Drunk (Jimmy Liggins song)
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| "Drunk" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Jimmy Liggins | |
| A-side | "Drunk" |
| B-side | "I'll Never Let You Go" |
| Released | 1953 |
| Label | Specialty |
| Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Liggins[1] |
"Drunk" is a 1953 Jimmy Liggins song.[2] The song was released on Art Rupe's Specialty Records with another Liggins' composition "I'll Never Let You Go" as the B-side. The song "Drunk" has been covered by many artists including Ace Cannon (1971) and Steve Tallis (1986).
The lyrics include the line "Came home one night with a spinning in my head/reached for the pillow, missed the whole darned bed".[3]
The single was a top ten best seller at the end of 1953 into January 1954, according to the Billboard charts, and in the top five of tracks played on jukeboxes.[4][5]
