Those Memories of You

1987 single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris

"Those Memories of You"

Single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris

from the album Trio

B-side

"My Dear Companion"

Released

August 31, 1987

Genre

Country

Length

3:58

Label

Warner Bros.

Songwriter(s)

Alan O'Bryant

Producer(s)

George Massenburg

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris singles chronology

"Telling Me Lies"
(1987)

"Those Memories of You"
(1987)

"Wildflowers"
(1988)

"Those Memories of You" is a song written by Alan O'Bryant. It was first recorded by Bill & James Monroe in 1978 and later released as a single by Pam Tillis in 1986, whose version peaked at #55 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[1]

In 1987, the song was recorded by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris on their album, Trio. Released in August of 1987, it was the album's third single. It reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in December and reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[2]^[3]

A cover version by LeAnn Rimes was recorded for her second independent album under Nor Va Jak, From My Heart to Yours, released in 1992.

Music video

The video for the song starred Harry Dean Stanton.

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

^ Pam Tillis Chart History
^ Dolly Parton Chart History
^ RPM Country Tracks

Emmylou Harris singles

Pieces of the Sky

"If I Could Only Win Your Love"

Elite Hotel

"Together Again"
"One of These Days"
"Sweet Dreams"

Luxury Liner

"You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)"
"Making Believe"

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

Blue Kentucky Girl

"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"Blue Kentucky Girl"
"Beneath Still Waters"

Roses in the Snow

"Wayfaring Stranger"
"The Boxer"

Evangeline

Cimarron

"If I Needed You" (with Don Williams)
"Tennessee Rose"
"Born to Run"

Last Date

"(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date"
"I'm Movin' On"
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"

White Shoes

"Drivin' Wheel"
"In My Dreams"
"Pledging My Love"

Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris

"Someone Like You"

The Ballad of Sally Rose

"White Line"

Thirteen

"Today I Started Loving You Again"

Trio
(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)

"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
"Telling Me Lies"
"Those Memories of You"
"Wildflowers"

Bluebird

"Heartbreak Hill"
"Heaven Only Knows"
"I Still Miss Someone"

Brand New Dance

"Never Be Anyone Else But You"

Trio II
(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)

"After the Gold Rush"

All the Roadrunning
(with Mark Knopfler)

"All the Roadrunning"

Singles as a featured artist

"Wild Montana Skies" (featured with John Denver)
"Thing About You" (featured with Southern Pacific)
"We Believe in Happy Endings" (featured with Earl Thomas Conley)

Other songs

Dolly Parton

Studio albums

1960s	Hello, I'm Dolly Just Because I'm a Woman In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

1970s	The Fairest of Them All The Golden Streets of Glory Joshua Coat of Many Colors Touch Your Woman My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner My Tennessee Mountain Home Bubbling Over Jolene Love Is Like a Butterfly The Bargain Store Dolly All I Can Do New Harvest...First Gathering Here You Come Again Heartbreaker Great Balls of Fire

1980s	Dolly, Dolly, Dolly 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs Heartbreak Express Burlap & Satin The Great Pretender Once Upon a Christmas Real Love Trio Rainbow White Limozeen

1990s	Home for Christmas Eagle When She Flies Slow Dancing with the Moon Honky Tonk Angels Something Special Treasures Hungry Again Trio II Precious Memories The Grass Is Blue

2000s	Little Sparrow Halos & Horns For God and Country Those Were the Days Backwoods Barbie

2010s	Better Day Blue Smoke Pure & Simple I Believe in You

2020s	A Holly Dolly Christmas Run, Rose, Run Rockstar

Live albums

A Real Live Dolly
Heartsongs: Live from Home
Live and Well

Soundtrack albums

9 to 5
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Rhinestone
Straight Talk
Joyful Noise
Dumplin'

Compilation albums

Hits Made Famous by Country Queens
As Long as I Love
The Best of Dolly Parton
Just the Way I Am
Mine
Best of Dolly Parton
Greatest Hits
The Winning Hand
Collector's Series
Think About Love
The Best There Is
Best of Dolly Parton, Vol. 3
I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits
Ultimate Dolly Parton
The Very Best of Dolly Parton
Playlist: The Very Best of Dolly Parton
Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection

Singles

"Mule Skinner Blues"
"Joshua"
"Coat of Many Colors"
"Touch Your Woman"
"My Tennessee Mountain Home"
"Jolene"
"I Will Always Love You"
"Love is Like a Butterfly
"The Bargain Store"
"The Seeker"
"We Used To"
"All I Can Do"
"Light of a Clear Blue Morning"
"Here You Come Again"
"Two Doors Down"
"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right"
"Heartbreaker"
"Baby I'm Burnin'"
"You're the Only One"
"Sweet Summer Lovin'"
"Starting Over Again"
"Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"
"9 to 5"
"But You Know I Love You"
"The House of the Rising Sun"
"Single Women"
"Heartbreak Express"
"Hard Candy Christmas"
"Potential New Boyfriend"
"Islands in the Stream"
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"Tennessee Homesick Blues"
"Don't Call It Love"
"Real Love"
"Think About Love"
"Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)"
"We Had It All"
"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
"Telling Me Lies"
"Those Memories of You"
"Wildflowers"
"The River Unbroken"
"Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That"
"Yellow Roses"
"Time for Me to Fly"
"White Limozeen"
"Love Is Strange"
"Rockin' Years"
"Silver and Gold"
"Eagle When She Flies"
"Romeo"
"Little Sparrow"
"When I Get Where I'm Going"
"Better Get to Livin'"
"Together You and I"
"The Story"
"Here I Am"
"Girl in the Movies"
"Faith"
"When Life Is Good Again"
"Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas"
"Words"
"Does He Love You (Revisited)"

Film and TV

Dolly (1976)
Dolly (1987)
Dolly & Carol in Nashville
Hollywood to Dollywood
The Book Lady
For the Love of Dolly
Coat of Many Colors
Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Christmas on the Square

Tours

Theme parks
and attractions

Category

v t e Linda Ronstadt
Albums Singles Performances
Stone Poneys albums	The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt Evergreen, Volume 2 Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III
Studio albums	Hand Sown ... Home Grown Silk Purse Linda Ronstadt Don't Cry Now Heart Like a Wheel Prisoner in Disguise Hasten Down the Wind Simple Dreams Living in the USA Mad Love Get Closer What's New Lush Life For Sentimental Reasons Canciones de Mi Padre Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind Mas Canciones Frenesí Winter Light Feels Like Home Dedicated to the One I Love We Ran A Merry Little Christmas Hummin' to Myself
Collaborations	Trio Santiago Trio II Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Adieu False Heart The Complete Trio Collection
Compilations	Different Drum Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume 2 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas Duets
Live Albums	Live in Hollywood
Hit singles	"Different Drum" "Long, Long Time" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "You're No Good"/"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" "When Will I Be Loved"/"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" "Heat Wave"/"Love Is a Rose" "The Tracks of My Tears" "That'll Be the Day" "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" "Lose Again" "Crazy" "Blue Bayou" "It's So Easy" "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" "Tumbling Dice" "Back in the U.S.A." "Ooo Baby Baby" "Just One Look" "Love Me Tender" "Alison" "How Do I Make You" "Hurt So Bad" "I Can't Let Go" "I Knew You When" "What's New?" "Somewhere Out There" "Don't Know Much" "All My Life" "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" "Close Your Eyes" "Walk On"
Other songs	"Carmelita" "Desperado" "Mr. Sandman"
Related topics	"Mr. Plow" FM (film) The Pirates of Penzance (1983 film)
Category

v t e Pam Tillis
Discography
Studio albums	Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey Put Yourself in My Place Homeward Looking Angel Sweetheart's Dance All of This Love Every Time Thunder & Roses It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis RhineStoned Just in Time for Christmas Dos Divas
Compilation albums	Collection Greatest Hits
Songs	"One of Those Things" "Those Memories of You" "Don't Tell Me What to Do" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Maybe It Was Memphis" "Blue Rose Is" "Shake the Sugar Tree" "Let That Pony Run" "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" "Spilled Perfume" "When You Walk in the Room" "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" "I Was Blown Away" "In Between Dances" "Deep Down" "The River and the Highway" "It's Lonely Out There" "All the Good Ones Are Gone" "Land of the Living" "I Said a Prayer" "Every Time" "Please" "Ancient History" "Five Minutes" "Someone Else's Trouble Now"
See also	Mel Tillis