That’s All That Matters, a song written by Hank Cochran, was first recorded by Ray Price for the Columbia label, on December 18, 1963, and released on February 4, 1964, after its release, has been versioned several times.
The most successful version is the one recorded by Mickey Gilley, for the Epic label, was recorded in February 1980, in Audio Media Studio, Nashville, TN, in the recording session of the album, Mickey was accompanied by: Rafe Van Hoy, Paul Worley, Mark Casstevens and Barry Byrd Burton (Guitar), Sonny Garrish (steel), Michael Leech and Joe Osborn (bass), Eddie Bayers, Larrie London and Kenneth Buttrey (drums), Ron Levine (fiddle), Tony Migliore (piano-7), Dennis Burnside (piano-8), Bergen White (string arr.-9), Michael Leech (strings-2), Dennis Burnside (strings-3), The Shelly Kurland Strings, Tom Brannon. Orsa Lia, Phil Forrest, Donna Levine, Diane Tidwell, Sheri Kramer & Terrry Deamore (background vocals). With the production of Jim Ed Norman, the song was released in September 1980, quickly reaching number # 1, September 19 of 1980 in the charts of US Hot Country Songs, remaining a total of 16 weeks in the charts. On the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts, it reached # 8. It was the tenth number one in Mickey Gilley’s career.
The song was included in Mickey Gilley’s thirteenth studio album, That’s All That Matters to Me (Epic 1980), on the US Top Country Albums charts, reached # 8 on October 11, 1980, and remained a 72 weeks total on the charts.
Some versions:
Ray Price 1964 (Columbia)
Kenny Price 1967 (RCA)
Glen Campbell 1968 (Capitol)
Nat Stuckey 1969 (RCA)
Roy Clark 1971 (Dot Records)
Johnny Bush 1973 (RCA)
Julius Obregon 1973 (Makai Records)
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn 1979 (MCA)
Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon 1979 (Epic)
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