Things Have Gone to Pieces
"Things Have Gone to Pieces" is a song written by Leon Payne and originally recorded by country music artist George Jones.
It was Jones' first single after signing with the Musicor label and spent a total of twenty-one weeks on the "Billboard" survey, peaking at #9 in 1965.
It was a solo that Jones released on his 1965 album with Gene Pitney, "For the First Time!
Two Great Stars - George Jones and Gene Pitney".
The song lists a litany of negative events that have befallen the narrator since his lover has left him.
Despite its comically melodramatic premise, Jones delivers one of his most bluesy, soulful vocals that give the words resonance.
In his 2016 Jones memoir "The Grand Tour", biographer Rich Kienzle asserts, "George's peerless approach elevated this simple ballad to a masterpiece that became his first solo hit on Musicor in the spring of 1965.
Today it remains a high point of his six years with the label."
Merle Haggard would record the song for the second Jones/Haggard duet album "Kickin' Out the Footlights...
Again" in 2006.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
George Jones
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter.
He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "
He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing.
For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer.
Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved."
Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "
It's AlrightIf
we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.
" The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".
Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven and was given a guitar at the age of nine.
He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951.
He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953.
He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954.
In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer.
His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later.
Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones".
After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999.
Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure.
During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists.
Robert Christgau has called him "honky-tonk's greatest honky".
Monkey Gone to Heaven
" Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies and is the seventh track on their 1989 album" Doolittle".
The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and was produced by Gil Norton.
Referencing environmentalism and biblical numerology, the song's lyrics mirrored themes that were explored in" DoolittleMonkey Gone to Heaven" was the first Pixies song to feature guest musicians: two cellists, Arthur Fiacco and Ann Rorich, and two violinists, Karen Karlsrud and Corine Metter.
" Monkey Gone to Heaven" was released as the first single from" Doolittle" in the United States and United Kingdom.
As the band had signed to Elektra Records shortly before, the single also marked their first American and major label release.
It was critically well- received;" Rolling Stone"'s David Fricke said" Monkey Gone to Heaven" was" a corrosive, compelling meditation on God and garbage".
In the years since its release, the song has received several accolades from music publications.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is a British singer of Greek Cypriot descent, and is the singer for the indie rock band One eskimO.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Panda (Astro song)
" Panda" is a song of the Chilean band Astro and is the fifth song of the homonymous album of the year 2011.
The song was composed and produced by the singer of the band Andrés Nusser and released like third single of the album on February 1, 2013.
Dáithí Sproule
Dáithí Sproule( born 23 May 1950) is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music.
His niece is the singer Claire Sproule.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.

Question: What nationality is the performer of song Things Have Gone To Pieces?
Answer: American