Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man

“Stand by Your Man” – Single by Tammy Wynette from the album Stand by Your Man
B-side “I Stayed Long Enough”
Released September 20, 1968
Label Epic
Songwriters Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette
Producer Billy Sherrill
Charted No.1 in US (Bill board Hot Country Songs),; No.19 in US (Billboard Hot 100); No.15 in Canada.

It was released on September 20, 1968, as the first single and title track from the album Stand by Your Man. It proved to be the most successful record of Wynette’s career, and is one of the most familiar songs in country music. The song was placed at number one on CMT’s list of the Top 100 Country Music Songs.

Vocal accompaniment is provided by the Jordanaires, who provided background vocals on most of Wynette’s hit recordings.

This became the most successful song of Tammy Wynette’s career and has been recorded by many other singers. It hit #1 on the Country charts and found a new audience when it was featured on the soundtrack of the 1970 Jack Nicholson film, Five Easy Pieces. At the time, it was the best selling single of all time by a female country artist in America.

The song was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.[10] In 2021, it was ranked No. 473 on Rolling Stone’s “Top 500 Songs of All Time”.