For the Good Times (song)

"For the Good Times"
Single by Bill Nash
A-side"We Had All The Good Things Going"
Released1968
GenreCountry
LabelSmash
Songwriter(s)Kris Kristofferson
Producer(s)Jerry Kennedy
Official audio
"For the Good Times" on YouTube
"For the Good Times"
Single by Ray Price
from the album For the Good Times
B-side"Grazin' in Greener Pastures"
ReleasedJune 1970
RecordedMarch 1970
StudioColumbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:47
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Kris Kristofferson
Producer(s)Don Law
Ray Price singles chronology
"You Wouldn't Know Love"
(1970)
"For the Good Times"
(1970)
"I Won't Mention It Again"
(1971)
Official audio
"For the Good Times" on YouTube

"For the Good Times" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson, first recorded by singer Bill Nash in 1968 before appearing on Kristofferson's own debut album in June 1970. After a recording by Ray Price became a #1 hit single in June of that year, the song established Kristofferson as one of country and popular music's top songwriters while giving Price his first chart-topping country and western song in 11 years.[2]

"For the Good Times" continued to be recorded by a number of artists in subsequent years, to popular success. It became a staple of soul singer Al Green's concert repertoire in the 1970s,[3] also featuring as a studio recording on his 1972 album I'm Still in Love with You.[4] A version by Perry Como spent 27 weeks on the UK Singles Chart peaking at #7 in August 1973 and spent 13 weeks on the Irish Singles Chart, peaking at #1 for 2 weeks in November 1973.[5][6]

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  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Al Green's Greatest Hits Volume II". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-025-1. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Awkward, Michael (2007). Soul Covers: Rhythm and Blues Remakes and the Struggle for Artistic Identity (Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Phoebe Snow). Duke University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0822389491.
  5. ^ "PERRY COMO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2023-06-30.