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"If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" is a song written by Harlan Sanders and Rick Beresford, and recorded by American country music artist George Jones. It was released in January 1981 as the third single from his album I Am What I Am. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1]
In his essay for the Sony reissue of the album, Glen Gass of the Indiana University School of Music calls "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me" "a manifesto of existential barroom despair" that would have been a "tossed off novelty" in another singer's hands (During performances of the song, Jones would jokingly conclude it by replacing "her memory will ...
"If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" 8: 25 "Still Doin' Time" 1981 1: 2 Still the Same Ole Me "Same Ole Me" (with The Oak Ridge Boys) 1982 5: 1 "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" 3: 8 Shine On "I Always Get Lucky with You" 1983 1: 6 "Tennessee Whiskey" 2: 1 "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" 1984 3: 6 You've Still Got a ...
Although Jones's pre-Epic recordings had been repackaged and compiled countless times, Anniversary - 10 Years of Hits was the first comprehensive collection of the singer's biggest hits with the label.
Much like his previous hit single, "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)," the song seemed torn from the pages of the singer's life; drug-addled and paranoid, he often disappeared for weeks on end, missing show dates and confounding his managers. "Still Doin' Time," with its story of a man who is a prisoner of alcohol who cannot escape ...
Putman and Braddock killed the song's main character too soon in their early versions. Billy kept telling them to kill the guy at a different time and then have the woman come to his funeral. He gave the song to me, and I carried it for more than a year, also convinced that it needed rewriting.
While "You Won't See Me" was a No. 8 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening Singles chart, "He Thinks I Still Care" was shopped to country radio. In July, just as "You Won't See Me" peaked in popularity at Top 40 stations, "He Thinks I Still Care" became Murray's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country ...
"If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" (1981) "I'm Not Ready Yet" is a song written by Tom T. Hall.