Johnny Bush

Real name: Johnny Bush Shinn III
Born: February 17, 1935
Died: October 16, 2020
Country: United States
IPI: 00004667593 2 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Country music singer, songwriter, and drummer from Houston, Texas

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Conscience Turn Your Back	Johnny Bush	February 1968	Redd Volkaert
Drinkin' My Baby Right out of My Mind	Johnny Bush	May 21, 1973	(3 artists)
I'll Go to a Stranger	Johnny Bush	November 1969	(7 artists)
I'll Warm by the Flame	Johnny Bush	August 1968	Amber Digby (feat. Johnny Bush)
Jealously Insane	Johnny Bush	October 1967	Amber Digby
Mama's Hands	Johnny Bush	1971	(3 artists)
My Joy REC	Johnny Bush	October 1970	Carl & Pearl Butler Originally by Charlie Rich REL
Sound of a Heartache	Johnny Bush	1967	(3 artists)
These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye	Johnny Bush	December 1972	(5 artists)
This Has Got to Last	Johnny Bush	January 20, 1973	(2 artists)
Waltz of the Wine	Johnny Bush	October 22, 1973	Tommy Hooker
Warmth of the Wine	Johnny Bush	April 1970	(2 artists)
Whiskey River	Johnny Bush	July 1972	(17 artists)
You Ought to Hear Me Cry REL	Johnny Bush	October 1967	(3 artists) Originally by Willie Nelson REC

Covers by Johnny Bush

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride at All	Johnny Bush	July 18, 2006	Red Lane
Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride at All	Johnny Bush featuring Ray Price	June 16, 2017	Red Lane
All I Have to Offer You Is Me	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Charley Pride
A Moment Isn't Very Long	Johnny Bush	1967	Faron Young
Another Bridge to Burn	Johnny Bush	January 20, 1973	"Little" Jimmy Dickens
Apt #9	Johnny Bush	August 1968	Bobby Austin
A Way to Survive	Johnny Bush	February 1968	The Capricorns
Beneath a Neon Star	Johnny Bush	1994	Tommy Duncan
Blackjack County Chain	Johnny Bush	October 9, 2006	Willie Nelson
Bloody Mary Morning	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Willie Nelson
Born to Lose	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Ted Daffan's Texans
Borrowed Angel	Johnny Bush	May 21, 1973	Mel Street
City Lights	Johnny Bush	March 1971	Bill Anderson [US1]
Danny Boy	Johnny Bush	February 1968	(unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Darkness on the Face of the Earth	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Hawkshaw Hawkins
Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Conway Twitty
Did We Have to Come This Far to Say Goodbye	Johnny Bush	September 14, 2004	Wayne Kemp
Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas	Johnny Bush	1994	Moe Bandy with Merle Haggard
Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me	Johnny Bush	March 1969	George Jones
Drivin' Nails in My Coffin	Johnny Bush	1979	Jerry Irby
Drivin' Nails in My Coffin	The Cornell Hurd Band with Johnny Bush	May 28, 1996	Jerry Irby
Each Time	Johnny Bush	December 1968	Ray Price
Ease Me to the Ground	Johnny Bush	1993	Gladys Knight & The Pips
Family Bible	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Claude Gray
Farewell Party	Johnny Bush	February 1968	Lawton Williams REL, Billy Walker REC
Funny How Time Slips Away	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Billy Walker
Good Deal Lucille	Johnny Bush	October 9, 2006	Al Terry
Heart of a Clown	The Cornell Hurd Band with Johnny Bush and Marti Brom	July 30, 2002	Wade Ray and The Ozark Mountain Boys
He Don't Deserve You Anymore	Johnny Bush	2001	Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
I Can't See Texas from Here	Johnny Bush	July 18, 2006	George Strait
I Can't See Texas from Here	Darrell McCall & Johnny Bush	1986	George Strait
If You'll Hold the Ladder	Darrell McCall & Johnny Bush	1986	(unknown)
I Gotta Get Drunk	Johnny Bush with Cooder Graw and Willie Nelson	September 14, 2004	Joe Carson
I Gotta Get Drunk	Johnny Bush featuring Dale Watson	June 16, 2017	Joe Carson
I Let My Mind Wander	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Ray Price
I'll Be There	Johnny Bush	April 1972	Ray Price
I'll Never Be Free	Johnny Bush with Leona Williams	September 2000	Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
I'll Sail My Ship Alone	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Moon Mullican
I'll Warm by the Flame	Amber Digby (feat. Johnny Bush)	March 2020	Johnny Bush
I Miss You Already	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Faron Young
I'm Not Crazy Yet	Johnny Bush	July 18, 2006	Ray Price
It's All in the Game	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson, Tommy Edwards
It's All Over (But the Crying)	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Hank Williams Jr.
I've Just Destroyed the World	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Ray Price
I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today	Johnny Bush	2001	Warren Smith [US2]
Jolé Blon	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Amadie Breaux, Ophy Breaux and Clemo Breaux, Hackberry Ramblers, Harry Choates & His Fiddle
Jones on the Jukebox	Johnny Bush with Tommy Alverson	September 14, 2004	Georgia Brown - The D.J. Fontana Band
Life Turned Her That Way	Johnny Bush	August 1968	"Little" Jimmy Dickens
Lillie's White Lies	Johnny Bush	February 3, 2009	Martin Delray
Lonely Street	Johnny Bush	February 1968	Carl Belew & His Rock Crushers
Love Is No Excuse	The Cornell Hurd Band with Johnny Bush and Marti Brom	July 30, 2002	Jim Reeves & Dottie West
Mama's Hungry Eyes	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Merle Haggard and The Strangers
Mental Revenge	Johnny Bush	July 18, 2006	Mel Tillis
My Cup Runneth Over	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Mary Martin & Robert Preston
My Mind Is a Bridge (For Your Memory)	Johnny Bush	1972	Wilma Burgess
My Own Peculiar Way	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Perry Como with The Anita Kerr Quartet
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You	Johnny Bush	October 22, 1973	Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band REL, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys REC
Opportunity to Cry	Johnny Bush	July 18, 2006	Willie Nelson
Opportunity to Cry	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Willie Nelson
Pancho and Lefty	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Townes Van Zandt
Pass Me By	Johnny Bush	May 21, 1973	Johnny Rodriguez [US]
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down	Darrell McCall & Johnny Bush	1986	Charlie Walker
Play "Together Again" Again	Johnny Bush	1979	Buck Owens
Pride Goes Before a Fall	Johnny Bush	September 2000	Jim Reeves [US]
Rainbow in Daddy's Eyes	Johnny Bush	2001	Sammi Smith
Right Back in Your Arms Again	Johnny Bush	July 1972	Bobby Helms
Send Me the Pillow You Dream On	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Hank Locklin and His Rocky Mountain Playboys
She Once Lived Here	The Cornell Hurd Band with Johnny Bush and Marti Brom	July 30, 2002	George Jones
SHE'S THE TRIP THAT I'VE BEEN ON	Johnny Bush	2013	Unverified
She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Jerry Lee Lewis
Sound of a Heartache	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Johnny Bush
Statue of a Fool	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Jack Greene
Still Crazy	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Paul Simon
Texas Dance Hall Girl	Johnny Bush	October 22, 1973	Justin Tubb
That's All That Matters	Johnny Bush	May 21, 1973	Ray Price
The Next Voice You Hear	Johnny Bush	2001	Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
The Party's Over	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Willie Nelson
There'll Always Be Honky Tonks in Texas	Darrell McCall & Johnny Bush	1986	Johnny Rodriguez [US]
There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas	Joe Paul Nichols with Johnny Bush	2011	Ernest Tubb
There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas	Johnny Bush / Cornell Hurd	2005	Ernest Tubb
There Stands the Glass	Johnny Bush	December 1972	Blaine Smith
These Hands	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Jerry Jericho
The Twenty-Fourth Hour	Darrell McCall & Johnny Bush	1986	Ray Price
The Warm Red Wine	Johnny Bush	October 22, 1973	Ernest Tubb REL, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys REC
Today I Started Loving You Again	Johnny Bush	August 1968	Merle Haggard and The Strangers
Together Again	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Buck Owens
Unchained Melody	Johnny Bush	August 1968	Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
Undo the Right	Johnny Bush	July 1968	Willie Nelson
Until My Dreams Come True	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Jack Greene
What a Way to Live	Johnny Bush	March 1968	Willie Nelson
What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser out of Me)	Johnny Bush	August 1968	Jerry Lee Lewis
When My Conscience Hurts the Most	Johnny Bush	1979	Charlie Walker
When the Grass Grows over Me	Johnny Bush	March 1969	George Jones
Whiskey River	Johnny Bush with Willie Nelson	September 14, 2004	Johnny Bush
Wine into Water	Johnny Bush	September 2000	T. Graham Brown
Wine Me Up	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Faron Young
Woman (Sensuous Woman)	Johnny Bush	January 20, 1973	Don Gibson
Women Make a Fool Out of Me	Johnny Bush	August 5, 2014	Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys
You Can't Take It with You	Johnny Bush	January 20, 1973	Ray Price
You Done Me Wrong	Darrell McCall & Johnny Bush	1986	Ray Price
You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry	Johnny Bush	2001	Moon Mullican
You Gave Me a Mountain	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Marty Robbins REC, Frankie Laine - With The Jimmy Bowen Orch. & Chorus REL

Songs written by Johnny Bush

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Conscience Turn Your Back	Johnny Bush	Johnny Bush	June 14, 1967	Covered by Redd Volkaert
Jealously Insane	Johnny Bush	Johnny Bush	June 13, 1967	Covered by Amber Digby
Sound of a Heartache	Johnny Bush	Johnny Bush	September 15, 1966	Covered by (3 artists)
Whiskey River	Johnny Bush, Paul Stroud	Johnny Bush	February 8, 1972	Covered by (17 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Amarillo Depot	Johnny Bush	1979	Whiskey River
Bush Country	Johnny Bush	May 1970	Stop Records
Devil's Disciple	Johnny Bush	October 9, 2006	BGM
Greatest Hits of Johnny Bush	Johnny Bush	1972	Stop Records
Greatest Hits Volume One	Johnny Bush	1993	RCA
Green Snakes	Johnny Bush	2001	Lone Star Records
Here Comes the World Again	Johnny Bush	May 21, 1973	RCA Victor
Honky Tonic	Johnny Bush	September 14, 2004	BGM
Hot Texas Country	Darrell McCall & Johnny Bush	1986	Step One Records
Kashmere Gardens Mud - A Tribute to Houston's Country Soul	Johnny Bush	March 6, 2007	Icehouse Music
Lillie's White Lies	Johnny Bush	February 3, 2009	Heart of Texas Records
Lost Highway Saloon	Johnny Bush	September 2000	Lone Star Records
Song of South Austin	The Cornell Hurd Band with Johnny Bush and Marti Brom	July 30, 2002	Behemoth
Sound of a Heartache	Johnny Bush	February 1968	Stop Records
Texas Dance Hall Girl	Johnny Bush	October 22, 1973	RCA Victor
Texas State of Mind	Johnny Bush	July 18, 2006	BGM
The Absolute Johnny Bush	Johnny Bush	June 16, 2017	BGM
Time Changes Everything	Johnny Bush	1994	TCE
Together Again	Johnny Bush with special guest Willie Nelson	February 25, 1982	Delta Records [US1]
Undo the Right	Johnny Bush	August 1968	Stop Records
Whiskey River / There Stands the Glass	Johnny Bush	January 20, 1973	RCA Victor
You Gave Me a Mountain	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Stop Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
City Lights	Johnny Bush	March 1971	Stop Records
Each Time	Johnny Bush	December 1968	Stop Records
I'll Be There	Johnny Bush	April 1972	Million [US1]
Jim, Jack and Rose	Johnny Bush	November 1969	Stop Records
Mama's Hands	Johnny Bush	1971	Stop Records
My Joy	Johnny Bush	October 1970	Stop Records
Sound of a Heartache	Johnny Bush	1967	New Star
There Stands the Glass	Johnny Bush	December 1972	RCA Victor
Undo the Right	Johnny Bush	July 1968	Stop Records
Warmth of the Wine	Johnny Bush	April 1970	Stop Records
What a Way to Live	Johnny Bush	March 1968	Stop Records
Whiskey River	Johnny Bush	July 1972	RCA Victor
You Gave Me a Mountain	Johnny Bush	March 1969	Stop Records
You Ought to Hear Me Cry	Johnny Bush	October 1967	Stop Records

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Cool and Unusual Punishment	The Cornell Hurd Band	May 28, 1996	Behemoth
Friends in High Places - 14 Duets	Joe Paul Nichols	2011	Heart of Texas Records
Heroes, Mentors, and Friends: The Legends Project	Amber Digby	March 2020	Heart of Texas Records
Ten in Texas	various artists	2005	Icehouse Music
Thanks a Lot Texas Troubadour	various artists	August 5, 2014	Heart of Texas Records