Hey Bartender

"Hey Bartender" is a song written by Dossie Terry, copyright filing EU389235 dated 10MAR55^[1] and renewed RE180048 11MAR83^[2]. It was first recorded by Floyd Dixon in 1955 on Cat Records 114; the label credits Terry as composer^[3]. A cover by Laurel Aitken in 1961 made the song a huge success, though the Blue Beat 45 label credited L. Aitken as composer^[4]. It was subsequently covered and recorded live by The Blues Brothers in 1978 although the composer credit on the Atlantic Records release indicated Floyd Dickson^[5]. It was also recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee though his release also credited Floyd Dickson as composer^[6]. It was released in June 1983 as the first single and title track from his album Hey Bartender. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart^[7] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[8]

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