"Little Old Wine Drinker Me ""Little Old Wine Drinker Me"" is a song that was first released by Charlie Walker in 1966, on the album ""Wine, Woman & Walker"". The song became a hit when it was released by Robert Mitchum in early 1967, and by Dean Martin later the same year on his album ""Welcome to My World"". Robert Mitchum's version spent 2 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 96, while reaching No. 9 on ""Billboard""s Hot Country Singles chart. Dean Martin's version spent 6 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No."
"windows and tearin’ down doors,<br> Drinkin’ half-gallons and callin’ for more.<br> Drinkin’ wine motherfucker, drinkin’ wine!<br> Goddam!<br> Drinkin’ wine motherfucker, drinkin’ wine!<br> Goddam!<br> Drinkin’ wine motherfucker, drinkin’ wine!<br> Goddam!<br> Pass that bottle to me!"" It was one of the earliest prototypical rock-and-roll songs. Cover versions were recorded by Wynonie Harris, Lionel Hampton, Big John Greer, Johnny Burnette, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Mike Bloomfield's Electric Flag (as ""Wine""). The song lent its name to the alcoholic fruit drink spodi. In 1946 Granville and Brownie McGhee wrote a version of the song that didn't use profanity. Harlem Records released the new version"
"Hefe Wine Maurice Williams (born August 25, 1972), better known by his stage names Hefe Wine, NuWine and Wine-O, is an African-American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. Williams is best known for his 2006 Billboard Top 100 single ""Pop My Trunk"". He has worked with Mike Jones, Kiotti, Letoya Luckett, Daz Dillinger, Lil Wayne, and Paul Wall. Maurice Williams was raised on the north side of Houston as the youngest of seven children. At the age of 15, he started stealing cars. Describing his childhood and years of automobile theft, he stated: ""My mama said when I"
"Little Jimmy Dickens James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name, Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11"" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. Dickens was born in"
"Hank Mills Hank Mills (April 9, 1936 – November 11, 2005) was the pen name taken by country songwriter Samuel Garrett. Mills authored a number of country and western hits of the 1960s and 1970s, including 3 BMI award winners: ""Girl on the Billboard"" (written with Walter Haynes) was a #1 hit for Grand Ole Opry singer Del Reeves in 1965; ""Little Ole Wine Drinker Me"" (written w/ Dick Jennings), as performed by Dean Martin, reached #38 on Billboard's Top 40 charts in 1967; and ""Angel's Sunday"" reached #13 on Billboard's country music charts in 1971 for country crooner Jim"
"Little Joe (Kleine Waker) by Henk Wijngaard). Tom Waits released Big Joe and Phantom 309 on his 1975 ""Nighthawks at the Diner"". Red Sovine Woodrow Wilson ""Red"" Sovine (July 7, 1917 – April 4, 1980) was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives, but set to music. The most noted examples are his 1965 number one hit ""Giddyup Go"" and his 1976 number one hit ""Teddy Bear"". Sovine was born as Woodrow Wilson Sovine in 1917 in Charleston, West Virginia, earning the nickname ""Red"" because of his reddish-brown hair. He"
"Small Fry (song) ""Small Fry"" is an American popular song written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser. It was first sung and introduced by Bing Crosby, in the film ""Sing You Sinners"" (1938). In the film, Crosby sings it in a musical sequence with a young Donald O'Connor and Fred MacMurray. Crosby recorded the song on July 1, 1938 with Johnny Mercer dueting and this reached the No. 3 spot in the charts of the day. He also recorded a solo version of the song for V-Disc in 1944. Other versions have been recorded by Mildred Bailey (she"
"1980s. He died from asthma at the age of 77. Joe Seneca Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Seneca was born Joel McGhee, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his acting career, he belonged to the R&B singing group The Three Riffs, which was active from the late 1940s and performed at upscale supper clubs in New York City. He was also a songwriter and had big hits with ""Talk to Me"" which was sung by Little Willie John, and ""Break It to Me Gently,"" which was a smash hit"
"of his Beverly Hills-based publishing companies, in which his children also became involved as they became adults. Bill Withers William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including ""Lean on Me"", ""Ain't No Sunshine"", ""Use Me"", ""Just the Two of Us"", ""Lovely Day"", and ""Grandma's Hands"". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film ""Still Bill"". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in"
"and Danny and the Juniors.(1973) Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American recording artist, singer-songwriter and actor. A pop music and culture icon, Little Richard's most-celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship presaged the rise of rock and roll. His music influenced many other popular music genres, including soul, funk and hip hop and shaped generations of rhythm and blues artists. Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first"
"LaVern Baker Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were ""Tweedle Dee"" (1955), ""Jim Dandy"" (1956), and ""I Cried a Tear"" (1958). Baker was born Delores Evans in Chicago. Some sources refer to her as Delores Williams, the name by which she was known during her early marriage to Eugene Williams. Baker began singing in Chicago clubs such as the Club DeLisa around 1946, often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper, and first recorded"
"Bill Withers William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including ""Lean on Me"", ""Ain't No Sunshine"", ""Use Me"", ""Just the Two of Us"", ""Lovely Day"", and ""Grandma's Hands"". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film ""Still Bill"". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Bill Withers was born in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. He was"
"Maurice Chevalier Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including his first American hit ""Livin' In The Sunlight"", ""Valentine"", ""Louise"", ""Mimi"", and ""Thank Heaven for Little Girls"" and for his films, including ""The Love Parade"", ""The Big Pond"" and ""Love Me Tonight"". His trademark attire was a boater hat, which he always wore on stage with a tuxedo. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and"
"Elderberry Wine (song) ""Elderberry Wine"" is a song written by Bernie Taupin and Elton John that was first released on John's 1973 album ""Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"". It was also released as the B-side of John's #1 hit ""Crocodile Rock"" in October 1972. It was also popular on album-oriented rock radio stations. John played it live during his 1973 tour. It was covered by Irish-Scots singer Mae McKenna. ""Elderberry Wine""'s music evokes nostalgia, and it has been described as a ""retro rocker."" Allmusic critic Stewart Mason describes it as a ""straight-ahead piano-pounding rocker with gruff vocals"
"(Old Hickory, Tennessee) just outside Nashville on August 15, 1996. His funeral was attended by his wife, children, grandchildren and siblings; his sisters Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle gave eulogies at his funeral. Jay Lee Webb Willie ""Jay"" Lee Webb (February 12, 1937 – July 31, 1996) was an American country music singer. He is known for his answer song ""I Come Home A Drinkin'"" which was written in response to his older sister Loretta Lynn's #1 hit ""Don't Come Home A Drinkin'"" in 1969. Willie ""Jay"" Lee Webb was born in a log cabin on February 12, 1937, in"
"Little Brown Jug (song) ""Little Brown Jug"" is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Eastburn Winner, originally published in Philadelphia with the author listed as Winner's middle name ""Eastburn."" It was originally a drinking song. It remained well known as a folk song into the early 20th century. Like many songs which make reference to alcohol, it enjoyed new popularity during the Prohibition era. In 1939, bandleader Glenn Miller recorded and broadcast his swing instrumental arrangement of the tune with great success, and the number became one of the best known orchestrations of the American Big Band era. The"
"Joe Seneca Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Seneca was born Joel McGhee, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his acting career, he belonged to the R&B singing group The Three Riffs, which was active from the late 1940s and performed at upscale supper clubs in New York City. He was also a songwriter and had big hits with ""Talk to Me"" which was sung by Little Willie John, and ""Break It to Me Gently,"" which was a smash hit twice, once by Brenda Lee in 1962 and once by"
"Mark Wynter Mark Wynter (born Terence Sidney Lewis; 29 January 1943) is an English actor and former singer, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including ""Venus in Blue Jeans"" and ""Go Away Little Girl"". He enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, but developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays. With his early musical career on a proper footing, Terry Lewis decided to change his name to lessen the confusion with the American comedian, Jerry Lewis. He was entered as one of the contenders for the"
"(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine ""(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine"" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in November 1972 as the second and final single from the album, ""The Storyteller"". The song was Hall's third number one on the U.S. country singles chart. ""(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine"" spent one week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. On June 1, 2014, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked ""(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine"" #93 in their list of the 100 greatest country"
"Tin Soldier (song) ""Tin Soldier"" is a song released by the English rock band Small Faces on 2 December 1967, written by Steve Marriott (credited to Marriott/Lane). The song peaked at number nine in the UK singles chart and number 38 in Canada. It has since been covered by many other notable rock artists. ""Tin Soldier"" was originally written by Steve Marriott for singer P.P. Arnold, but Marriott liked it so much he kept it himself. It was a song that he wrote to his first wife, Jenny Rylance. P.P. Arnold can be heard singing backing vocals on the song."
"J. W. Myers John W. Myers (c. 1864 – c. 1919?), who was usually credited as J. W. Myers, was a Welsh-born baritone singer, who recorded widely in the United States between the early 1890s and the early 1910s. His recordings, including ""Two Little Girls in Blue"" (1893), ""The Sidewalks of New York"" (1895), ""Just Tell Them That You Saw Me"" (1895), ""When You Were Sweet Sixteen"" (1901), ""On a Sunday Afternoon"" (1902), ""Way Down In Old Indiana"" (1902), and ""In the Good Old Summer Time"" (1902), were among the most popular of the period. Little is known of his"
"Mistletoe and Wine ""Mistletoe and Wine"" is a Christmas song made famous as a single by Cliff Richard in 1988. The song was written by Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart and Keith Strachan for a musical called ""Scraps"", which was an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's ""The Little Match Girl"" set in Victorian London. ""Scraps"" was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London in 1976. The musical was renamed ""The Little Match Girl"" and adapted for television by HTV in 1987, and featured Roger Daltrey, Paul Daneman, Jimmy Jewel and Twiggy. As originally conceived, ""Mistletoe and Wine"" had a"
"Tony Joe White Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit ""Polk Salad Annie"" and for ""Rainy Night in Georgia"", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote ""Steamy Windows"" and ""Undercover Agent for the Blues"", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who was a friend of White. ""Polk Salad Annie"" was also recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones. Tony Joe White"
"You Am I, and Talei Wolfgramm performed the track on Australian music quiz show ""RocKwiz"". Tin Soldier (song) ""Tin Soldier"" is a song released by the English rock band Small Faces on 2 December 1967, written by Steve Marriott (credited to Marriott/Lane). The song peaked at number nine in the UK singles chart and number 38 in Canada. It has since been covered by many other notable rock artists. ""Tin Soldier"" was originally written by Steve Marriott for singer P.P. Arnold, but Marriott liked it so much he kept it himself. It was a song that he wrote to his"
"Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American recording artist, singer-songwriter and actor. A pop music and culture icon, Little Richard's most-celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship presaged the rise of rock and roll. His music influenced many other popular music genres, including soul, funk and hip hop and shaped generations of rhythm and blues artists. Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986."
"Jay Lee Webb Willie ""Jay"" Lee Webb (February 12, 1937 – July 31, 1996) was an American country music singer. He is known for his answer song ""I Come Home A Drinkin'"" which was written in response to his older sister Loretta Lynn's #1 hit ""Don't Come Home A Drinkin'"" in 1969. Willie ""Jay"" Lee Webb was born in a log cabin on February 12, 1937, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. He was the third son and fourth child born to Clara Marie ""Clary"" (née Ramey; 1912 – 1981) and Melvin Theodore ""Ted"" Webb (1906 – 1959), a coal miner and"
"a modest hit for Mitchum, reaching number 69 on the ""Billboard"" Pop Singles chart. The song was included as a bonus track on a successful reissue of ""Calypso ..."" and helped market the film to a wider audience. Although Mitchum continued to use his singing voice in his film work, he waited until 1967 to record his follow-up record, ""That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings"". The album, released by Nashville-based Monument Records, took him further into country music, and featured songs similar to ""The Ballad of Thunder Road"". ""Little Old Wine Drinker Me"", the first single, was a top-10 hit at"
"Dorothy LaBostrie Dorothy LaBostrie (18 or 28 May 1928 – 4 November 2007), later Dorothy LaBostrie Black, was an American songwriter, best known for co-writing Little Richard's 1955 hit ""Tutti Frutti"". She was born in Rayland, Kentucky; some sources incorrectly claim a birth year of 1938 rather than 1928. Her parents were Amos and Orelia C. LaBostrie. She was raised in Mobile, Alabama, and in 1951 moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, to seek out her father's Creole relatives. She started working as a cook and waitress, wrote poems, and began frequenting the jazz and blues clubs on Rampart Street. In"
"Lilac Wine ""Lilac Wine"" is a song written by James Shelton (lyrics and music) in 1950. It was introduced by Hope Foye in the short-lived theater musical revue, ""Dance Me a Song"". The song has since been recorded by many artists including Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, Elkie Brooks, Katie Melua, Jeff Buckley, Clare Maguire, Jeff Beck, Fanny Ardant, John Legend, Miley Cyrus, Emily Keener, The Cinematic Orchestra, Lady Rizo, and Ana Moura. The lyrics form a narrative of heartache at losing a lover and taking solace from wine made from a lilac tree. The song focuses on the blissful oblivion"
"Gimme Little Sign ""Gimme Little Sign"" is a classic soul music song, originally performed by Brenton Wood. It was released in 1967 on the album ""Oogum Boogum"". It was written by Wood (under his real name, Alfred Smith), Joe Hooven and Jerry Winn. The most well known version is by Brenton Wood, which peaked at number 9 in the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, and also was top 10 in the UK Singles Chart and Australia. Mighty Mo Rodgers played the electronic organ on the recording. It has also been a hit for Danielle Brisebois in 1995, and also covered"
"The Clovers, Frank Culley, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Tiny Grimes, Al Hibbler, Earl Hines, Johnny Hodges, Jackie & Roy, Lead Belly, Meade Lux Lewis, Professor Longhair, Shelly Manne, Howard McGhee, Mabel Mercer, James Moody, Joe Morris, Art Pepper, Django Reinhardt, Pete Rugolo, Pee Wee Russell, Bobby Short, Sylvia Syms, Billy Taylor, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Yancey, Sarah Vaughan, Mal Waldron, and Mary Lou Williams. In early 1949, a New Orleans distributor phoned Ertegun to obtain Stick McGhee's ""Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee"", which was unavailable due to the closing of McGhee's previous label. Ertegun knew Stick's"
"Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as ""the father of American music"", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are ""Oh! Susanna"", ""Hard Times Come Again No More"", ""Camptown Races"", ""Old Folks at Home"" (""Swanee River""), ""My Old Kentucky Home"", ""Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"", ""Old Black Joe"", and ""Beautiful Dreamer"". Many of his compositions remain popular more than 150 years after he wrote them. His compositions are thought to be autobiographical. He has been identified as ""the most famous songwriter"
"Frankie Laine Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an Italian American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career nearly spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of ""That's My Desire"" in 2005. Often billed as ""America's Number One Song Stylist"", his other nicknames include ""Mr. Rhythm"", ""Old Leather Lungs"", and ""Mr. Steel Tonsils"". His hits included ""That's My Desire"", ""That Lucky Old Sun"", ""Mule Train"", ""Jezebel"", ""High Noon"", ""I Believe"", ""Hey Joe!"", ""The Kid's Last Fight"", ""Cool Water"", ""Rawhide"", and ""Lord, You"