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Hank Williams

Lovesick Blues

Blues
  • Blues
  • Country
  • Chanson
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1947
  • 1947
  • 1949
  • 1948
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  • 1985

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Lovesick Blues is a show tune credited to Cliff Friend and Irving Mills. The song first appeared in the 1922 musical Oh, Ernest. It was recorded by Emmet Miller in 1928 and later by country music singer Rex Griffin. The recordings by Griffin and Miller inspired Hank Williams to perform the song during his first appearances on the Louisiana Hayride in 1948. Receiving an enthusiastic reception by the audience, Williams decided to record his own version despite initial push back from his producer Fred Rose and his band. MGM Records released “Lovesick Blues” on February 1949, and it became an overnight success, quickly reaching number one on Billboard’s Top C&W singles and number 24 on the Most Played in Jukeboxes list. The publication named it the top country & western record of the... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lovin ... I hate to think it all over, I've lost my heart it seems ... I've grown so used to you somehow ♫

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