13Dec1970 "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - Anne Murray & Glen Campbell (Goodtime Hour)

Viewers are treated to the delightful duo of Anne Murray and Glen Campbell performing the Bob Dylan composition "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right." Campbell would later record this song in 2012 or 2013 for his 64th and final album, "Adiós" (released in June 2017, two months prior to Campbell's death). From The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour broadcast of December 13, 1970 on CBS-TV. The entire episode (with guests Ray Charles, Norm Crosby, Wally Cox and Anne Murray) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3NR0dz_GnI&list=PLlGsAJWvjFoLt8USjRi-KQgDNuYspqfeq&index=83&t=730s During this episode, Anne Murray also performed the gospel pop song "Put Your Hand in the Hand," available as a separate video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_UUJ2L3gNE&list=PLlGsAJWvjFoLt8USjRi-KQgDNuYspqfeq&index=86 Video clips of Glen Campbell on Smothers Brothers shows, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour and beyond, are available on this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGsAJWvjFoLt8USjRi-KQgDNuYspqfeq For those interested in watching full episodes of the classic CBS-TV variety series The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1969), they are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGsAJWvjFoKkIOgfTUCgujlKH7qRCB8d From Wikipedia: "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released the following year on his album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" and as the B-side of the single "Blowin' in the Wind". The song has been covered by many other artists, most notably by Peter, Paul and Mary who released it as a single reaching the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Writing: In the liner notes to the original release, Nat Hentoff calls the song "a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better ... as if you were talking to yourself." It was written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy. The beginning of the melody is based on the public domain traditional song "Who's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I'm Gone," which was taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton, who had used it in his song "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?" As well as the beginning of the melody, a couple of lines of lyrics were taken from Clayton's "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?", which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote "Don't Think Twice." Lines taken word-for-word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, "T'ain't no use to sit and wonder why, darlin'" and "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road." On the first release of the song, instead of "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road babe, where I'm bound, I can't tell" Dylan sings "So long, honey babe, where I'm bound, I can't tell." The lyrics were changed when Dylan performed live versions of the song and on cover versions recorded by other artists.

Added 17 Jun 2026