50+ Music<p>"Mama Tried" is a song written and recorded by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>countryMusic</span></a> artist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MerleHaggard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerleHaggard</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheStrangers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheStrangers</span></a>. It was released in July 1968 as the first single and title track from the album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MamaTried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MamaTried</span></a>. The song became one of the cornerstone songs of his career. It won the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyHallOfFameAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyHallOfFameAward</span></a> in 1999, and was selected for preservation in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NationalRecordingRegistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalRecordingRegistry</span></a> due to its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance" on March 23, 2016. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loT_pYzi3Vw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=loT_pYzi3Vw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>