Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
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Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind is the fourth studio album from American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist George Strait
George Strait
George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...

, released in 1984. It is certified platinum
RIAA certification
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 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.

Track listing

  1. "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
    Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (song)
    "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1984 as the lead-off single to his 1984 album of the same name. It reached number on the country music charts in the United States, and number 10 in...

    " (Sanger D. Shafer
    Sanger D. Shafer
    Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer is an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait.-Life:...

    , Darlene Shafer) – 2:57
  2. "Any Old Time" (Jeff Dayton, Katherine Elizabeth Nicoll) – 1:52
  3. "I Need Someone Like Me" (S. Shafer) – 2:33
  4. "You're Dancin' This Dance All Wrong" (John Porter McMeans, Ron Moore) – 3:38
  5. "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" (S. Shafer) – 2:16
  6. "I Should Have Watched That First Step" (Wayne Kemp
    Wayne Kemp
    Wayne Kemp is an American country music singer. He recorded between 1969 and 1986 for Decca, MCA, United Artists, Mercury and Door Knob Records, and charted twenty-four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single was "Honky Tonk Wine," which peaked at #17 in 1973...

    ) – 2:43
  7. "Love Comes from the Other Side of Town" (Fred J. Freiling) – 2:04
  8. "The Cowboy Rides Away" (Sonny Throckmorton
    Sonny Throckmorton
    James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton is an American country music singer and songwriter. Known primarily for his songwriting, Throckmorton has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers...

    , Casey Kelly) – 3:03
  9. "What Did You Expect Me to Do" (S. Shafer) – 2:26
  10. "The Fireman
    The Fireman (song)
    "The Fireman" is the title of a song recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released in May 1985 as the third and final single from his 1984 album Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind. It reached #5 on the country music chart in the United States, and #10 in Canada.-Content:The...

    " (Mack Vickery
    Mack Vickery
    Mack Vickery was a musician, songwriter, and inductee in the Hillbilly Hall of Fame whose songs have been recorded by artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, George Strait, and George Jones....

    , Kemp) – 2:23

Personnel

  • Eddie Bayers
    Eddie Bayers
    Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...

     – drums
    Drum kit
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  • Larry Byrom – electric guitar
    Electric guitar
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  • Hank Devito – steel guitar
    Steel guitar
    Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...

  • Johnny Gimble
    Johnny Gimble
    John Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....

     – fiddle
    Fiddle
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    , mandolin
    Mandolin
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  • John Hobbs – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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  • David Hungate
    David Hungate
    David Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto...

     – bass guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Randy Scruggs
    Randy Scruggs
    Randy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13...

     – acoustic guitar
  • George Strait – lead vocals, vocal harmonies
  • Curtis Young – background vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

  • Reggie Young – electric guitar

Personnel

  • First Recording Engineers: Ron Treat, Dave Hassinger, Steve Tillisch
  • Second Recording Engineers: Mark Coddington, Tim Kisch
  • Art Direction: Jeff Adamoff
  • Photography: Jim Shea
  • Glenn Meadows: Mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1984) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 150
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