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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Written by Richard Leigh, also Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Crystal Gayle), It Ain’t Gonna Worry My Mind (Ray Charles) and That’s the Thing About Love (Don Williams)
Part of For My Broken Heart, also For My Broken Heart, Is There Life Out There and If I Had Only Known
Released on Columbia House, also Bachelorette (Björk), Hunter (Björk) and Jóga (Björk)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Richard Leigh wrote 14 songs on fono
Layng Martine, Jr. wrote 13 songs on fono
Layng Martine, Jr. first appears on fono in 1969, 22 years before this song
Richard Leigh first appears on fono in 1977, 14 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Layng Martine, Jr. and Richard Leigh
- Part of
- For My Broken Heart
- Released on
- Columbia House and MCA Records
- Written by
- Layng Martine, Jr. and Richard Leigh
- Part of
- For My Broken Heart
- Released on
- Columbia House and MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Richard Leigh
Same writer: Layng Martine, Jr.
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: For My Broken Heart
Same label: Columbia House
Same writer: Richard Leigh
Same writer: Layng Martine, Jr.
Same label: MCA Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Greatest Man I Never Knew was written by Layng Martine, Jr.
The Greatest Man I Never Knew was written by Layng Martine, Jr.
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2MusicBrainz The Greatest Man I Never Knew was written by Richard Leigh
The Greatest Man I Never Knew was written by Richard Leigh
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Greatest Man I Never Knew is part of the release For My Broken Heart
The Greatest Man I Never Knew is part of the release For My Broken Heart
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4MusicBrainz Columbia House is the label of the song The Greatest Man I Never Knew
Columbia House is the label of the song The Greatest Man I Never Knew
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5MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song The Greatest Man I Never Knew
MCA Records is the label of the song The Greatest Man I Never Knew
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6MusicBrainz The Greatest Man I Never Knew was released on 1991-10-01
The Greatest Man I Never Knew was released on 1991-10-01
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026