Tenor Saxophone Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1474657 By Elvis Presley. By Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Thompson. Arranged by LF. Pop,Rock. Individual part. 2 pages. Amorel #1052235. Published by Amorel (A0.1474657). Always on My Mind was written by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher and Mark James, first recorded by Brenda Lee and first released in March 1972 by Gwen McCrae (as You Were Always on My Mind) in March 1972. But it was in Elvis Presley's voice that the song became commercially successful.