Suggestive Songs: Your Place or Mine
Just like cheating songs, suggestive songs have long been a staple of country music.
Gary Stewart known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound. During the peak of his popularity in the mid-1970s Time Magazine described him as the king of honky-tonk. Gary had a series of chart hits in the1970s, including “Your Place or Mine.” ~ "The band just stopped playing/ they're sweeping the floor/ the bartender's asking, "Who wants one more?"/ and your head's on my shoulder/ and lord, I'm feeling fine!/ where are we going, honey?/ your place or mine?" - Writers Carol Anderson, Rory Bourke, Mary Beth Anderson. Stewart took this song to number 11 in 1976.
Johnny Duncan was a great traditional country singer with a few big hits between 1973 and 1978, but he will forever be remembered as the man who gave Janie Fricke her breakthrough. Duncan had a series of top chart singles including, “Thinkin of a Rendezvous,” which catapulted Duncan into the national spotlight. His star power faded in the early-1980s. However, his songs remained popular on country radio through the late 1980s.
- Alone With You (Faron Young)
- Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans on (Mel MCDaniel)
- Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich)
- Blanket on the Ground (Billie Jo Spears)
- Daydreams About Night Things (R. Milsap)
- Do You Ever Fool Around (Joe Stampley)
- Do You Love As Good As You Look (Bellamy)
- Don't She Look Good (Bill Anderson)
- Easy Loving (Freddie Hart)
- Feelin’ the Feelin’ (Belamy Brothers)
- For A Minute There (Johnny Paycheck)
- Hey Good Lookin' (Hank Williams)
- How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around Kris Kristofferson)
- How Married Are You Mary Ann (Bill Anderson)
- I Always Get Lucky With You (George Jones)
- I Need More of You (Bellamy Brothers)
- I See the Want to in Your Eyes (C. Twitty)
- I’d Love to Lay You Down (Conway Twitty)
- I'll Just Take It Out In Love (George Jones)
- If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Bellamy Brothers)
- Kiss You All Over (Exile)
- Nothing Sure Looks Good on You (G. Watson)
- She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime (Johnny Duncan)
- She's Got That Look In Her Eyes (Alabama)
- Slow Hand (Conway Twitty)
- Thinking of a Rendezvous (Johnny Duncan)
- Tight Fittin’Jeans (Conway Twitty)
- What I’ve Got in Mind (Billie Jo Spears)
- Your Place or Mine (Gary Stewart)
- You've Never Been This Far Before (Conway Twitty)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, written and compiled by Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music, Jul. 2, 2010.
