"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 Calvin Grant Shofner was ...

reached #35 on the country music charts in

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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 {{1960s-country-song-stub