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"Help Me Make It Through The Night" is a country music ballad written and composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album ''Kristofferson.'' Though it was also recorded in 1971 by Elvis Presley, four others recorded it in 1971: Joan Baez for her album ''Blessed Are...'' (July 1971), Gladys Knight & The Pips in 1972, Bryan Ferry for his album ''Another Time, Another Place'' (October 1974), Jerry Lee Lewis, who did a bluesy version for his album ''Touching Home'', and country singer Sammi Smith, whose recording of the song is the most commercially successful and most well-known version. Smith's recording ranks among the most successful country singles of all time in terms of sales, popularity and radio airplay. Her recording topped the country singles chart, and was also a crossover hit, reaching number eight on the U.S. pop singles chart. Other American singers, including Dottie West, also recorded the song throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. The most successful version, after Smith's, was recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1972 (this version was later sampled extensively to create Huff and Puff's 1996 dance track "Help Me Make It"). ==Background and writing== Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an ''Esquire'' magazine interview with Frank Sinatra. When asked what he believed in, Frank replied, "Booze, broads, or a bible...whatever helps me make it through the night." During his time as a struggling songwriter, Kristofferson wrote the song while staying with Dottie West and her husband, Bill, at their home on Shy's Hill Road in Nashville's Green Hills neighborhood. When he offered Dottie the song, she originally claimed it was "too suggestive" for her. Eventually, she would record it before the year was out, and it is included on her album ''Careless Hands.'' However, by then, several others had recorded and released versions of it, some garnering great success. Later on, West said that not recording it when it was originally offered to her was one of the greatest regrets of her career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Help Me Make It Through the Night」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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