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Released on RCA, also The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon) and Last Nite (The Strokes)
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)
Produced by Richie Albright, also Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys), Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand and I’ve Always Been Crazy
Part of I’ve Always Been Crazy, also Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand, I’ve Always Been Crazy and Girl I Can Tell (You’re Trying to Work It Out)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Waylon Jennings wrote 123 songs on fono
Shel Silverstein wrote 121 songs on fono
Waylon Jennings’s most frequent co-producer is Jimmy Bowen (34 songs together)
Waylon Jennings’s most frequent co-writer is Roger Murrah (17 songs together)
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Shel Silverstein and Waylon Jennings
- Produced by
- Richie Albright and Waylon Jennings
- Part of
- I’ve Always Been Crazy
- Released on
- RCA and RCA Victor
- Written by
- Shel Silverstein and Waylon Jennings
- Produced by
- Richie Albright and Waylon Jennings
- Part of
- I’ve Always Been Crazy
- Released on
- RCA and RCA Victor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Shel Silverstein
Same producer: Richie Albright
Same label: RCA
Same release: I’ve Always Been Crazy
Same label: RCA Victor
Same writer: Shel Silverstein
Same label: RCA
Same release: I’ve Always Been Crazy
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Long Time Ago was produced by Richie Albright
A Long Time Ago was produced by Richie Albright
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz A Long Time Ago was produced by Waylon Jennings
A Long Time Ago was produced by Waylon Jennings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Long Time Ago was written by Shel Silverstein
A Long Time Ago was written by Shel Silverstein
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Long Time Ago was written by Waylon Jennings
A Long Time Ago was written by Waylon Jennings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz A Long Time Ago is part of the release I’ve Always Been Crazy
A Long Time Ago is part of the release I’ve Always Been Crazy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song A Long Time Ago
RCA is the label of the song A Long Time Ago
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz RCA Victor is the label of the song A Long Time Ago
RCA Victor is the label of the song A Long Time Ago
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz A Long Time Ago was released on 1978-09