Family Bible (song)

"Family Bible"
Single by Claude Gray
B-side"Crying in the Night"
ReleasedFebruary 1960
RecordedDecember 18, 1959
StudioGold Star (Houston, Texas)
GenreCountry, gospel
Length2:55
LabelD 1118
Songwriter(s)Willie Nelson (Attributed to Paul Buskirk, Claude Gray and Walt Breeland)
Claude Gray singles chronology
"Best Part of Me"
(1959)
"Family Bible"
(1960)
"My Party's Over"
(1960)
"Family Bible"
Single by George Jones
B-side"Taggin' Along"
ReleasedDecember 1960
Recorded1960
GenreCountry, gospel
Length3:01
LabelMercury 71721
Songwriter(s)Willie Nelson (credited to Claude Gray, Walter Breeland, Paul Buskirk)
Producer(s)Pappy Daily
George Jones singles chronology
"The Window Up Above"
(1961)
"Family Bible"
(1960)
"Tender Years"
(1960)

"Family Bible" is a song written by country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. Nelson began writing the song in 1957, while he enjoyed success as a disc jockey in KVAN, in Vancouver, Washington. After being denied a raise by the station, he moved to Houston, Texas. Due to financial issues he sold the song to Paul Buskirk.

Upon purchasing the song, Buskirk took it to singer Claude Gray. Gray's recording of the song reached number seven on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. Fueled by the success of the record, Nelson moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he enjoyed recognition for writing the song. It became part of Nelson's live performance set, and he recorded it for the first time himself for his 1971 album Yesterday's Wine.