"UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . . "-0.289661"^^ . . "Songs with music by Cliff Friend" . "false"^^ . "Fred Rose (songwriter)" . "200"^^ . "126.0"^^ . . "Lovesick Blues" . . "Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles of the year" . "1949-02-11"^^ . . "Patsy Cline songs" . "MGM Records" . "Irving Mills" . "-0.695201"^^ . "Cliff Friend" . "1922 songs" . "298683"^^ . "United States National Recording Registry recordings" . "Lovesick Blues" . . "8493" . "1949 singles" . "-15.5"^^ . "1992 singles" . "Pop standards" . "1948-12-22" . "2"^^ . "164000.0"^^ . "english" . "Songs with lyrics by Irving Mills" . "2006-01-01"^^ . "MCA Records singles" . . "Floyd Cramer songs" . "1960 singles" . "Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles" . "%22Lovesick Blues%22 is a show tune written by Cliff Friend and Irving Mills. The song first appeared in the 1922 musical Oh, Ernest. It was recorded by Emmett Miller in 1928 and later by country music singer Rex Griffin. The recordings by Griffin and Miller inspired Hank Williams to perform the song during his first appearances on the Louisiana Hayride in 1948. Receiving an enthusiastic reception from the audience, Williams decided to record his own version despite initial push back from his producer Fred Rose and his band.MGM Records released %22Lovesick Blues%22 in February 1949, and it became an overnight success, quickly reaching number one on Billboard's Top C&W singles and number 24 on the Most Played in Jukeboxes list. The publication named it the top country and western record of the year, while Cashbox named it %22Best Hillbilly Record of the Year%22.Several cover versions of the song have been recorded. The most popular, Frank Ifield's 1962 version, topped the UK Singles Chart. In 2004, Williams' version was added to the National Recording Registry." . "Irish Singles Chart number-one singles" . "1962 singles" . "DEBL60882792" . . . "George Strait songs" . "false"^^ . "Single (music)" . "Hank Williams songs" . . "false"^^ . . "5714ded225ac0d8aee43d1b9" . "1141912" . "Sonny James songs" .