The King is Gone ( So Are You ) - Wikipedia The King is Gone ( So Are You ) This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2015 ) `` The King Is Gone ( So Are You ) '' Single by George Jones from the album One Woman Man Released Genre Country Length 3 : 22 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Roger D. Ferris Producer ( s ) Billy Sherrill George Jones singles chronology `` I 'm a One Woman Man '' ( 1988 ) `` The King Is Gone ( So Are You ) '' ( 1989 ) `` Writing on the Wall '' ( 1989 ) `` I 'm a One Woman Man '' ( 1988 ) `` The King Is Gone ( So Are You ) '' ( 1989 ) `` Writing on the Wall '' ( 1989 ) `` The King Is Gone ( So Are You ) '' is a novelty song written by Roger D. Ferris and recorded by American country singer George Jones. Contents 1 Background 2 Release history 3 Chart performance 4 References Background The song is about a man who uses the occasion of a breakup to open a bottle of Jim Beam which is shaped like Elvis Presley, the head of the deceased singer forming the bottle top. He further prepares for an evening of drinking by soaking the label off a Flintstones jelly jar in order to better use it as a glass. The jar, like the bourbon bottle, is in the shape of a personage : the fictional cartoon character Fred Flintstone. Filling the label-less jar up to `` Fred 's pelvis '' -- the middle of the jar -- he drinks so much that, at 10 : 00pm, he begins to talk with each character ( Fred and Elvis ), regarding them both as his drinking buddies. The song continues by saying that the conversation eventually turns to women, with Elvis advising to, `` find ' em young '' and Fred saying, `` Ol ' fashioned girls are fun. '' This first phrase is an allusion to Presley 's having started a relationship with his wife, Priscilla Anne Wagner, when she was 14 years old. It became a live favorite for Jones and was included on the 1994 Sony box set The Essential George Jones : The Spirit of Country. Release history Initially, the composition had been titled `` Ya Ba Da Ba Do ( So Are You ) '' but the song 's publisher changed the title to avoid a legal entanglement ; early pressings of the LP contain this original title. The single marked the end of Jones ' remarkable run at the top of the Billboard country singles chart, where he had been a constant presence for over thirty years ; he would never again make the Top 25 with a solo single until 1993 's `` Hi - Tech Redneck. '' Chart performance Chart ( 1989 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 26 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 31 References George Jones Studio albums Grand Ole Opry 's New Star ( 1956 ) Hillbilly Hit Parade Long Live King George Country Church Time White Lightning and Other Favorites George Jones Salutes Hank Williams Sings Country and Western Hits Sings from the Heart George Jones Sings Bob Wills Homecoming in Heaven My Favorites of Hank Williams I Wish Tonight Would Never End Blue & Lonesome George Jones Sings Like the Dickens ! Mr. Country & Western Music New Country Hits Old Brush Arbors Country Heart Love Bug I 'm a People We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at `` 4033 '' Walk Through This World with Me Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier If My Heart Had Windows I 'll Share My World with You Where Grass Wo n't Grow Will You Visit Me on Sunday ? George Jones with Love George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne George Jones ( We Can Make It ) A Picture of Me ( Without You ) Nothing Ever Hurt Me ( Half as Bad as Losing You ) In a Gospel Way The Grand Tour Memories of Us The Battle Alone Again I Wanta Sing Bartender 's Blues I Am What I Am Still the Same Ole Me Shine On Jones Country You 've Still Got a Place in My Heart Ladies ' Choice Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes Wine Colored Roses Too Wild Too Long One Woman Man You Oughta Be Here with Me And Along Came Jones Walls Can Fall High - Tech Redneck I Lived to Tell It All It Do n't Get Any Better Than This Cold Hard Truth The Rock : Stone Cold Country 2001 The Gospel Collection Hits I Missed... And One I Did n't Collaborative albums What 's in Our Hearts A King & Two Queens Bluegrass Hootenanny Famous Country Duets George Jones and Gene Pitney : For the First Time ! Two Great Singers George Jones and Gene Pitney ( Recorded in Nashville ! ) It 's Country Time Again ! We Go Together Me and the First Lady We Love to Sing About Jesus Let 's Build a World Together We 're Gonna Hold On George & Tammy & Tina Golden Ring My Very Special Guests Double Trouble Together Again A Taste of Yesterday 's Wine Friends in High Places The Bradley Barn Sessions George and Tammy Super Hits One God 's Country : George Jones and Friends Kickin ' Out the Footlights... Again Burn Your Playhouse Down -- The Unreleased Duets Compilations Hits by George Anniversary -- 10 Years of Hits By Request First Time Live Super Hits Super Hits, Volume 2 16 Biggest Hits Live with the Possum 50 Years of Hits Related articles Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards This 1980s country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote the song the king is gone
Answer: Roger D. Ferris