Sings Kristofferson

1979 studio album by Willie Nelson

Sings Kristofferson

Studio album by

Willie Nelson

Released

October 1979

Genre

Country

Length

42:26

Label

Columbia

Producer

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson chronology

Stardust
(1978)

Sings Kristofferson
(1979)

Pretty Paper
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Sings Kristofferson is a studio album recorded by Willie Nelson in 1979 consisting of covers of Kris Kristofferson songs. It reached No. 5 on the US Country albums chart, No. 42 on the US Pop albums charts, and was certified gold in Canada and platinum in the US.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kris Kristofferson; except Track 1 where it was composed by Fred Foster, Kristofferson

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Me and Bobby McGee"	5:40
2.	""Help Me Make It Through the Night""	3:57
3.	"The Pilgrim, Chapter 33"	3:33
4.	"Why Me"	3:52
5.	"For the Good Times"	5:24
6.	"You Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine)"	3:54
7.	"Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"	5:50
8.	"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"	7:02
9.	"Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"	2:48
Total length:		42:26

Personnel

Willie Nelson – lead vocals, guitar
Jody Payne – guitar
Bobbie Nelson – piano
Rex Ludwick – drums
Paul English – drums
Bee Spears – bass guitar
Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Jerry Reed – electric guitar on "You Show Me Yours"
Grady Martin – electric guitar on You Show Me Yours," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
Albert Lee – electric guitar on "The Pilgrim"
Booker T. Jones – organ on "Why Me"
Kris Kristofferson – backing vocals

Technical

Bradley Hartman, Harold Lee - engineer
Norman Seeff - photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	64
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	1
US Billboard 200^[4]	42
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	23

References

^ "Sings Kristofferson Review by Jim Smith". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 499.
^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

Willie Nelson

Studio albums

1960s	...And Then I Wrote Here's Willie Nelson Country Willie: His Own Songs Country Favorites – Willie Nelson Style Make Way for Willie Nelson The Party's Over Texas in My Soul Good Times My Own Peculiar Way
1970s	Both Sides Now Laying My Burdens Down Willie Nelson and Family Yesterday's Wine The Words Don't Fit the Picture The Willie Way Shotgun Willie Phases and Stages Red Headed Stranger The Sound in Your Mind The Troublemaker To Lefty from Willie Waylon & Willie Stardust One for the Road Sings Kristofferson Pretty Paper The Electric Horseman
1980s	San Antonio Rose Honeysuckle Rose Family Bible Somewhere Over the Rainbow Always On My Mind In the Jailhouse Now WWII Pancho & Lefty Tougher Than Leather Take It to the Limit Without a Song Angel Eyes City of New Orleans Music from Songwriter Me & Paul Partners The Promiseland Island in the Sea Seashores of Old Mexico What a Wonderful World A Horse Called Music
1990s	Born for Trouble The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? Clean Shirt Across the Borderline Moonlight Becomes You Six Hours at Pedernales Healing Hands of Time Just One Love Augusta Spirit How Great Thou Art Teatro Night and Day
2000s	Tales Out of Luck (Me and the Drummer) Milk Cow Blues Rainbow Connection The Great Divide Nacogdoches It Always Will Be Countryman You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Songbird Last of the Breed Moment of Forever Willie and the Wheel American Classic
2010s	Country Music Remember Me, Vol. 1 Heroes Let's Face the Music and Dance To All the Girls... Band of Brothers December Day Django and Jimmie Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price God's Problem Child Willie Nelson and the Boys Last Man Standing My Way Ride Me Back Home
2020s	First Rose of Spring That's Life The Willie Nelson Family A Beautiful Time I Don't Know a Thing About Love Bluegrass The Border

Live albums

Country Music Concert
Willie Nelson Live
Willie and Family Live
VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
All of Me – Live in Concert
Willie Nelson & Friends – Stars & Guitars
Live and in'
Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Outlaws and Angels
Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia
Two Men with the Blues
Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles

Compilations

Columbus Stockade Blues
Country Winners
The Best of Willie Nelson
Spotlight on Willie Nelson
Country Willie
What Can You Do to Me Now
The Longhorn Jamboree Presents: Willie Nelson & His Friends
Willie – Before His Time
Face of a Fighter
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
Sweet Memories
Always
Willie Nelson: His Very Best
Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
The Minstrel Man
The Best of Willie Nelson
20 of the Best
Collector's Series
Half Nelson
Love Songs
Yours Always
The Hungry Years
Any Old Arms Won't Do
Super Hits
Super Hits, Volume 2
Revolutions of Time...The Journey 1975/1993
Willie Standard Time
16 Biggest Hits
Good Ol' Country Singin'
All the Songs I've Loved Before: 40 Unforgettable Songs
Crazy: The Demo Sessions
The Essential Willie Nelson
Songs
16 Biggest Hits, Volume II
One Hell of a Ride
Playlist: The Very Best of Willie Nelson
Legend: The Best of Willie Nelson
Naked Willie
Lost Highway

Books

Willie: An Autobiography
The Facts of Life: And Other Dirty Jokes
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road
It's a Long Story: My Life
Pretty Paper

Trigger
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Farm Aid
Fourth of July Picnic
Willie Nelson statue
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Willie's Reserve
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Willie's Roadhouse
Luck Films
Pedernales Country Club
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Outlaw country
Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
The Western Express
Bobbie Nelson
Shirley Collie Nelson
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
Come and Toke It
Wanted! The Outlaws

Category

v t e Kris Kristofferson
Discography Filmography
Albums	Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil and I Border Lord Jesus Was a Capricorn Spooky Lady's Sideshow Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame Surreal Thing A Star Is Born Easter Island Shake Hands with the Devil To the Bone The Winning Hand Music from Songwriter Repossessed Third World Warrior A Moment of Forever The Austin Sessions This Old Road Closer to the Bone The Cedar Creek Sessions
With Rita Coolidge	Full Moon Breakaway Natural Act
Live	Live at the Philharmonic Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco
Compilation albums	Songs of Kristofferson The Essential Kris Kristofferson Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection
Songs	"For the Good Times" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" "Why Me" "Me and Bobby McGee" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" "Nobody Wins" "Loving Arms" "Lover Please" "They Killed Him" "The Heart" "One Day at a Time"
See also	The Highwaymen Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson