many thanks for the links. i've been doing a lot of searches recently and managed to hear a range of versions ( such as nitty gritty dirt band, ricky skaggs, allman brothers, willie nelson, staple singers, george jones, gene harris, jeff buckley, marty robbins, carter family, roy acuff, aaron neville, bryan white, jonny cash, jerry lee lewis, etc) but NONE of them fits my memory. the recording (cassette tape) was bought in japan and i think it was called Standard Collection. the song starts with "there are loved ones in the glory..." and there are other country oldies like Silver Wings, Dear John, etc.

this search has really got me hooked.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CLUE AT ALL, PLEASE?

email me to bobby_witty@yahoo.com please. i will be very very grateful