Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife by donnica59

donnica59 - Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife

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Sep 22, 2026 02:23pm

<ol><li data-list="bullet">In this song, Campbell sings about a woman who was a beauty in her youth, when lots of men vied for her attention. </li><li data-list="bullet"> </li><li data-list="bullet">Now she is older, and staring at the wrinkles on her face, she thinks about those days and wonders how her life could have turned out differently. </li><li data-list="bullet">When we get to the chorus, we learn that the singer is her husband - the man for whom she "gave up the good time." </li><li data-list="bullet">She is but an everyday housewife, wearing a housedress and living a mundane life. </li><li data-list="bullet">The days when she turned heads are long behind her.</li><li data-list="bullet"> </li><li data-list="bullet">Many American woman could relate to the song, as the image of the happy housewife portrayed on TV shows and in magazines didn't always mesh with reality.</li><li data-list="bullet">This was written by Chris Gantry, one of the first Nashville songwriters in what would later be known as the "Outlaw Country" genre (Gantry gets a mention in the intro to the Kris Kristofferson song "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33," when Kristofferson says, "Started writing this song about Chris Gantry...").</li><li data-list="bullet"> </li><li data-list="bullet">"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" was the only Hot 100 hit Gantry wrote; like many of his songs, it deals with the emotional turmoil that many people face when they question their choices in life.</li><li data-list="bullet"> </li><li data-list="bullet">Three different artists released this song in 1968: Campbell, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, and Wayne Newton. </li><li data-list="bullet">In August that year, the Campbell and Newton versions battled on the Hot 100, with Newton's peaking at #60 and Campbell's reaching #32.</li><li data-list="bullet"> </li><li data-list="bullet">Campbell's rendition also went to #3 on the Country chart; it was released as the follow-up to his first country #1 hit: "I Wanna Live" (written by John D. Loudermilk).</li><li data-list="bullet"> </li><li data-list="bullet">Al DeLory produced this track. Like Campbell, DeLory was part of the elite group of session musicians that played on many of the hit songs recorded in Los Angeles. </li><li data-list="bullet">When Campbell established his solo career, DeLory became his go-to producer.</li></ol>