"(I'm a) One-Woman Man" is a song co-written by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Johnny Horton John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Initially performing traditional country, Horton later performed rockabilly songs. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrat ...

and

Tillman Franks Tillman Ben Franks, Sr. (September 29, 1920 – October 26, 2006), was an American bassist and songwriter and the manager for a number of country music artists including Johnny Horton, David Houston, Webb Pierce, Claude King, and the Carli ...

. It was originally released as a single by Horton in 1956, whose version peaked at number 7 on the ''

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chart. The song was twice recorded by American country music artist

George Jones George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", ...

: first released on the album ''The Crown Prince of Country Music'' retitled "One Woman Man" in 1960, and later as "I'm a One Woman Man" released in November 1988 as the first single from his album '' One Woman Man''. It peaked at number 5 on the ''

chart in early 1989 and it would be his final Top 10 solo hit. His final appearance on the Top-10 country singles chart arrived a year later as part of a duet recording with

Randy Travis Randy Bruce Traywick (born May 4, 1959), known professionally as Randy Travis, is an American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. Active from 1978 until being incapacitated by a stroke in 2013, he has recor ...

. In spite of the lack of radio hits as the 1990s dawned Jones remained a popular concert draw for the next two decades and continued to release original recordings into the mid 2000s.

Chart performance

Johnny Horton

George Jones

Year-end charts

Other versions

Steve Young Jon Steven Young (born October 11, 1961) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccane ...

covered the song on his pioneering

Country rock Country rock is a genre of music which fuses rock and country. It was developed by rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These musicians recorded rock records using country themes, vocal s ...

/ Outlaw country album '' Rock Salt & Nails'' in 1969. *

Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting ''The Glen Campbell Goodt ...

covered the song on his 1987 album ''

Still Within the Sound of My Voice ''Still Within the Sound of My Voice'' is the forty-third album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). This was his debut album with MCA Records. Track listing Side one # " I'm a One-Woman Man" (Ti ...

''. *

Josh Turner Joshua Otis Turner (born November 20, 1977) is an American country and gospel singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single r ...

covered the song on his 2007 album '' Everything Is Fine'' under the title "One Woman Man."

References

1956 singles 1988 singles Johnny Horton songs Glen Campbell songs George Jones songs Josh Turner songs Columbia Records singles Epic Records singles Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Songs written by Tillman Franks Songs written by Johnny Horton 1956 songs {{1950s-country-song-stub