Beneath Still Waters (song) explained

Beneath Still Waters
Type:single
Artist:Diana Trask
B-Side:Heartbreak Hotel
Released:March 28, 1970
Genre:Country
Label:Dot
Producer:Buddy Killen
Prev Title:I Fall to Pieces
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:The Chokin' Kind
Next Year:1970

"Beneath Still Waters" is a song written by Dallas Frazier in 1967 and first recorded the same year by George Jones, who released it on his 1968 album My Country. Country singer Carl Vaughn's version was released as the B-side to his single "Love Thy Neighbor" in October 1968 on Monument Records, before the release of Jones' album in December 1968.

In 1970, it was recorded and released as a single by Diana Trask. "Beneath Still Waters" was her second hit on the country chart, spending two weeks and peaking at number 38 on the chart.[1]

Chart performance

Beneath Still Waters
Type:single
Artist:Emmylou Harris
Album:Blue Kentucky Girl
B-Side:'Til I Gain Control Again
Released:March 1, 1980
Genre:Country
Length:3:45
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:Brian Ahern
Prev Title:Blue Kentucky Girl
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Wayfaring Stranger
Next Year:1980

Emmylou Harris version

In March 1980, Emmylou Harris scored her fourth number one hit on the country chart with her version of the song, which was the second single from her album Blue Kentucky Girl.[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 350.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 152.
  3. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1980. Billboard. July 17, 2021.