Single Song Sunday Morning Coming Down

 

With apologies to Ernie for crashing his Single Song Sunday  series  but I don't think this particular song has featured there before.

I suspect that most of you know that the epic Sunday Morning Coming Down was written by Kris Kristofferson. What you may not know  (I certainly didn't)  is that it was first recorded in 1969 by Ray Stevens (of The Streak "fame") prior to becoming a No 1 hit on the Billboard US Country chart for Johnny Cash

Ray's version popped up in The Originals - Country Edition from Any Major Dude With Half a Heart which popped up on a memory stick the other day. That sounds like a candidate for a Single Song Sunday I said to Mrs CC before explaining Ernie's original concept.

He has already been namechecked so Johnny Cash seems the logical person to feature next. There must be many folk out there who think he wrote this one .

Sticking with Johnny Dean Owens is up next with a version from his album Cashback - Songs I Learned from Johnny

Next up is a version from Boz Boorer who was a member of the Polecats prior to working with M*******y

Finally we have a couple from the man himself. Firstly he is accompanied by Steve Earle prior to delivering the definitive version,

I have not been able to come up with a Mandatory Reggae Version. Perhaps Ernie will if he has forgiven me for stealing his thunder.

Ray Stevens -Sunday Morning Coming Down

Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Dean Owens - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Boz Boorer -Sunday Morning Coming Down

Kris Kristofferson & Steve Earle -Sunday Morning Coming Down

Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down