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Produced by Billy Sherrill, also Seven Spanish Angels (Ray Charles), The Minute You’re Gone (Cliff Richard) and The Most Beautiful Girl (Charlie Rich)
Released on F-Beat, also Shipbuilding, Clubland and Everyday I Write the Book
Written by Jerry Chesnut, also Love of a Rolling Stone (Bonnie Tyler), Holding on to Nothin’ (Porter Wagoner) and No More Hanging On (Jerry Lee Lewis)
Part of Almost Blue, also Brown to Blue, Colour of the Blues and How Much I Lied
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Billy Sherrill produced 79 songs on fono
Jerry Chesnut wrote 23 songs on fono
Billy Sherrill’s most frequent co-producer is Lou Robin (8 songs together)
Billy Sherrill first appears on fono in 1962, 19 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Jerry Chesnut
- Produced by
- Billy Sherrill
- Performed by
- Elvis Costello
- Part of
- Almost Blue
- Released on
- F-Beat
- Written by
- Jerry Chesnut
- Produced by
- Billy Sherrill
- Performed by
- Elvis Costello
- Part of
- Almost Blue
- Released on
- F-Beat
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Billy Sherrill
Same writer: Jerry Chesnut
Same label: F-Beat
Same release: Almost Blue
Same producer: Billy Sherrill
Same writer: Jerry Chesnut
Same label: F-Beat
Same release: Almost Blue
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Good Year for the Roses was performed by Elvis Costello
A Good Year for the Roses was performed by Elvis Costello
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz A Good Year for the Roses was produced by Billy Sherrill
A Good Year for the Roses was produced by Billy Sherrill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Good Year for the Roses was written by Jerry Chesnut
A Good Year for the Roses was written by Jerry Chesnut
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Good Year for the Roses is part of the release Almost Blue
A Good Year for the Roses is part of the release Almost Blue
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz F-Beat is the label of the song A Good Year for the Roses
F-Beat is the label of the song A Good Year for the Roses
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz A Good Year for the Roses was released on 1981-10-23
A Good Year for the Roses was released on 1981-10-23
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026