Gentle on My Mind ( song ) - wikipedia Gentle on My Mind ( song ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' Single by Glen Campbell from the album Gentle on My Mind B - side `` Just Another Man '' Released June 19, 1967 July 1968 ( re-release ) Format 7 '' Recorded May 17, 1967 Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California Genre Country Length 2 : 58 Label Capitol 5939 Songwriter ( s ) John Hartford Producer ( s ) Al DeLory Glen Campbell singles chronology `` Burning Bridges '' ( 1967 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' ( 1967 ) `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix '' ( 1967 ) `` Burning Bridges '' ( 1967 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' ( 1967 ) `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix '' ( 1967 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' is a song written by John Hartford, which won four 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford won the award for Best Folk Performance and Best Country & Western Song ( Songwriter ). The other two awards Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male and Best Country & Western Recording, went to American country music singer Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford 's song. The song was released in June 1967 as the only single from the album of the same name. It was re-released in July 1968 to more success. Glen Campbell 's version has received over 5 million plays on the radio. Campbell used `` Gentle on My Mind '' as the theme to his television variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour between 1969 and 1972. Dean Martin 's version, recorded in 1968, was a major hit in the United Kingdom ; three versions of the song, Campbell 's, Martin 's and Patti Page 's, all reached the top ten of the U.S. easy listening chart in 1968. The song was ranked number 16 on BMI 's Top 100 Songs of the Century. Contents 1 Composition 2 Glen Campbell 's recording 3 Chart performances 3.1 Glen Campbell version 3.2 Aretha Franklin version 3.3 Dean Martin version 3.4 Patti Page version 3.5 The Band Perry version 4 Other covers 5 References 6 External links Composition Hartford reported that he was inspired to write the song after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago when his own memories took over, and that it took about thirty minutes to write down. Hartford said of the writing : I went to see the movie Doctor Zhivago the night I wrote it. Everyone 's made a whole lot out of that. I know it gave me a feeling that caused me to start writing, but as far as saying it came from that, I do n't know. It just came from experience. While I was writing it, if I had any idea that was going to be a hit, it probably would have come out differently and it would n't have been a hit. That just came real fast, a blaze, a blur. Glen Campbell 's recording Campbell heard Hartford 's original version on the radio and decided at once that he wanted to record it. At the time, Campbell was under contract with Capitol Records as a solo artist but had little success in establishing a name for himself. Campbell gathered some of his fellow Wrecking Crew session players to come into the Capitol studio to record a demo version that he could pitch to his producer Al De Lory. Between phrases and stanzas, Campbell would yell instructions to the players. He then left the rough recording for his producer to listen to. De Lory fell in love, not only with the song, but with the recording itself. Without telling Campbell, he took the tape back into the studio and removed the unwanted verbiage from between the phrases. He then released the demo recording, which became a hit for Campbell. The song was first released in 1967, and it was released in 1968 in the wake of the success of `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix ''. It reached No. 30 on Billboard 's Country chart, and No. 39 on the Pop chart. The song however continued to received widespread airplay ; in 1990, BMI named it as the fourth-most - played song on radio ever in the United States. The song has also sold 251,000 digital copies as of August 2017 since it became available for download in the digital era. Chart performances Glen Campbell version Chart ( 1967 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 88 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 30 US Billboard Hot 100 62 Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position Canadian RPM Country Tracks 20 Canadian RPM Top Singles 60 U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 44 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 39 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 8 Aretha Franklin version American singer Aretha Franklin recorded the song in 1969 and released it as a single as the B - side to `` I Ca n't See Myself Leaving You ''. Her version peaked at number 76 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 50 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. The song was featured on her album Soul ' 69. Chart ( 1969 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 76 U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles 50 Dean Martin version American singer Dean Martin recorded the song in 1968 and released it as a single. His version peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles chart and number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Easy Listening chart. Chart ( 1969 ) Peak position United Kingdom ( The Official Charts Company ) US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) 103 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 9 Patti Page version American singer Patti Page recorded the song in 1968 and released it as a single. Her version peaked at number 66 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Easy Listening chart. Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 66 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 7 The Band Perry version `` Gentle on My Mind '' Single by The Band Perry from the album Glen Campbell : I 'll Be Me soundtrack Released September 22, 2014 ( 2014 - 09 - 22 ) Format Music download Genre Country Length 3 : 10 Label Republic Nashville Songwriter ( s ) John Hartford Producer ( s ) Dann Huff The Band Perry singles chronology `` Chainsaw '' ( 2014 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' ( 2014 ) `` Live Forever '' ( 2015 ) `` Chainsaw '' ( 2014 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' ( 2014 ) `` Live Forever '' ( 2015 ) American country music group The Band Perry recorded the song in 2014 for the soundtrack of the Glen Campbell documentary Glen Campbell : I 'll Be Me, earning a Grammy Award for Best Country Duo / Group Performance in 2015. Chart ( 2014 ) Peak position US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) 29 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 35 Other covers Altogether it has been recorded by over 300 different artists, though Campbell 's version remains the best known in the United States. The actor / singer Leonard Nimoy covered the song for his second album Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy. The album cover notes that it is `` the kind of song that Nimoy personally loves to sing. '' Elvis Presley recorded the song at American Sound Studios in Memphis in January 1969, and the song featured on the award winning album From Elvis in Memphis. Roger Miller also recorded the song for his 1968 Smash / Mercury Records release A Tender Look at Love. Frank Sinatra covered the song, as well as other Glen Campbell numbers, on his 1968 album Cycles. Dean Martin covered the song on his 1968 album ' ' Gentle on My Mind ' '. Tammy Wynette released a version in 1968 on her album, D-I-V-O-R-C-E. Connie Smith released a version in 1968 on her album Sunshine and Rain. Andy Williams released a version in 1969 on his album, Happy Heart. Bing Crosby released a version backed by the Count Basie big band in 1972 on their album, Bing ' n ' Basie. Danish singer John Mogensen recorded a Danish version of the song in 1975, entitled Ensomhedens Gade Nr. 9 ( `` Lonely Street No. 9 '' ). More recently, it was recorded by Lucinda Williams and this version was featured over the closing credits in the 2006 comedy movie Talladega Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The Moody Brothers recorded a version of the song with John Hartford playing banjo on their Friends album recorded in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1988. R.E.M. performs a cover of this song on Sounds Eclectic : The Covers Project, a covers album released by alternative radio KCRW with the participation of 15 different artists. Claude François translated the lyrics into French and recorded it as `` Si Douce A Mon Souvenir ''. In 1984, Brazilian singer - songwriter Roberto Carlos translated the lyrics into Portuguese ( with Erasmo Carlos ) and recorded it as `` Caminhoneiro '' ( `` Trucker '' in Portuguese ), played over 3.000 times on the Brazilian airwaves in just one day. Hartford sued Roberto Carlos in order to be credited as the song 's composer. A Spanish version `` El Camionero '' was also released by Carlos. American singer Frankie Ruiz covered the Spanish version in salsa. Trini Lopez included `` Gentle on My Mind '' on his Reprise Records album Welcome to Trini Country ( Reprise R - 6300 ) Johnny Cash covered the song in his last years, released posthumously his Unearthed Recordings. Benny Hill also covered the song in one of his skits. It 's titled ' The Dustbins Of Your Mind '. Crooked Fingers recorded a cover of the song for their 2010 cover album Reservoir Songs Volume Two. The Tallest Man on Earth covered this song live, starting during his Spring 2011 tour that began at Coachella 2011. Seasick Steve covered this song live, amongst other places he performed it at Carfest, UK, and during his tour in Europe in 2013. Madeleine Peyroux covered this song on her 2013 album The Blue Room. Jon Flemming Olsen covered this song in early 2014 on his album ' Immer wieder weiter ' with German lyrics. He translated only a few lines of the original. Olsen has re-written the majority of the text. It 's titled ' Das wird immer sein '. Frankie Laine covered the song on his 1968 album Take Me Back to Laine Country. Nora Aunor on her album More, More, More of Nora Aunor Billy Bragg and Joe Henry recorded the song in 2016 for their album Shine a Light : Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad. Alison Krauss covered the song for her 2017 album Windy City. References Jump up ^ Gilliland, John ( 1969 ). `` Show 40 - Ballad in Plain D: Bob Dylan. ( 1966 ) : UNT Digital Library '' ( audio ). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 29. Jump up ^ `` BMI Announces Top 100 Songs of the Century ''. Broadcast Music, Inc. 13 December 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2014. Jump up ^ Jarvey, Paul. Hartford Has a Prolific Hand ``. - Telegram & Gazette. - July 15, 1992. Jump up ^ Michael McCall and John Rumble, eds. ( February 1, 2012 ). The Encyclopedia of Country Music ( 2nd ed. ). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199920839. CS1 maint : Uses editors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( August 21, 2017 ). `` Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart : August 21, 2017 ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ `` Glen Campbell Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Glen Campbell Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Aretha Franklin Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Dean Martin Chart History ( Bubbling Under Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Patti Page Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` The Band Perry Chart History ( Country Airplay ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` The Band Perry Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Discogs.com ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Discogs.com ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017. External links Gentle on My Mind. - JohnHartford.com. Gentle on My Mind Lyrics Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Lyrics : Male & Female Version and list of other Covers at Lyrics Playground Glen Campbell Studio albums Big Bluegrass Special Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry The Astounding 12 - String Guitar of Glen Campbell The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell Burning Bridges Gentle on My Mind By the Time I Get to Phoenix Hey Little One A New Place in the Sun Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell That Christmas Feeling Wichita Lineman Galveston True Grit Try a Little Kindness Oh Happy Day Norwood The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album The Last Time I Saw Her Anne Murray / Glen Campbell The Artistry of Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell I Knew Jesus ( Before He Was a Star ) I Remember Hank Williams Houston ( I 'm Comin ' to See You ) Reunion : The Songs of Jimmy Webb Ernie Sings & Glen Picks Rhinestone Cowboy Bloodline Southern Nights Basic Highwayman Somethin ' ' Bout You Baby I Like It 's the World Gone Crazy Old Home Town Letter to Home No More Night It 's Just a Matter of Time Still Within the Sound of My Voice Light Years Favorite Hymns Walkin ' in the Sun Unconditional Love Show Me Your Way Rock - A-Doodle Wings of Victory Somebody Like That Home for the Holidays The Boy in Me Christmas with Glen Campbell A Glen Campbell Christmas My Hits and Love Songs Love Is the Answer : 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love Meet Glen Campbell Ghost on the Canvas See You There I 'll Be Me soundtrack Adiós Live albums Glen Campbell Live Live in Japan Live at the Royal Festival Hall Glen Campbell Live Glen Campbell Live ! His Greatest Hits Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony Through the Years Live - Ultimate Collection Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb : In Session Compilations Country Shindig The 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Plays 12 String Guitar Portrait Country Soul Country Music Star No. 1 The Glen Campbell Album Limited Collector 's Edition A Satisfied Mind Glen Campbell 's Greatest Hits Gentle on My Mind The Good Time Songs of Glen Campbell I 'll Paint You a Song Arkansas The Best of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell 's Twenty Golden Greats The Great Hits of Glen Campbell The Glen Campbell Collection All I Have to Do Is Dream The Very Best of Glen Campbell Presents His Hits in Concert Classics Collection Greatest Country Hits Best of the Early Years Merry Christmas All - Time Greatest Hits The Essential Glen Campbell Volume One The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Two The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Three Jesus and Me : The Collection Home at Last The Glen Campbell Collection ( 1962 -- 1989 ) Gentle on My Mind The Capitol Years 65 / 77 Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974 -- 1988 Love Songs Glen Campbell Christmas Super Hits 20 Greatest Hits Rhinestone Cowboy / Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975 -- 1976 Southern Nights / Basic All the Best The Legacy ( 1961 -- 2002 ) Rhinestone Cowboy ( New Studio Recordings ) Glen Campbell Collection Rhinestone Cowboy Live, on the Air & in the Studio Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb 1967 -- 1992 The Platinum Collection Classic Campbell Words and Music Greatest Hits Singles `` Turn Around, Look at Me '' `` Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry '' `` Long Black Limousine '' `` Guess I 'm Dumb '' `` Universal Soldier '' `` Gentle on My Mind '' `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix '' `` Hey Little One '' `` I Wanna Live '' `` Dreams of the Everyday Housewife '' `` Wichita Lineman '' `` Let It Be Me '' ( with Bobbie Gentry ) `` Galveston '' `` Where 's the Playground Susie '' `` True Grit '' `` Try a Little Kindness '' `` Honey Come Back '' `` All I Have to Do Is Dream '' ( with Bobbie Gentry ) `` Oh Happy Day '' `` Everything a Man Could Ever Need '' `` It 's Only Make Believe '' `` Dream Baby ( How Long Must I Dream ) '' `` The Last Time I Saw Her '' `` I Say a Little Prayer '' `` Oklahoma Sunday Morning '' `` Manhattan, Kansas '' `` Bonaparte 's Retreat '' `` Rhinestone Cowboy '' `` Country Boy ( You Got Your Feet in L.A. ) '' `` Do n't Pull Your Love / Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye '' `` Southern Nights '' `` Sunflower '' `` I Love How You Love Me '' `` Faithless Love '' `` A Lady Like You '' `` It 's Just a Matter of Time '' `` The Hand That Rocks the Cradle '' ( with Steve Wariner ) `` Still Within the Sound of My Voice '' `` I Remember You '' `` I Have You '' `` She 's Gone, Gone, Gone '' `` I 'm Not Gonna Miss You '' Related articles Discography Collaborative discography Videos The Wrecking Crew The Beach Boys Glen Campbell : I 'll Be Me The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Ashley Campbell Dean Martin Discography Studio albums Dean Martin Sings Swingin ' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I 'm Swingin ' ! Dino : Italian Love Songs Cha Cha de Amor French Style Dino Latino Dean `` Tex '' Martin : Country Style Dean `` Tex '' Martin Rides Again Dream with Dean The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin Hits Again ( Remember Me ) I 'm the One Who Loves You Houston Somewhere There 's a Someone Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album The Dean Martin TV Show Happiness Is Dean Martin Welcome to My World Gentle on My Mind I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am My Woman, My Woman, My Wife For the Good Times Dino Sittin ' on Top of the World You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Once in a While The Nashville Sessions Posthumous albums Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool Compilation albums Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin Dino : The Essential Dean Martin Singles `` Powder Your Face with Sunshine ( Smile, Smile, Smile ) '' `` If '' `` You Belong to Me '' `` That 's Amore '' `` Sway '' `` The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane '' `` Mambo Italiano '' `` Young and Foolish '' `` Under the Bridges of Paris '' `` Memories Are Made of This '' `` Innamorata '' `` Standing on the Corner '' `` Return to Me '' `` Angel Baby '' `` Volare '' `` On an Evening in Roma '' `` Just in Time '' `` Ai n't That a Kick in the Head ? '' `` Everybody Loves Somebody '' `` The Door Is Still Open to My Heart '' `` You 're Nobody till Somebody Loves You '' `` Send Me the Pillow You Dream On '' `` ( Remember Me ) I 'm the One Who Loves You '' `` Houston '' `` I Will '' `` Somewhere There 's a Someone '' `` Come Running Back '' `` A Million and One '' `` Nobody 's Baby Again '' `` ( Open Up the Door ) Let the Good Times In '' `` Lay Some Happiness on Me '' `` In the Chapel in the Moonlight '' `` Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me '' `` In the Misty Moonlight '' `` You 've Still Got a Place in My Heart '' `` Not Enough Indians '' `` Gentle on My Mind '' `` I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am '' `` Detroit City '' `` She 's a Little Bit Country '' `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' Related Martin and Lewis Rat Pack Deana Martin ( daughter ) Dean Paul Martin ( son ) Ricci Martin ( son ) The Rat Pack ( 1998 film ) Martin and Lewis ( 2002 film ) The Band Perry Kimberly Perry Neil Perry Reid Perry Studio albums The Band Perry ( 2010 ) Pioneer ( 2013 ) Extended plays The Band Perry ( 2010 ) Singles `` Hip to My Heart '' `` If I Die Young '' `` You Lie '' `` All Your Life '' `` Postcard from Paris '' `` Better Dig Two '' `` Done '' `` Do n't Let Me Be Lonely '' `` Chainsaw '' `` Gentle on My Mind '' `` Live Forever '' `` Comeback Kid '' `` Stay in the Dark '' Concert tours We Are Pioneers World Tour ( 2013 -- 2014 ) Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gentle_on_My_Mind_(song)&oldid=846253077 '' Categories : 1967 singles 1968 singles 1969 singles 2014 singles John Hartford songs Glen Campbell songs Patti Page songs Elvis Presley songs Burl Ives songs Aretha Franklin songs Dean Martin songs Andy Williams songs Roberto Carlos ( singer ) songs The Band Perry songs Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Capitol Records singles Republic Records singles Theme music 1967 songs Song recordings produced by Al De Lory Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Uses editors parameter Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardbubbling100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountryairplay All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from December 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Español Français Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Português Русский Svenska 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 17 June 2018, at 13 : 24. 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Question: who was the original singer of gentle on my mind
Answer: John Hartford