'Hey Bartender' | ||||
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Single by Johnny Lee | ||||
from the album Hey Bartender | ||||
Released | June 1983 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:44 | |||
Label | Full Moon | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dossie Terry | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen | |||
Johnny Lee singles chronology | ||||
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Accurately dubbed 'the Queen of Chicago blues' (and sometimes just the blues in general), Koko Taylor helped keep the tradition of big-voiced, brassy female blues belters alive, recasting the spirits of early legends like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Big Mama Thornton, and Memphis Minnie for the modern. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Find Johnny Lee discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. Hey, Bartender! Carries on my family’s traditional love of the restaurant and hospitality business. My father owned restaurants, bars, a pizza joint, and even a disco back in Michigan in the late 70’s. My brother & I started working in the business well before we could drive and continued all the way through college when I met. West Coast jump blues singer and pianist Floyd Dixon was a vital link in the evolution from swing to R&B. The self-appointed 'Mr. Magnificent,' his energetic, raucous sound was a seminal influence on Ray Charles, anticipating the emergence of modern soul music by more than a decade. Born Jay Riggins. Available with an Apple Music subscription.
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'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 'Blue Boo Boo' Blazer & Little Archie Taylor with Geechie Hicks & His Creole Combo was released as a b-side in 1959 and it was credited to 'Blazer-Williams'[4]. A cover by Laurel Aitken in 1961 titled 'Bar Tender' made the song a huge success, though the Blue Beat 45 label credited 'L. Aitken' as composer[5]. 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'[6]. It was also recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee though his release also credited 'Floyd Dickson' as composer[7]. 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 BillboardHot Country Singles chart[8] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[9]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | 2 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
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References[edit]
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- ^'Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series'. 1956.
- ^http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search%5FArg=terry%20dossie&Search%5FCode=NALL&CNT=25&PID=cg4TKcdG133XvFBPR9dPuUeB&SEQ=20170607155039&SID=1
- ^http://www.45cat.com/record/nc888881us
- ^https://www.discogs.com/release/10630869
- ^http://www.discogs.com/Laurel-AitkenBlue-Beats-Bar-Tender-Mash-Potato-Boogie/release/2988097
- ^http://www.45cat.com/record/3576
- ^http://www.45cat.com/record/729605us
- ^Johnny Lee Billboard Singles
- ^RPM Country Tracks
- ^'Johnny Lee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)'. Billboard.
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