A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)
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| name = A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)
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| type = single
| artist = Patsy Cline
| A-side = Walkin' After Midnight
| released = February 11, 1957
| recorded = November 8, 1956
| studio = Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
| genre = {{hlist|Country|Nashville Sound{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t961613|pure_url=yes}}|title="Walkin' After Midnight" > Song review|last=Unterbeger|first=Richie|website=allmusic|access-date=22 November 2009}}}}
| length = {{duration|m=2|s=45}}
| label = Decca
| writer = {{hlist|Bob Hilliard|Milton De Lugg}}
| producer = {{hlist|Owen Bradley|Paul Cohen}}
| prev_title = Stop, Look and Listen
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = Today, Tomorrow and Forever
| next_year = 1957
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"A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)" is a song was written by Bob Hilliard (lyricist) and Milton De Lugg (composer).{{Cite web|url=https://www.classic-country-song-lyrics.com/apoormansroseslyricschords.html|title=A Poor Man's Roses lyrics chords | Patsy Cline|website=Classic-country-song-lyrics.com|access-date=28 April 2021}} The song was popularized by both Patsy Cline{{cite web|publisher=YouTube|title=Patsy Cline - Poor Man's Rose's|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bwvHjtHQRg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2bwvHjtHQRg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-11-03}}{{cbignore}} and Patti Page in 1957. Cline rerecorded the song with a string arrangement and in stereo, in 1961. Page recorded the song again in 1981.
Chart performances
The song was first recorded by Patsy Cline on November 8, 1956. It was released on the flip side of her single "Walkin' After Midnight." The song reached number 14 on the Most Played C&W by Jockeys chart that year for Cline.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=83}}
The 1957 Page recording was issued by Mercury Records as catalog number 71059, (the flip side of "The Wall") and first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 23, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at number 14;{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=639}} on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached number 27.
The 1981 Page recording was issued by Plantation Records as catalog number PL-201, (the flip side of "On the Inside") and first reached the Billboard country music chart on July 18, 1981, lasting 6 weeks and peaking at number 66, in a joint listing with its flip side.
Other recordings
Other artists who have recorded the song include:
- Kitty Kallen (1961)
- Red Hurley & The Colours (1969)
- Filipino singers Nora Aunor and Victor Wood (both 1972)
- Reba McEntire (1980) on her "Feel the Fire" LP{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Reba-McEntire-Feel-The-Fire/release/7714624|title=Reba McEntire – Feel The Fire (1990, CD)|access-date=28 April 2021|website=Discogs.com|year=1990 }}
References
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Category:Songs with lyrics by Bob Hilliard
Category:Songs written by Milton DeLugg
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