Silver Threads and Golden Needles
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" is a song written by Dick Reynolds and Jack Rhodes.[1] It was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956. The original lyrics, as performed by Jackson, contain a verse not usually included in later versions, which also often differed in other minor details.
Other versions
| "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" | ||||
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| Single by Linda Ronstadt | ||||
| from the album Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969 version) Don't Cry Now (1974 single release version) | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Cry Now" | |||
| Released | February 1974 (Asylum version) | |||
| Recorded | October 3, 1968 (Capitol version) June 1973 (single version) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:21 (1969 Version) 2:28 (1974 Version) | |||
| Label | Asylum 11032 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds | |||
| Producer(s) | Chip Douglas (1968 version) J. D. Souther (1973 version) | |||
| Linda Ronstadt singles chronology | ||||
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- In September 1962 a version by UK folk-pop trio The Springfields – featuring Dusty Springfield – reached no. 20 on Billboard's Hot 100.[2] It was the first single by a British group to reach the top 20 of the Hot 100.
- Skeeter Davis recorded a version in 1962 after the Springfields hit for an album track; Davis's version was released as a single by RCA in several international markets.
- Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded a version in 1963 as an album track for his LP The All New Hawkshaw Hawkins.
- A version recorded by The Everly Brothers appears on their 1963 LP The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits.
- Rose Maddox, Capitol 1964
- Jody Miller released a version in 1965 which peaked at #54 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[3]
- Johnny Rivers recorded a live version in 1965 on the album Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go.
- Pozo-Seco Singers (featuring Don Williams) released a version in 1966.
- Hong Kong artist Nancy Sit covered the song & was released by Crane Brand Records in 1967.
- An early 1960s recording by Janis Joplin is on the 1975 Janis Joplin compilation album Janis.
- The Cowsills recorded the song on their studio album IIxII. It peaked number 77 on the US Billboard charts in September 1969.[3]
- Honey Ltd. released the song as a single in 1969.
- The Grateful Dead performed the song several times between 1966 and 1970 featuring Bob Weir on the lead vocal and Phil Lesh singing harmony.
- Linda Ronstadt recorded and released two versions of the song: the first, on her 1969 solo debut album Hand Sown ... Home Grown; the second, a country-pop crossover version for her 1973 Don't Cry Now album. The second version was released in 1973, as a single and was a top 20 country hit. This version also hit the Hot 100, entering the chart on April 6, 1974,[4] and peaking at number 67.
- English folk rock singer Sandy Denny recorded the song on her 1977 album Rendezvous and with her band Fotheringay. This version was recorded in 1970 but not completed and released until 2008. Denny significantly reworked the song into three time.
- American country singer Crystal Gayle included the song on her 1993 album Best Always.
- In 1993, the country trio Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn recorded the song together on the album Honky Tonk Angels; the song was released as a single, along with an accompanying video. It peaked at number 68 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[5] Parton had previously performed the song at numerous points over the years, including on her 1976-77 variety show, Dolly!, on which she was joined by guests Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
- In 2012, The Seekers recorded the song for their 50-year anniversary album.
References
- "Silver Threads and Golden Needles by The Springfields". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 592.
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- "www.billboard.com". www.billboard.com. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
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