"Jesus Is the Same in California" | ||||
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Single by Lloyd Goodson | ||||
B-side | "Wearin' Out the Patches on My Knee" | |||
Released | 1976 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:10 (intro :06) | |||
Label | United Artists UA-XW891-Y | |||
Songwriter(s) | ( Lloyd Goodson/ Don Lee) | |||
Producer(s) | Larry Butler | |||
Lloyd Goodson singles chronology | ||||
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"Jesus Is the Same in California" was a hit in 1976 for country singer Lloyd Goodson.
The song was co-written with Don Lee. It was backed with "Wishin' I Could Change The Kind Of Fool I've Been" which was also co-written with Lee. It was released on United Artists UA-XW891-Y. [1] [2] [3] It was done in a similar style to a Merle Haggard song. It tells of a man in Folsom Prison who receives a letter from his mother who has faith that Jesus is there with him in California as he is there with her in Tennessee. The song does have a happy ending. [4]
The single spent six weeks on the US country singles chart, peaking at No. 80 on November 12, 1976. [5] [6] It also made the Cashbox charts that year and at one stage in the week ending December 25 it was at No. 16. [7]
"Jesus Is the Same in California" | ||||
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Single by Lloyd Goodson | ||||
B-side | "Wearin' Out the Patches on My Knee" | |||
Released | 1976 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:10 (intro :06) | |||
Label | United Artists UA-XW891-Y | |||
Songwriter(s) | ( Lloyd Goodson/ Don Lee) | |||
Producer(s) | Larry Butler | |||
Lloyd Goodson singles chronology | ||||
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"Jesus Is the Same in California" was a hit in 1976 for country singer Lloyd Goodson.
The song was co-written with Don Lee. It was backed with "Wishin' I Could Change The Kind Of Fool I've Been" which was also co-written with Lee. It was released on United Artists UA-XW891-Y. [1] [2] [3] It was done in a similar style to a Merle Haggard song. It tells of a man in Folsom Prison who receives a letter from his mother who has faith that Jesus is there with him in California as he is there with her in Tennessee. The song does have a happy ending. [4]
The single spent six weeks on the US country singles chart, peaking at No. 80 on November 12, 1976. [5] [6] It also made the Cashbox charts that year and at one stage in the week ending December 25 it was at No. 16. [7]