"A Satisfied Mind" is a song written by Joe "Red" Hayes and Jack Rhodes. Hayes explained the origin of the song in an interview: "The song came from my mother. Everything in the song are things I heard her say over the years. I put a lot of thought into the song before I came up with the title. One day my father-in-law asked me who I thought the richest man in the world was, and I mentioned some names. He said, 'You're wrong; it is the man with a satisfied mind.'" The song has been covered by a variety of well-known artists.

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charted at No. 1 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs list in 1955. *

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and Betty Foley charted at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs list in 1955. *

Jean Shepard Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky-tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which ...

charted at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs list in 1955. *

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...

on 1955 album '' The First Lady of Song (Decca)'' The most impressive version in the pop market, the single reached No. 25 on the "Music Vendor" Top 100, with 15 weeks in the chart. *

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on 1987 album '' Gonna Rise Again'' * Cowboy Copas on his 1962 album '' Opry Star Spotlight (Starday)'' *

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on his 1964 album ''Paths of Victory'' (Elektra) *

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on her 1965 album ''

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''; later appeared on her 1979 compilation ''Satisfied Mind''. *

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on their 1965 album ''

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B-side of a 1966 single (A-side: "Can't You See I'm Trying"), added to the 1971 Pickwick re-release of his 1962 album ''Big Bluegrass Special'': '' A Satisfied Mind'' *

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on their 1966 album '' Play One More (Vanguard)'' * Bobby Hebb's 1966 revival peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 40 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles Chart. *

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and The Band, recorded in 1967, released in 2014 on '' The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete''. **Dylan also recorded the song for his 1980 album '' Saved'' *The International Submarine Band on their 1968 album '' Safe at Home''. * Goose Creek Symphony on their 1970 album ''Established 1970'' *

Tim Hardin James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk and blues musician and composer. As well as releasing his own material, several of his songs, including " If I Were a Carpenter" and "Reason to Believe", beca ...

on his 1971 album '' Bird on a Wire'' *

Dallas Holm Dallas Holm (born November 5, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter of Christian music, whose musical ministry has spanned almost four decades. His 1977 live album, with the group Praise, featured his best known song, "Rise Again". The group ...

on his 1971 album "For Teens Only” *

Sonny James Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928February 22, 2016), known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, " Young Love", topping both of the early versions of today's ''Billboard'' ...

on his 1973 album ''If She Helps Me Get Over You'' *

Roy Drusky Roy Frank Drusky, Jr. (June 22, 1930 – September 23, 2004) was an American country music singer, songwriter, producer, actor and disc jockey popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incor ...

on 1973 single. It peaked at No. 25 on US country and 38 on Canada country, making it his last top forty on the charts. *

Faron Young Faron Young (February 25, 1932 – December 10, 1996) was an American country music producer, musician, and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s. Hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and " Live Fast, Love Hard, D ...

recorded it as the title track to his 1973 album, ''Satisfied Mind''. Red Hayes toured with Faron Young and

Vassar Clements Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and ...

on their 1973 UK Tour, and died on stage on March 2, 1973, in Manchester UK. *

John Martyn Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. ...

on his 1975 album '' Sunday's Child'' *

Bryan Bowers Bryan Bowers (born August 18, 1940 in Yorktown, Virginia) is an American autoharp player who is frequently credited with introducing the instrument to new generations of musicians. Career Bowers became very popular with the audience of the comed ...

on his 1977 album '' The View From Home'' *

David Allan Coe David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville. He initially played mostly i ...

on his 1977 album '' Texas Moon'' *

Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums: '' Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and '' Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style ...

on her 1978 album '' Ramblin''' *

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...

on his 1981 album ''

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Jonathan Richman Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...

on his 1990 album '' Jonathan Goes Country'' *

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on their 1993 album ''

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on his 1993 album ''Cruisin' Deuces'' *

Jeff Buckley Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...

on his 1998 posthumous album '' Sketches (for My Sweetheart the Drunk)'' The recording was made for a 1992 Radio Session, and had been played at Jeff Buckley's funeral in 1997, which Buckley's mother Mary Guibert mentions as the reason it was included on the collection. *

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on his 1999 album '' Spirit & The Blues'' *

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& His Fabulous Superlatives on their 2003 album ''

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on the 2004 album ''

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at first being exclusive on '' Kill Bill Vol 2 soundtrack'' (2004) until his posthumously released album '' American VI: Ain't No Grave'' (2010) *

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on his 2009 album, ''

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from

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on his collaboration with the Eau Claire Memorial Jazz I ensemble on the 2009 live benefit album '' A Decade With Duke'' *

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, featuring

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, a bonus track on the iTunes version of her 2009 album, '' The List'' *

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on his 2010 album ''

'' and his 2011 album '' Remember Me, Vol. 1'' *

Donna Loren Donna Loren is an American singer and actress. A prolific performer in the 1960s, she was the "Dr Pepper Girl" from 1963 to 1968, featured female vocalist on ''Shindig'', and a cast member of the American International Pictures ''Beach Party' ...

on her 2010 album ''Love It Away'' * My Bubba on their 2011 album ''

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on his CD ''Knollwood Drive'' *

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on her 2014 album '' The Way I'm Livin''' * Eilen Jewell as a single in 2020'' The Ozark Mountain Daredevils on their 1978 album "It's Alive".

References

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