4. George Jones, ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’ (1980)
“He Stopped Loving Her Today” was Jones’ first no.1 hit in six years. By 1980, he was so lost that he started speaking in split personalities; one of them Jones, one called ‘the Old Man,’ and a third called ‘Dee-Doodle the Duck.’ Yes, this is true.
Source: Wide Open Country
It took him 18 months to make this song due to the fact that his speech was so slurred. The song’s main character swore he’d love her ’til the day he died. Then one day, he dies. Jones apparently hated the song as he thought it was miserable and too dramatic. And it was. But country music tends to depend on the embellishment on the struggles of real life.