When country music duo Brooks & Dunn released a cover version of 'My Maria' in 1996, the song reached No. 1 on the US country music chart and won the 1997 Grammy for Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. A cover version by Brooks & Dunn reached No. The guitar portion of the track was played by Larry Carlton. In addition, 'My Maria' spent one week at No. It remained in the Top 40 for twelve weeks. The song became a Top 10 hit, peaking at No.
David Kershenbaum, Stevenson's producer at RCA agreed with Lindy Blaskey that it sounded like a hit and produced and released 'My Maria' as a single in August 1973.
Stevenson to finish writing it with an additional verse. So Lindy Blaskey took what Daniel had so far and asked B.W. Lindy Blaskey, music publisher at ABC/Dunhill Records thought Daniel Moore had a possible hit with his verse and chorus, but couldn't get him to finish the song.
