"God Bless America Again" | ||||
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Single by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn | ||||
from the album United Talent | ||||
A-side | The Letter | |||
B-side | God Bless America Again | |||
Released | June 1976 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | April 15, 1976 Bradley Barn Mount Juliet, Tennessee |
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Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:14 | |||
Label | MCA Records 40572 | |||
Writer(s) | Bobby Bare and Boyce Hawkins | |||
Producer | Owen Bradley | |||
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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"God Bless America Again" is a country music song written by Bobby Bare and Boyce Hawkins. A patroitic hymn pleading for God's forgiveness of the United States and His guidance over the country, the song was first recorded and made famous by Bare. Released as a single in 1969, Bare's version reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 16 |
Many artists recorded "God Bless America Again" through the years, including Jan Howard, Jim & Jesse, Billy Preston, Tex Ritter, Floyd Van Laningham, Dee Vickery, Ray Charles, and Bob Whitlock.[1]
Also recording a cover version were Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, whose duet recording was the B-side to their No. 3 country hit "The Letter." The Twitty-Lynn version, released in 1976, featured Twitty speaking the verses while Lynn sang the refrain.