See this dialog response. It also became the Country Music Association's Song of the Year in both 1980 and 1981. Since 1975, the singer had scored only one top ten LP (1976's "Alone Again") so Epic and Sherrill were quick to capitalize on the success of the single in 1980 by getting Jones in the studio to record some brand new songs. What came before?
CONVERSATION:Conversation: -Why did George Jones change his mind?. -Sherrill also claims that Jones frustrated him by continually singing the song to the melody of the Kris Kristofferson hit "Help Me Make It Through the Night".. -Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?. -In the 1989 "Same Ole Me" retrospective, Sherrill recalls a heated exchange during one recording session: "I said 'That's not the melody!' and he said ' Yeah, but it's a better melody.' I said 'It might be—Kristofferson would think so too, it's his melody!' " In the same documentary, Sherrill claims that Jones was in such bad physical shape during this period that "the recitation was recorded 18 months after the first verse was" and added that the last words Jones said about "He Stopped Loving Her Today" was "Nobody'll buy that morbid son of a bitch".. -Did he win any awards?. -A big part of Jones' success over the years was that he could always smell a hit but this time his instincts were woefully off.. -Did he have any other influences?. -Although he had disliked "He Stopped Loving Her Today" when it was first offered to him, Jones ultimately gave the song credit for reviving his flagging career, stating that "a four-decade career had been salvaged by a three-minute song.. -Did anyone else have success with the song?. -" It was more like a phenomenon than a song; Jones earned the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1980 and the Academy of Country Music awarded the song Single of the Year and Song of the Year in 1980.. -What did you find most interesting about the article?. -