A Picture of Me (Without You) (song)

"A Picture of Me (Without You)"
"A Picture of Me (Without You)"
Single by Lorrie Morgan
from the album Something in Red
B-side	"Tears on My Pillow"
Released	June 1991
Genre	Country
Length	3:39
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Norro Wilson; George Richey
Producer(s)	Richard Landis
Lorrie Morgan singles chronology

"A Picture of Me (Without You)"
"A Picture of Me (Without You)"
Single by George Jones
from the album A Picture of Me (Without You)
B-side	"Man Worth Loving You"
Released	October 1972
Genre	Country
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Norro Wilson; George Richey
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
George Jones singles chronology

"A Picture of Me (Without You)" is a country music song written by Norro Wilson and George Richey.

Background

According to Rich Kienzle's liner notes for the 1994 Sony retrospective The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, the song was written specifically for Jones with co-writer Norro Wilson singing the song for George "imitating the Jones style to show how he wanted it sung. Even with the string arrangement, the country feel remained undiminished". The song is similar to an older Webb Pierce song called "That's Me Without You". It was originally recorded by Jones, whose version peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1972. In his 1995 autobiography I Lived to Tell It All, Jones quoted lines from the song to describe his own sadness at the passing of his brother-in-law W.T. "Dub" Scroggins in 1993.

The song was covered by Lorrie Morgan on her 1991 album Something in Red. Morgan's version was released as the album's second single in June 1991 and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1991.^[1]

Content

In the song, the narrator tells his lover to imagine incomplete things, like "a world where no music is playing, a church where nobody's praying, a sky with no blue, and by seeing this, she can see his picture without her by his side.

Other versions

The song was also recorded in 2007, as a duet, by Vern Gosdin and Kimber Sparks; Teddy Thompson recorded this song on his album My Love of Country in 2023

Chart performance

George Jones

Chart (1972)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	13

Lorrie Morgan

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	95

References

^ Lorrie Morgan Hot Country Songs Chart History
^ "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1682." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 23, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
^ "Lorrie Morgan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

[1] Lorrie Morgan Hot Country Songs Chart History

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_George_Jones-2] "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Canadacountry_-3] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1682." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 23, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Lorrie_Morgan-4] "Lorrie Morgan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[5] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

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v t e George Jones singles
Albums Singles Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards
1950s	"No Money in This Deal" "Play It Cool, Man" "You All Goodnight" "Why Baby Why" "What Am I Worth" "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" "Rock It" "You Gotta Be My Baby" "Just One More" "Don't Stop the Music" "Too Much Water" "Tall, Tall Trees" "Seasons of My Heart" "Too Much Water" "Treasure of Love" "White Lightning" "Who Shot Sam" "Big Harlan Taylor"
1960s	"Accidentally on Purpose" "Out of Control" "The Window Up Above" "Family Bible" "Tender Years" "Aching, Breaking Heart" "She Thinks I Still Care" "Open Pit Mine" "A Girl I Used to Know" "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)" "I'll Share My World with You "The Race Is On" "Love Bug" "Take Me" "I'm a People" "Walk Through This World with Me" "I Can't Get There from Here" "If My Heart Had Windows" "Say It's Not You" "Small Time Laboring Man" "As Long as I Live" "Milwaukee, Here I Come" (with Brenda Carter) "When the Grass Grows Over Me" "I'll Share My World with You" "If Not for You" "She's Mine"
1970s	"Where Grass Won't Grow" "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" "A Good Year for the Roses" "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" "Right Won't Touch a Hand" "I'll Follow You (Up to Our Cloud)" "We Can Make It" "Loving You Could Never Be Better" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "What My Woman Can't Do" "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)" "Once You've Had the Best" "The Grand Tour" "The Door" "These Days (I Barely Get By)" "Memories of Us" "The Battle" "You Always Look Your Best (Here in My Arms)" "Her Name Is" "Old King Kong" "If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)" "Bartender's Blues" "I'll Just Take It Out in Love" "Someday My Day Will Come"
1980s	"He Stopped Loving Her Today" "I'm Not Ready Yet" "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" "Still Doin' Time" "Same Ole Me" "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" "I Always Get Lucky with You" "Tennessee Whiskey" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "She's My Rock" "Hallelujah, I Love You So" (with Brenda Lee) "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" (with Lacy J. Dalton) "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" "Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" "Wine Colored Roses" "The Right Left Hand" "I Turn to You" "The Bird" "I'm a Survivor" "The Old Man No One Loves" "If I Could Bottle This Up" (with Shelby Lynne) "I'm a One Woman Man" "The King Is Gone (So Are You)" "Writing on the Wall" "Radio Lover"
1990s	"You Couldn't Get the Picture" "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" "Honky Tonk Song" "Choices"
As a collaborative artist	"Yearning" (with Jeanette Hicks) "Did I Ever Tell You" (with Margie Singleton) "Waltz of the Angels" (with Margie Singleton) "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (with Melba Montgomery) "Let's Invite Them Over" (with Melba Montgomery) "Please Be My Love" (with Melba Montgomery) "What's in Our Heart" (with Melba Montgomery) "Things Have Gone to Pieces" (with Gene Pitney) "I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night" (with Gene Pitney) "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (with Melba Montgomery) "That's All It Took (with Gene Pitney) "Maybellene" (with Johnny Paycheck) "You Can Have Her" (with Johnny Paycheck) "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" (with Johnny Paycheck) "You Better Move On" (with Johnny Paycheck) "Yesterday's Wine" (with Merle Haggard) "C.C. Waterback" (with Merle Haggard)
As a featured artist	"We Didn't See a Thing" (Ray Charles with Chet Atkins and George Jones) "A Few Ole Country Boys" (Randy Travis featuring George Jones) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (Patty Loveless with George Jones) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (Chad Brock featuring George Jones and Hank Williams, Jr.) "Country Boy" (Aaron Lewis featuring Charlie Daniels and George Jones)
Promotional singles	"Wrong Number"
Other charted songs	"Money to Burn" "Big Fool of the Year" "I Saw Me" "What's in Our Heart" (with Melba Montgomery) "My Tears Are Overdue" "I Just Don't Give a Damn" "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

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Discography
Studio albums	Leave the Light On (1989) Something in Red (1991) Watch Me (1992) Merry Christmas from London (1993) War Paint (1994) Greater Need (1996) Shakin' Things Up (1997) Secret Love (1998) My Heart (1999) I Finally Found Someone (with Sammy Kershaw) (2001) Show Me How (2004) A Moment in Time (2009) Dos Divas (with Pam Tillis) (2013) Letting Go...Slow (2016)
Compilation albums	Reflections: Greatest Hits (1995) To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection (2000)
Singles	"Trainwreck of Emotion" "Dear Me" "Out of Your Shoes" "Five Minutes" "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (with Keith Whitley) "He Talks to Me" "We Both Walk" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "Except for Monday" "Something in Red" "Watch Me" "What Part of No" "I Guess You Had to Be There" "Half Enough" "Crying Time" "My Night to Howl" "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" "Back in Your Arms Again" "Standing Tall" "By My Side" (with Jon Randall) "Good as I Was to You" "Go Away" "One of Those Nights Tonight" "Maybe Not Tonight" (with Sammy Kershaw)
Related people and acts	Sammy Kershaw George Morgan Jon Randall Pam Tillis Keith Whitley