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George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum." 

Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven and was given a guitar at the age of nine. He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953. He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954. In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning," written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer. His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones." After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999. Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure.

During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists. Robert Christgau has called him "honky-tonk's greatest honky"

Artist: George Jones
Title: The Great Lost Hits
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Time Life
Genre: Country
Total Time: 44:44 + 42:01

Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Walk Through This World With Me 02:18
02. I Can't Get There From Here 02:28
03. Things Have Gone To Pieces 02:53
04. Love Bug 02:02
05. If My Heart Had Windows 02:45
06. Take Me 02:46
07. Four-O-Thirty-Three 02:30
08. I'll Share My World With You 02:32
09. Say It's Not You 02:27
10. Small Time Laboring Man 02:35
11. Milwaukee, Here I Come 02:38
12. As Long As I Live 02:30
13. When The Grass Grows Over Me 02:55
14. If Not For You 03:02
15. I'm A People 02:11
16. She's Mine 02:59
17. Where Grass Won't Grow 03:13

CD 2:
01. A Good Year For The Roses 03:05
02. Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong 02:25
03. World Of Forgotten People 02:22
04. Sometimes You Just Can't Win 02:22
05. Right Won't Touch A Hand 02:09
06. A Day In The Life Of A Fool 02:15
07. Burn Another Honky Tonk Down 02:34
08. Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven 02:16
09. I'll Follow You (Up To Our Cloud) 02:38
10. Never Grow Cold 02:41
11. The Honky Tonk Downstairs 02:11
12. We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds (with Melba Montgomery) 02:36
13. Developing My Pictures 02:17
14. Old Brush Arbors 02:29
15. Beneath Still Waters 02:39
16. Feeling Single, Seeing Double 02:11
17. Will You Visit Me On Sunday 02:51

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