"Woman, Woman"

[JDplayer2]

When I first got to Fort Lewis,WA Aug 1960, Jimmy Payne and Chuck Glaser were stationed there and I used to see them perform at the Service Clubs on Post.

JD Day.

[marnixvervaet]

My favorite Country Music singer , He was in Antwerp in the late 70 , and I found his website in 2007 , from then on I follow Jimmy payne and I even wrote a song with him . It will come out later . Marnix vervaet

[PsychoGrrl1018]

This was a beautiful, "countryfied" version of "Woman, Woman." I thoroughly enjoyed it. Reminds me of the old school country music that I grew up hearing. I miss that, so thank you very much for the time warp to my childhood.

[sanseidancer]

Saw Jim Glaser this weekend on Country Family Reunion on RFDTV and he sang Woman Woman. After all these years, he still sounds fantastic and told some great stories about this song. After seeing the show, I hoped to find an older video of him performing the song. What a treat finding this clip with not only him singing, but also with Jimmy Payne! Wonderful to see the original song writers performing their own version their song. Thank you so much for posting this.

[twoteles]

@sanseidancer Glad you enjoyed it. I know Jimmy reads these comments so he will be more than pleased.

[Music101ization]

Wow I had never heard Jimmy Paynes rendition. It is pretty cool. I had Jim Glasers version and Gary Puckett's. Sure Pucketts version is a grand production but I must say if you had litened to Jim Glaser as much as i did you would have felt the song. Paynes version is just the right coiuntry flair.

[twinkie57401]

A big thank you is in order for Jimmy Payne for writing this song so Gary Puckett could please fans for all these forty years.

[egemaster66]

awsum..

[dbsmith88]

Great song! I've got his album "Sings His Own Hit Songs" on 12" vinyl. My dad met Jimmy back in 1969 when he was stationed on Guam and Jimmy stopped off to play the EM club. My dad loved his music so much that he had my grandmother track down a copy of the album. She ended up getting it from the local radio station that got it as a promo because it wasn't sold in stores around home. It is an awesome album and the fact that it's on vinyl makes it that much better.

[twoteles]

@dbsmith88 Nice story. I know that Jimmy reads these comments and he will be pleased to read this one. If you do a search on the net you will find his website with all the details about the album in question.

[santamara]

Great post.....thank you!

I had to check it out!

[82compoundw]

It's always cool to hear the original of a song that was a bigger hit as a cover. I like Gary's version a lot more, but this is cool too, and really cool to discover after all these years.

[kyannos]

Gary was a phenom of a voice-but takes a very rare special person to create a song like this!!!!

[mattbleyle]

this version is way better than the over the top (corny) gary pucket version. i'm sure Jimmy Payne had a lof girl problems.

[kyannos]

really done beautifully !!!

[HeidiPusskins]

I wouldn't have noticed this song if I heard it from this guy first. Thankfully Gary Puckett and the Union Gap performed it and made it a blast of a song.

[saltifish]

Thank Christ Puckett got a hold of this song and saved it.

[vampyros1]

@saltifish I agree, I appreciate hearing this, but I also thinks it sucks bigtime. Gary Puckett took it, improved the chord progression, tweaked the melody, and made a mediocre tune into a killer song.

[JCMC57]

I thought that also.I like Garys though not the way he sings it now.

[fourpatts]

Wow, I thought Gary Puckett et al were first...but now that i see this video it seems to fit the country genre even better.

[RockNRolla1996]

thanks for posting!!! :D

[Poe397]

Wow...Im 45 yrs. old and I thought the Union Gap were the originators of this great tune..learn something new everyday..I love it.

[blueblazer68]

They wrote one heck of a great song.

[DURound]

He messed up the lyrics

[twoteles]

Yes, he did get them a little 'in the wrong place' but, as he co-wrote the song, he has all the excuses in the world to do with what he wants with his own lyrics!

[pathoftruth1]

You've got a point there! The author of a song or a book can make any changes he or she wants without apologies.

[unclecowboysongs]

I think those were the original lyrics that later were altered for the pop single. Jimmy certainly sang it here with confidence and even styled the two verse endings differently.

[unclecowboysongs]

Some great playing backing on this song. Anyone know the lineup of the Wilburn Bros. house band?

[shobudsteeler]

Unclecowboysongs, it sounds like the band when it consisted of Don Helms on steel, Buddy Spicher on fiddle, and two of the other Wilburn brothers, one of which was named Lester, on bass and rythym guitar. I can't recall the drummer's name though.

[unclecowboysongs]

Thanks Boss!

[jetjag97]

What a great performance. What a voice.  I can't stop listening to this unique track.

[jetjag97]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! First comment! No seriously, a better version of this song, in my opinion. Kinda Orbisonesque.