Reviews for Nat Stuckey

Nat wrote the song POP A TOP from a conversation we had on a hot Louisiana summer day. It was going to be Nat's next single after SWEET THANG on Paula Records, but Jim Ed Brown wanted it to release on RCA Records. Nat let him have it. It was a very big hit for Jim Ed.

Then, Alan Jackson released it on UNDER THE INFLUENCE. And on many other cds released by Alan.

Nat is also listed as a writer on DIGGIN' UP BONES.

Nat was the writer of one and the voice on two Coca Cola commercials, many McDonalds commercials, United Airlines, etc.
Nat was the singer on the last Budweiser Spuds MacKenzie commercial.

Some day, some one will use POP A TOP, the honky tonk anthem, in a beer commercial.

Nat and I were basically retired when he died from cancer on August 24, 1988. The music business was very good to us and continues to be for me.

Ann M. Stuckey
Widow of Nat Stuckey,
a Texas Gentleman

Back in the 1970's I met an older man named Jimmy Keys or Keyes and he told me and people he met, that he wrote the song "Pop a Top". He was in a wheel chair, and lived here in Illinois with his wife, I don't remember much else on him except this. So if he just claimed this, or sold the song cheap maybe or the basic idea behind the song. Any ideas on this? Kevin from Illinois

Nat was not only a great singer, he & his wife Ann were my friends. I met them backstage at an Opry performance in '69. When he passed away in '88 I took a day off from work cos it really affected me. There isn't any bad songs that he either wrote or recorded. ""Sweet Thang" was recorded by Loretta & Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Dean & Dottie West among others. His duet albums with Connie Smith are among my most favorite of all duet albums.

You also missed 'Take Time To Love Her'which entered the Billboard Country chart in July 1973 and became Nat's 4th biggest release.

"Take Time To Love Her' entered the Billboard Country Chart in July 1973 and became Nat's 4th biggest release. He was a busy jingle singer (a very respected job here in Nashville) and song writer long before his 12 year recording artist career declined (which was longer than most artists). Nat was a popular, successful music professional throughout his too-short life.

You also missed 'Take Time To Love Her'which entered the Billboard Country chart in July 1973 and became Nat's 4th biggest release.

Loved the song "Don't pay the ransom honey, I've escaped". Hell, that's a song to live by...