The many versions of the classic tune by songwriters Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds
Wanda Jackson 1956
The Springfields (Dusty Springfield) 1962
The Springfields’ version of “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” reached the U.S. Top 20 (Billboard), No. 23 (Cash Box), the first single by a British group ever to do so
Norma Jean 1962
On the Porter Wagoner Show
Dottie West 1962
On the Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry Show with Skeeter Willis on fiddle
Skeeter Davis 1962
Rose Maddox 1964 (faster tempo … with a rock beat)
Glen Campbell [gt/vcl], Roy Nichols [gt], Ralph Mooney [steel]
Jody Miller 1965 (This is a weird one)
on ABC’s “Shindig”
Linda Ronstadt 1973
Peter (Sneaky Pete) Kleinow arranged and performed the pedal steel guitar on this number
Honky Tonk Angels — Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn 1993
with cameos by Chet Atkins, Carl Perkins, and more
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