What Would Your Memories Do

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"What Would Your Memories Do"
Single by Vern Gosdin
from the album There Is a Season
B-side "Love Me Right to the End"
Released July 1984
Genre Country
Length2:48
Label Compleat
Songwriter(s) Hank Cochran
Dean Dillon
Producer(s) Blake Mevis
Vern Gosdin singles chronology
"I Can Tell by the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)"
(1984)
"What Would Your Memories Do"
(1984)
"Slow Burning Memory"
(1984)

"I Can Tell by the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)"
(1984)
"What Would Your Memories Do"
(1984)
"Slow Burning Memory"
(1984)

"What Would Your Memories Do" is a song written by Dean Dillon and Hank Cochran, and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in July 1984 as the second single from his album There Is a Season. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1]

Dean Dillon is an American country music artist and songwriter. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Since 1993, Dillon has continued to write hit songs for other artists, most notably George Strait. In 2002, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dillon is the father of country music songwriter, Jessie Jo Dillon, and the two often collaborate.

Hank Cochran American country musician

Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others. Cochran was also a recording artist between 1962 and 1980, scoring seven times on the Billboard country music charts, with his greatest solo success being the No. 20 "Sally Was a Good Old Girl." In 2014, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Vern Gosdin American country music singer

Vernon Gosdin was an American country music singer. Known as "The Voice" he had 19 top-10 solo hits on the country music charts from 1977 through 1990. Three of these hits went to Number One: "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance ", "Set 'Em Up Joe", and "I'm Still Crazy".

An unreleased version of the song was recorded by George Strait in the 1980s. The version was later included on the 1995 box-set, Strait Out of the Box .

George Strait American country music singer

George Harvey Strait Sr. is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. George Strait is known as the "King of Country" and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy look, and being one of the first and main country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop country era in the 1980s.

<i>Strait Out of the Box</i> 1995 box set by George Strait

Strait Out of the Box is the first box set album by American country music artist George Strait. It contains four albums worth of music, dating from 1976 to 1995. It mainly consists of Strait's singles, except for a select few that Strait decided to exclude. They were replaced by Strait's choice of album cuts and several studio outtakes. It also contains Strait's three singles recorded in the 1970s for indie label D Records, one of which, "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This", was re-recorded for Strait's 2013 album Love Is Everything.

Chart performance

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks9

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