Life Turned Her That Way

"Life Turned Her That Way"
Single by Mel Tillis
from the album Life Turned Her That Way
B-side"If I Could Only Start Over"
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1967
GenreCountry
Length2:18
LabelKapp KL-1514
Songwriter(s)Harlan Howard
Mel Tillis singles chronology
"Stateside"
(1966) 		"Life Turned Her That Way"
(1967) 		"Goodbye Wheeling"
(1967)
"Life Turned Her That Way"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album Wild-Eyed Dream
B-side"I Don't Care"
ReleasedDecember 7, 1987[1]
RecordedOctober 14, 1986[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:22
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Harlan Howard
Producer(s)Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"Somebody Lied"
(1987) 		"Life Turned Her That Way"
(1987) 		"Don't We All Have the Right"
(1988)

"Life Turned Her That Way" is a song written by Harlan Howard and first recorded by American country music artist Little Jimmy Dickens in 1965. Mel Tillis recorded it in 1967 and released it as a single in February and was his seventh chart entry. Ricky Van Shelton would also later record it and release it as a single. It was the fourth single released from his debut album, Wild-Eyed Dream. Released in late 1987, it was his second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 1988.[2]

  1. ^ a b Greatest Hits Plus (CD). Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia Records. 1992. 52753.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310.