Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind

Does Fort Worth Ever
Cross Your Mind
Does Fort Worth Ever; Cross Your Mind
Studio album by George Strait
Released	September 26, 1984
Recorded	June 1984
Studio	Sound Stage Studio; Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country; neotraditional country; Western swing; honky-tonk;
Length	25:55
Label	MCA; MCAD-31032
Producer	Jimmy Bowen; George Strait;
George Strait chronology
Singles from Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
	"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind"; Released: September 4, 1984; "The Cowboy Rides Away"; Released: January 14, 1985; "The Fireman"; Released: May 6, 1985;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B+ ^[3]

Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind is the fourth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 26, 1984, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S. The title track, "The Cowboy Rides Away", and "The Fireman" were all released as singles from this album. "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" was previously recorded by John Anderson on his 1982 album, Wild & Blue.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind"	Sanger D. Shafer, Darlene Shafer	3:15
2.	"Any Old Time"	Jeff Dayton, Katherine Elizabeth Nicoll	2:03
3.	"I Need Someone Like Me"	S. Shafer	2:46
4.	"You're Dancin' This Dance All Wrong"	John Porter McMeans, Ron Moore	3:57
5.	"Honky Tonk Saturday Night"	S. Shafer	2:29
6.	"I Should Have Watched That First Step"	Wayne Kemp	2:57
7.	"Love Comes from the Other Side of Town"	Fred J. Freiling	2:17
8.	"The Cowboy Rides Away"	Sonny Throckmorton, Casey Kelly	3:20
9.	"What Did You Expect Me to Do"	S. Shafer	2:38
10.	"The Fireman"	Mack Vickery, Kemp	2:34
Total length:			25:55^[1]

Personnel[]

Eddie Bayers – drums
Larry Byrom – electric guitar
Hank DeVito – steel guitar
Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
John Hobbs – keyboards
David Hungate – bass guitar
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
George Strait – lead vocals, background vocals
Curtis Young – background vocals
Reggie Young – electric guitar

Production

Jeff Adamoff – art direction
Jimmy Bowen – producer
Mark Coddington – second recording engineer
Dave Hassinger – first recording engineer
Tim Kisch – second recording engineer
Glenn Meadows – Mastering
Jim Shea – photography
George Strait – producer
Steve Tillisch – first recording engineer
Ron Treat – first recording engineer

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1984–1985)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	139
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1985)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	3

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jurek, Thom. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind at AllMusic
^ Sexton, Paul (September 26, 2020). "'Does Forth Worth Ever Cross Your Mind': Recalling A George Strait Classic". UDiscoverMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: George Strait". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
^ "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[allmusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jurek, Thom. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind at AllMusic

[sexton-2] Sexton, Paul (September 26, 2020). "'Does Forth Worth Ever Cross Your Mind': Recalling A George Strait Classic". UDiscoverMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

[3] Christgau, Robert. "CG: George Strait". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.

[ac_Billboard200_George_Strait-4] "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_George_Strait-5] "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[6] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

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