"I May Never Get to Heaven"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album Cross Winds
B-side"Grand Ole Blues"
ReleasedJuly 1979
RecordedFebruary 28, 1979
Woodland Studio "B", Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenreCountry
Length2:52
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Bill Anderson
Buddy Killen
Producer(s)Conway Twitty, David Barnes
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"Don't Take It Away"
(1979) 		"I May Never Get to Heaven"
(1979) 		"Happy Birthday Darlin'"
(1979)

"I May Never Get to Heaven'" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Buddy Killen, and was originally recorded by Don Gibson in 1960 and released on the B-side of "Just One Time",[1]

Conway Twitty recording

In 1979, the song was recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in July 1979 as the second single from his album Cross Winds. The song was Twitty's 22nd number one hit on the country chart. The song stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of 15 weeks on the country chart.[2]

Charts

Other cover versions

References

  1. ^ "Don Gibson – Just One Time / I May Never Get To Heaven (1960, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 361.
  3. ^ "Conway Twitty Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "B. J. Thomas - "I May Never Get To Heaven"". YouTube. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved October 15, 2016.


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