"Hey Bartender"
Single by Johnny Lee
from the album Hey Bartender
ReleasedJune 1983
GenreCountry
Length2:44
LabelFull Moon
Songwriter(s)Dossie Terry
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen
Johnny Lee singles chronology
"Sounds Like Love"
(1983)		 "Hey Bartender"
(1983)		 "My Baby Don't Slow Dance"
(1983)

"Hey Bartender" is a song written by Dossie Terry, copyright filing EU389235 dated 10 March 1955[1] and renewed RE180048 on 11 March 1983.[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 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 Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[8]

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series". Books.google.com. 1956. p. 74.
  2. ↑ "WebVoyage Record View 1". Cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Floyd Dixon - Hey Bartender". 45cat.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ ""Blue Boo Boo" Blazer, Little Archie Taylor, Johnny Cameron's Little Boo Boo's, Geechie Hicks & His Creole Combo – Blue Boo Boo / Hey! Bartender (1959, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Laurel Aitken & the Blue Beats (2) - Bar Tender (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Blues Brothers - (I Got Every Thing I Need) Almost". 45cat.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Johnny Lee - Hey Bartender". 45cat.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2010-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ "Johnny Lee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
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