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"Take a Letter Maria" is a song written and recorded by R. B. Greaves, an American soul singer. The song has a Latin music flavor, complete with a mariachi-style horn section, featuring trumpets. It tells of a man who has learned of his wife's infidelity the night before, and dictates a letter of separation to Maria, his secretary. The song was released in September 1969, quickly gaining regular airplay (see referenced Chicago radio station WLS chart for the first week of October 1969),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=06 October 1969 WLS 890 Hit Parade )〕 peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The single was certified gold in December 1969, with one million copies shipped.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=R.B.%20Greaves&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50%20RIAA )〕 By 1970, sales of the song totalled 2.5 million. The song was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio on August 19, 1969 using the house studio musicians. These include Roger Hawkins, drums, Barry Beckett, electric piano, Eddie Hinton and Jimmy Johnson, guitars, David Hood, bass, and Mel Lastie, trumpet. 〔 ''The Muscle Shoals Sound'' CD liner notes: Rhino Records, 1993 〕 In 1994, the song was featured in the soundtrack of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. ==Cover versions== "Take a Letter Maria" has had two charted cover versions by country music singers. Anthony Armstrong Jones released a cover in 1970 from his album of the same name, reaching number 8 on the country charts with it. In 1999, Doug Stone released the song from his album ''Make Up in Love'', reaching number 45 on the country single charts. The New Riders of the Purple Sage included a cover of the song on their 1975 album Oh, What a Mighty Time. The alt-country supergroup The Pleasure Barons included a high-energy cover of the song on their Live in Las Vegas CD, with vocals by Country Dick Montana of the Beat Farmers. Gary Puckett also included a cover of it on his Greatest Hits CD-1002 published by DELUXE in 1986. The first cover song on country music singer Sammy Kershaw's new album "I won't back down" released on June 9, 2015 is “Take A Letter Maria,” a number two hit for R.B. Graves in 1969. 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「Take a Letter Maria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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