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1959 (John Anderson song)

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"'1959'" is a song written by Gary Gentry, and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in November 1980 as the fifth single from the album 'John Anderson'. The song reached #7 on the 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was covered by John Prine on the 2022 John Anderson tribute album 'Something Borrowed, Something New'.

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The singer reflects on the year 1959, particularly a relationship he had that year with a girl named Betty, to whom he is singing the song. The "most important thing" for them was making sure the singer's truck had gas so they could go to the drive-in movie. He was drafted into the military after graduation, and Betty married someone else while he was away. He cries whenever he reads the letters she wrote to him, promising she would never leave him. He has even kept the old truck he had that year (in which the couple "went all the way"), and looking at it takes him "back to '59."

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Category:1980 singles

Category:John Anderson (musician) songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Norro Wilson

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:1980 songs

Category:Songs written by Gary Gentry (songwriter)


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