I Overlooked An Orchid by lazarus57

lazarus57 - I Overlooked An Orchid

lazarus57

Sep 26, 2022 11:42am

ROUND 2 OF THE BUCKWILD SALOON!<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/replies2a8d95d12b.gif"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.1b93cde43623c18267d86907f24869d5?rik=eQwelpS0i9t5KA&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/236x/0c/33/b3/0c33b3ce58c0067836847be90e18d858--country-music-stars-country-music-videos.jpg" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/replies191bbacad7.png"> "I Overlooked an Orchid" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">country</a> song that was a hit for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Gilley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Mickey Gilley</a> in 1974. It was first recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Smith_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Carl Smith</a> in 1950, achieving only modest sales when it was released as a single through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Columbia Records</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a> Country act <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_%26_Jack" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Johnnie & Jack</a> recorded the song in 1962 as part of their album Smiles and Tears, then it was released as the B-side to their single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_Love_(The_Everly_Brothers_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Bye Bye Love</a>" in early 1963.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a>Various people are credited with writing the song. Carl Smith has been named co-writer along with Arthur Q. Smith<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[3]</a> and Shirly Lyn. "Shirly Lyn" is a pseudonym of songwriter Troy Lee Martin, who wrote under several names.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[4]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Story" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Carl Story</a> was recorded telling a disc jockey that he wrote the song, but Carl Smith denied this version of events, pointing instead to Arthur Q. Smith as the co-writer.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[5]</a> Kentucky historian W. Lynn Nickell has described how Kentuckian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gilley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Paul Gilley</a> wrote the lyrics, then sold the song along with the rights, so that others could take credit for it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-Nickell-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[6]</a> Paul Gilley (no relation to Mickey Gilley) wrote other songs and sold them the same way, including the lyrics to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold,_Cold_Heart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Cold, Cold Heart</a>", both for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Hank Williams</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[7]</a> Troy Lee Martin also copyrighted the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Teardrops_Were_Pennies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">If Teardrops Were Pennies</a>" for Peer-Southern,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[8]</a> but Nickell shows that Paul Gilley wrote it, too.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-Nickell-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[6]</a>"I Overlooked an Orchid" was recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley, released in June 1974 as the second single from the album Room Full of Roses. "I Overlooked an Orchid" was Mickey Gilley's second country hit and second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Overlooked_an_Orchid#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[9]</a> The Gilley version had a small amount of crossover interest, peaking at number 104 in the Cashbox "Looking Ahead" survey, in August 1974.<img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.0be9173824005a1d919dcfc35a8ed577?rik=bzaC7Mx4Vt5cXQ&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E1-ByG4RfLU/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="See the source image">