I think the above song was his greatest triumph. George Jones had drunk himself into being a has-been by 1979.
George Jones hated the song, and kept singing it to another melody.
Jones and everyone else, except Sherrill, though it would be a flop. But it revived his career.
The Musician’s Hall of Fame /Joe Chambers YouTube interviews are a treasure trove of American pop/country verbal history.
Billy Sherrill died years ago.
This writer must’ve pulled the article from the archives.