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Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) (song)

Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) (song)

1973 single by Tanya Tucker


"Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" is a song written by David Allan Coe and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in December 1973 as the first single and title track from the album Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone). It topped the U.S. country chart on March 30, 1974, for one week and was Tucker's third number-one song on the chart.[1] On the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at number 46. Only her 1975 number-one country hit, "Lizzie and the Rainman", performed better on the pop chart.

Quick Facts Single by Tanya Tucker, from the album ...

Background

John Lomax III stated that he was present when David Allen Coe heard the song If I Needed You by Townes Van Zandt and asked to use it. Van Zandt gave permission as long as he was credited as a writer, but instead Coe copied the subject matter and melody for "Would You Lay With Me" and did not credit Townes Van Zandt.[2]

Chart performance

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Cover versions


References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 357.
  2. Saviano, Tamara (October 31, 2016). Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark (Hardcover ed.). Texas A&M University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-1623494544.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 314. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Go-Set Australian charts - 20 July 1974". www.poparchives.com.au. Archived from the original on 2007-09-08.
  5. "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. 30 December 1974. Retrieved 15 January 2022 via Imgur.
  6. "Svensk mediedatabas". Retrieved 23 May 2011.



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