"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 hymn was first recorded by The Turkey Mountain Singers in 1928.^[1]

In 1948, Sister Rosetta Tharpe recorded the hymn and was one of four charted singles on the US R&B chart

The song has been performed by a wide variety of famous recording artists, including:

• Bill Monroe for his album I Saw the Light (1959)^[3]
• Susan Raye for her album Hymns by Susan Raye (1973)^[4]
• Johnny Cash on his album Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories (1975)^[5]
• Willie Nelson on his album The Troublemaker (1976)^[6]
• Alan Jackson on his Precious Memories Volume II (2013)^[7]
• Emmylou Harris on her Angel Band (1987)^[8]
• Daniel O'Donnell on his album Peace in the Valley^[9]
• The Edwin Hawkins Singers on their Oh Happy Day: The Encore Collection (1997)
• In a duet by George Jones and Patti Page for Jones' album The Gospel Collection (2003)^[10]
• Jim Reeves on his album God Be with You (1959)^[11]
• Bob Dylan on his album,Knocked Out Loaded (1986)^[12]
• J. J. Cale on his album, Okie (1974)^[13]
• James Blackwood's quartet.^[14]
• Waylon Jennings recorded the song for the closing act of his 1976-album, Are You Ready for the Country,^[15] 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.^[16]
• Stella Parton, recorded the song for her gospel album Appalachian Gospel (2003)^[17]
• Aretha Franklin recorded a live version of the song for her album Amazing Grace (1972)^[18]
• Ronnie Milsap for his album Then Sings My Soul (2009)^[19]
• Gerry Rafferty on his album Rest in Blue (2021)^[20]
• An acappella version was recorded by "The Freedom Singers" from Boston Church of Christ in 1988.

• 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.
• The version by Sister Rosetta Tharpe was played in the opening credits to the 1990 film To Sleep with Anger.