“1962: THE YEAR ONE SONG TURNED A COUNTRY SINGER INTO AN IMMORTAL VOICE.” It still feels unbelievable that one moment in 1962 could rewrite a man’s entire destiny. George Jones walked into the studio like any other day, but when he opened his mouth to sing “She Thinks I Still Care,” something shifted. You can hear it in the way he drags a word, the soft break in his voice, like he’s trying to keep an old memory from spilling out. It wasn’t polished. It wasn’t pretty. It was real — almost too real. Nashville stopped and listened. Radio stations couldn’t let it go. And younger singers — Merle, Randy, Alan, even Strait — suddenly understood what heartbreak was supposed to sound like. From that year on, George didn’t just have a hit. He had a voice people would still whisper about more than 60 years later.
“1962: THE YEAR ONE SONG TURNED A COUNTRY SINGER INTO AN IMMORTAL VOICE.” It’s almost impossible to explain what really…