You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often
1945 song by Jenny Lou Carson
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"You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" written in 1945 by Jenny Lou Carson and performed by Tex Ritter, was the first number one country music hit written by a woman.
PublishedJuly 17, 1945 by Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc., Nashville[1]
ReleasedJuly 25, 1945
RecordedMay 1, 1945[2]
| "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Tex Ritter and His Texans | ||||
| B-side | "Green Grow the Lilacs" | |||
| Published | July 17, 1945 by Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc., Nashville[1] | |||
| Released | July 25, 1945 | |||
| Recorded | May 1, 1945[2] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Capitol 206 | |||
| Songwriter | Jenny Lou Carson | |||
| Tex Ritter and His Texans singles chronology | ||||
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Chart performance
It was Ritter's second number one on the Juke Box Folk chart, spending eleven weeks at the top and a total of twenty weeks on the chart.[3]
Cover Versions
It was subsequently recorded by: the Hoosier Hot Shots, Helen O'Connell, Sue Thompson, Wesley Tuttle, Doc Watson, and Red Foley, amongst others.