"Which group had number 1 hits in the 1980's with ""It's a sin"", ""Heart"" and "" Always on my mind""?"
Always on My Mind of the time performing cover versions of his hits. The Pet Shop Boys' performance was so well-received that the duo decided to record the song and release it as a single. This version became the UK's Christmas number one single that year. It went on to top the charts for four weeks in total, and reached number four on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. The Pet Shop Boys version introduces a harmonic variation not present in the original version. In the original the ending phrase "always on my mind" is sung to a IV-V-I cadence (C-D-G). The Pet Shop Boys
Always on My Mind a double sided hit reaching number 16 on "Billboard" magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in November 1972. In the UK "Always on My Mind" was the hit song and "Separate Ways" was the B-side. It was voted the number 1 song of Presley's recording career in a poll conducted by ITV in 2013. In 1979, John Wesley Ryles reached number 20 on the US country charts with his rendition, entitled "You Are Always on My Mind", from the album "Let the Night Begin". The rendition was produced by Bob Montgomery. A review in "Billboard" praised the "brightly mixed vocals" and