"Drinking Champagne" is a song written by
Bill Mack. He released the first version of the song on Pike Records in the mid-sixties. The song grabbed nationwide attention when the version by
Cal Smith
Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 – October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and " It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".
Career
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reached #35 on the country music charts in
1968
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The tune also was a local hit in the late sixties by Hawaii's
Myra English.
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935October 28, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as " rock & roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis ma ...
released a version of the song on his 1973 album, ''Live at the International''.
It was covered in 1990 by
George Strait, whose version was the second single from his album ''
Livin' It Up''. The song reached #4 on the ''
Billboard''
Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1990.
''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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Chart performance
Cal Smith
George Strait
Year-end charts
Other recordings
*Bill Mack 1967,
*Billy Walker 1968,
*Faron Young 1969,
*Ray Price 1969
*Jimmy Dallas (e.g. Keith Kissee) 1972
*Jim Ed Brown 1973
*Don Gibson 1973
*Mickey Gilley 1975,
*Dean Martin 1983
*Willie Nelson 2010
References
Drinking songs
1960s songs
1968 singles
1973 singles
1990 singles
Cal Smith songs
Jerry Lee Lewis songs
George Strait songs
Songs about alcohol
Songs written by Bill Mack
Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen
MCA Records singles
Year of song missing
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