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"Precious Memories" is a traditional gospel song credited to J. B. F. Wright in 1925. Wright was born in Tennessee on February 21, 1877. The song has been performed by a wide variety of famous recording artists, including Tammy Wynette, Bill Monroe, Rosetta Tharpe, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Daniel O'Donnell, Gerry Rafferty, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, a duet by George Jones and Patti Page, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, J. J. Cale, and James Blackwood's quartet. [1]
Waylon Jennings recorded the song for the closing act of his 1976-album, Are You Ready for the Country and is incorrectly along with Ken Mansfield given co-writing credits when neither played any role in writing the song.
Dolly Parton recorded the song on her 1999 Dollywood-exclusive album benefitting the Dollywood Foundation, Precious Memories . Her sister, Stella Parton, recorded the song for her gospel album Appalachian Gospel.
A cover by The Stanley Brothers can be heard on Rick Grimes' (Andrew Lincoln) radio at the beginning of The Walking Dead fourth-season premiere episode, "30 Days Without An Accident". Susan Raye's cover was in the opening and closing credits sequences of Paul Schrader's 1979 crime drama, Hardcore .
An acappella version was recorded by "The Freedom Singers" from Boston Church of Christ in 1988.
A version by Sister Rosetta Tharpe was played in the opening credits to the 1990 film To Sleep with Anger .
Aretha Franklin recorded a live version of the song for her album Amazing Grace (1972) and Ronnie Milsap for his album Then Sings My Soul (2009).
