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Little Old Wine Drinker Me
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"'Little Old Wine Drinker Me'" (sometimes rendered with a comma between the final two words) is a country pop song written in the 1960s by Hank Mills and Dick Jennings. The title parodied what was then a well-known catchphrase in TV commercials for Italian Swiss Colony wine company: "The little old winemaker, me!". The song is about a man trying to drink away his romantic troubles.
The song was first released by Charlie Walker in 1966, on the album 'Wine, Woman & Walker'.[http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Charlie+Walker&titel=Little+Ole+Wine+Drinker+Me&cat=s Charlie Walker - Little Ole Wine Drinker Me], norwegiancharts.com. Accessed September 11, 2016. It 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'. Lefty Frizzell also recorded the song on his 1967 album Puttin 'On.
Mitchum's version spent two weeks on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 96,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/366066/robert-mitchum/chart Robert Mitchum - Chart History - The Hot 100], 'Billboard.com'. Accessed September 11, 2016. while reaching No. 9 on 'Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-07-29.pdf Hot Country Singles]", 'Billboard', July 29, 1967. p. 44. Accessed September 11, 2016.
Martin's version spent six weeks on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 38,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/300598/dean-martin/chart?page=1&f=379 Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100], 'Billboard.com'. Accessed September 11, 2016. while reaching No. 5 on 'Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/300598/dean-martin/chart?page=1&f=341 Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary], 'Billboard.com'. Accessed September 11, 2016."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-09-30.pdf Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening]", 'Billboard', September 30, 1967. p. 20. Accessed September 11, 2016. and No. 4 on Australia's 'Go-Set' chart.Ed Nimmervoll, "[http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1967/19671011.html GO-SET National Top 40]", October 11, 1967. Accessed September 11, 2016.
In Canada, Martin's version and Mitchum's version reached No. 32 on the 'RPM' 100, in a tandem ranking."[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=6348& RPM 100]", 'RPM Weekly', Volume 8, No. 3, September 16, 1967. Accessed September 11, 2016.
The Martin recording later became popular with the Scottish football club Clydebank and can often be heard being chanted on the terraces with Tennessee being replaced with Kilbowie in homage to the club's former ground in the town.
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Category:1966 songs
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Category:Songs written by Hank Mills
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