Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough (song)

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| type = single

| artist = Jerry Lee Lewis

| album = Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough

| A-side = "Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough"
"I Think I Need to Pray"

| released = 1973

| recorded = 1973

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| genre = Country

| length = 2:51

| label = Mercury

| writer = {{hlist|Stan Kesler}}

| producer = Stan Kesler

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| artist = Jerry Lee Lewis

| type = single

| prev_title = Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" / "Rock and Roll Medley

| prev_year = 1970

| title = Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough" / "I Think I Need to Pray

| year = 1973

| next_title = I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" / "I've Fallen to the Bottom

| next_year = 1974

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"Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough" is a song written by Stan Kesler and originally recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis for his Kesler-produced Mercury Records' album of the same name (1973). It was also released as a single (with "I Think I Need to Pray" on the flip side), reaching number 3 on the Cash Box Country Singles chart and number 6 on the Billboard country chart.

Track listing

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Notes: "From Mercury's album Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough SRM-1-677"{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-Sometimes-A-Memory-Aint-Enough/release/12083987|title=Jerry Lee Lewis - Sometimes A Memory Ain't Enough (1973, Vinyl)|website=Discogs|year=1973 |accessdate=2020-04-26}}

Charts

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!align="center"|Chart (1973)

!align="center"|Peak
position

align="left"| U.S. Cash Box Country Singles{{cite book|author=George Albert|title=The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5BHAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sometimes+A+Memory+Ain't+Enough%22|date=1 January 1984|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-1685-5|page=203}}

| align="center"| 3

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|6|artist=Jerry Lee Lewis|rowheader=true}}

References