George Jones' topped the charts with "He Stopped Loving Her Today," on this exact date in 1980. Jones credits the song with reviving his flagging career, stating that "a four-decade career had been salvaged by a three-minute song." George Jones earned the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1980. The Academy of Country Music awarded the song Single of the Year and Song of the Year in 1980. It also became the Country Music Association's Song of the Year in both 1980 and 1981. This was only the second time that the same song won this honor two years in a row. (The first instance was the song "Easy Loving", sung by Freddie Hart.)
In 2003, CMT ranked this song #2 on its 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. In 2004, CMT ranked it #13 on its 100 Greatest Country Love Songs. Other surveys have shown it as the #1 country song of all time. The song is ranked #270 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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