Even so you’d think that George Jones would have thought twice before committing this atrocity to vinyl. I guess it was only 25 years after Pearl Harbour, and that just about the only oriental faces your average American saw on a regular basis were Sulu or Hop Sing. Now the 60s were a difficult period for the good ol’ US of A, it was a decade that had already been scarred by Kennedy, King, the civil rights movement, the summer of love and the Vietnam war by the time that Jones recorded this. Inspired that must have taken seconds to re-write. Have a look at the lyrics and you’ll see what I mean: But the song is based – well, pretty much stolen wholesale - from a much earlier music hall song called Ching Ching. The Poor Chinee was co-written by Eddie Noack (1930-1978) who, in the same year, recorded the classic Psycho which has been covered by, amongst others, Elvis Costello. His wild lifestyle led to Jones missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones" although, thanks to the efforts of his fourth wife, Nancy, he has been sober for over 10 years. Throughout his long career he has made headlines for his drinking, his occasionally stormy relationships with women and for his violent rages as much as for his prolific recording career – he has around 120 albums to his name and has had over 150 chart hits as a solo performer or duetting with other artists. Still going strong at the grand old age of 81, Jones has frequently been referred to as the greatest living country singer.
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George Jones released his version of The Poor Chinee in 1968, first on the album If My Heart Had Windows and then as the B-side to the top 10 country hit Say It’s Not You. Today we revisit the world of casual racism specifically casual racism is country music. However to day I bring you a track which I’ve been promising myself I would post for several months now, but something else always seemed to crop up. Finding new bad music for you each week is no easy challenge: mind you, as the blog is called The World’s Worst Records I could just post a Coldplay track every day for the rest of my life and fulfil my remit.
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