| "My Elusive Dreams" | ||||
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| Single by David Houston and Tammy Wynette | ||||
| from the album My Elusive Dreams | ||||
| B-side | "Marriage on the Rocks" | |||
| Released | June 1967 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Sherrill Curly Putman | |||
| Producer(s) | Billy Sherrill | |||
| David Houston and Tammy Wynette singles chronology | ||||
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"My Elusive Dreams" is a country music song written by Billy Sherrill and Curly Putman. Putman recorded his song in March 1967 and released it on ABC Records in June 1967, peaking at #41 on the Hot Country Singles charts and #34 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[1] The song was later recorded by several artists. The best-known version was recorded as a duet by David Houston and Tammy Wynette, and was a No. 1 country hit in October 1967; the song also peaked at No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] Wynette recorded a second duet version of My Elusive Dreams in 1973 with George Jones; this version was included on the Let's Build a World Together album. A 1975 Irish version by Philomena Begley and Ray Lynam is referenced in The Pogues’s A Pair of Brown Eyes.
- ^ Whitburn, p. 478
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.