Some Memories Just Won't Die

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"Some Memories Just Won't Die"
Single by Marty Robbins
from the album Come Back to Me
B-side "Lover Lover"
ReleasedApril 6, 1982
Genre Country
Length3:20
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Bobby Lee Springfield
Producer(s) Bob Montgomery [1]
Marty Robbins singles chronology
"Teardrops in My Heart"
(1981)
"Some Memories Just Won't Die"
(1982)
"Tie Your Dream to Mine"
(1982)

"Some Memories Just Won't Die" is a song written by Bobby Lee Springfield, and recorded by American country music artist Marty Robbins. It was released in April 1982 as the first single from his album Come Back to Me. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart [2] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [3] On June 6, 1983, at the 17th annual Music City News Country Awards in Nashville, the song was named "Single of the Year" for 1982, giving Robbins a posthumous honor.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. "Billboard". 26 June 1982.
  2. Marty Robbins Billboard Singles
  3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".
  4. "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.