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Released on RCA Victor, also Starman (David Bowie), The Passenger (Iggy Pop) and Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
Part of Only the Greatest, also Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line, Walk On Out of My Mind and California Sunshine
Written by Jackson King, also Just for You, The Singing Star’s Queen (Johnny Cash) and Wave Goodbye to Me
Written by Jimmy Rule, also Back Street Affair (Webb Pierce) and I Was Coming Home to You (Lefty Frizzell)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Waylon Jennings wrote 123 songs on fono
Waylon Jennings’s most frequent co-writer is Roger Murrah (17 songs together)
Jimmy Rule first appears on fono in 1952, 16 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Jackson King, Jimmy Rule and Waylon Jennings
- Part of
- Only the Greatest
- Released on
- RCA Victor
- Written by
- Jackson King, Jimmy Rule and Waylon Jennings
- Part of
- Only the Greatest
- Released on
- RCA Victor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Jackson King
Same writer: Jimmy Rule
Same label: RCA Victor
Same release: Only the Greatest
Same writer: Jackson King
Same writer: Jimmy Rule
Same label: RCA Victor
Same release: Only the Greatest
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was written by Jackson King
Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was written by Jackson King
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was written by Jimmy Rule
Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was written by Jimmy Rule
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was written by Waylon Jennings
Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was written by Waylon Jennings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) is part of the release Only the Greatest
Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) is part of the release Only the Greatest
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz RCA Victor is the label of the song Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down)
RCA Victor is the label of the song Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was released on 1968-07
Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down) was released on 1968-07
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026