:28
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Buck Owens
Producer(s)Ken Nelson
Buck Owens singles chronology
"My Heart Skips a Beat"
(1964)
"Together Again"
(1964)
"I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"
(1964)
"Together Again"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Together Again
B-side"You're Just About to Lose Your Clown"
ReleasedMarch 1966
Recorded1965
GenreSoul
Length2:36
LabelABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)Buck Owens
Ray Charles singles chronology
"Crying Time"
(1965)
"Together Again"
(1966)
"You're Just About to Lose Your Clown"
(1966)
"Together Again"
Single by Emmylou Harris
from the album Elite Hotel
B-side"One of These Days"
ReleasedJanuary 1976
RecordedJune 1975
GenreCountry
Length3:56
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Buck Owens
Producer(s)Brian Ahern
Emmylou Harris singles chronology
"If I Could Only Win Your Love"
(1975)
"Together Again"
(1976)
"One of These Days"
(1976)

"Together Again" is a 1964 song by American country singer and guitarist Buck Owens.

The song, best known as the "B" side to Owens' No. 1 hit, "My Heart Skips a Beat", interrupted that song's run at Number One on the U.S. country charts. Steel guitarist Tom Brumley's performance on "Together Again" is considered "one of the finest steel guitar solos in the history of country music" by the Country Music Television staff;[1] it inspired Jerry Garcia to learn the instrument.

Covers

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References

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  1. ^ "Tom Brumley, Member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos, Dies in Texas", Country Music Television, February 4, 2009. Accessed February 5, 2009.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 53.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 113.
  5. ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  6. ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas