My Elusive Dreams

"My Elusive Dreams"
Single by David Houston and Tammy Wynette
from the album My Elusive Dreams
B-side"Marriage on the Rocks"
ReleasedJune 1967
GenreCountry
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Billy Sherrill
Curly Putman
Producer(s)Billy Sherrill
David Houston and Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"My Elusive Dreams"
(1967)
"It's All Over"
(1968)

"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.

  1. ^ Whitburn, p. 478
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.