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Produced by Fred Foster, also Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison), Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) (Roy Orbison) and Dream Baby (Roy Orbison)
Released on Monument, also Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) (Roy Orbison), Wide Open Spaces (The Chicks) and Why Me
Written by Shel Silverstein, also The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (Marianne Faithfull), Sylvia’s Mother (Dr. Hook) and The Cover of the Rolling Stone (Dr. Hook)
Part of The Silver Tongued Devil and I, also Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again), Jody and the Kid and The Pilgrim - Chapter 33
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Fred Foster produced 8 of Kris Kristofferson’s top 10 songs
Kris Kristofferson wrote 138 songs on fono
Shel Silverstein wrote 121 songs on fono
Kris Kristofferson’s most frequent co-writer is Stephen Bruton (11 songs together)
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein
- Produced by
- Fred Foster
- Performed by
- Joan Baez
- Released on
- Monument
- Written by
- Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein
- Produced by
- Fred Foster
- Performed by
- Joan Baez
- Released on
- Monument
Connected by credits
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Same producer: Fred Foster
Same writer: Shel Silverstein
Same label: Monument
Same release: The Silver Tongued Devil and I
Same writer: Shel Silverstein
Same label: Monument
Same release: The Silver Tongued Devil and I
Same producer: Fred Foster
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Taker was performed by Joan Baez
2MusicBrainz The Taker was produced by Fred Foster
3MusicBrainz The Taker was written by Kris Kristofferson
The Taker was written by Kris Kristofferson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Taker was written by Shel Silverstein
The Taker was written by Shel Silverstein
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Taker is part of the release The Silver Tongued Devil and I
The Taker is part of the release The Silver Tongued Devil and I
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Monument is the label of the song The Taker
Monument is the label of the song The Taker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Taker was released on 1971-07