He Stopped Loving Her Today: George Jones, Billy Sherrill, and the Pretty-Much Totally True Story of the Making of the Greatest Country Record of All Time

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HeStoppedLovingHerToday This page intentionally left blank University Press of MississiPPi /Jackson JackISenHour GeorGe Jones, Billy sherrill, and THe Pretty-MUchtotally trUe storyof THe MakinG of THe Greatest Country reCord of all tiMe HeSTopped LovIngHerToday American Made Music Series David Evans, General Editor Barry Jean Ancelet Edward A. Berlin Joyce J. Bolden Rob Bowman Susan C. Cook Curtis Ellison William Ferris John Edward Hasse Kip Lornell Bill Malone Eddie S. Meadows Manuel H. Peña David Sanjek Wayne D. Shirley Robert Walser www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” © 1984 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Copyright © 2011 by Jack Isenhour All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2011 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Isenhour, Jack. He stopped loving her today : George Jones, Billy Sherrill , and the pretty-much totally true story of the making of the greatest country record of all time / Jack Isenhour. p. cm. — (American made music series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61703-101-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-102-1 (ebook) 1. Country music—History and criticism. 2. Country music—Production and direction —History. 3. Jones, George, 1931– 4. Sherrill, Billy. I. Title. ML3524.I84 2011 781.64209—dc22 2011004411 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available fordana This page intentionally left blank ...