Mel Tillis - Life Turned Her That Way Album

Tracklist

1	If I Could Only Start Over Written-By – Bradshaw
2	Life Turned Her That Way Written-By – Howard	2:18

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
K-804	Mel Tillis	If I Could Only Start Over / Life Turned Her That Way ‎(7")	Kapp Records	K-804	US	1967
HLR 10141	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way ‎(7", Single, Promo)	London Records, London American Recordings	HLR 10141	UK	1967
K-804	Mel Tillis	If I Could Only Start Over / Life Turned Her That Way ‎(7")	Kapp Records	K-804	Canada	1967

Album

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 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Mel Tillis - Life Turned Her That Way - 11 hit in 1967 - requested by MrPetoffi - - written by Harlan Melvin Mel Tillis August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017 was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long listLonnie Melvin Mel Tillis August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017 was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list read more. Similar Artists. Play all. Jack Greene. 28,894 listeners. Mel Tillis, Life Turned Her That Way. Songwriting great Harlan Howard - the man who defined country music as three chords and the truth - masterfully straddles the line sympathetic and kind of patronizing in this sharp appraisal of how a history of heartbreak left a woman cold and bitter. Little Jimmy Dickens recorded it first. Ricky Shelton had a Number One hit with it. Heavy doesn't even begin to describe Shelby Lynne's acoustic retelling of her own fractured home life in Heaven's Only Days Down the Road. Off 2011's Revelation Road, the track turns the clock back to 1986, when Lynne was 17. Mel Tillis. Released 1967. Life Turned Her That Way Tracklist. Life Turned Her That Way Lyrics. If I Could Only Start Over Lyrics. Mel Tillis' recording of the classic Harlan Howard composition Life Turned Her That Way barely missed the country Top Ten and bubbled under the pop charts, becoming one of his most successful singles during his late-'60s term on Kapp. The album Life's That Way contains that song and several notable originals by Tillis, including his version of Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town, which is excellent except for the audible residue of a reference vocal or scrapped vocal take. That song became a hit for Johnny Darrell, and Unmitigated Gall, w. from the album Life Turned Her That Way. If I could Only Start Over. Mel Tillis record it in 1967 and release it as a single in February and was his seventh chart entry. Released in late 1987, It was his second number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks now Hot Country Songs chart in early 1988. Ricky Van Shelton. Life Turned Her That Way reached 1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was his first single to reach 1 on that chart. Life Turned Her That Way. This song is by Mel Tillis and appears on the album Life Turned Her That Way 1967. This song is a cover of Life Turned Her That Way by Little Jimmy Dickens. If she seems cold and bitter, I beg of you Just stop and consider all she's gone throughDon't be quick to condemn her for things she might sayJust remember, life turned her that way. Features Song Lyrics for Mel Tillis's Life Turned Her That Way album. Alone With You Lyrics. Mel Tillis Lyrics provided by . Do you like this album . Mel Tillis Lyrics. Life Turned Her That Way originally by Little Jimmy Dickens. If she seems cold and bitter, I beg of you Just stop and consider all she's gone through Don't be quick to condemn her for things she might say Just remember, life turned her that way. She's been stepped on and walked on so many times And I hate to admit it, but that last footprint's mine She was crying when I met her, she cries harder today So don't blame her, life turned her that way. She's been stepped on and walked on so many times And I hate to admit it, but that las