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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]
While Jones's recent albums with Sherrill had been accused of being erratic at times, I Am What I Am contained just about everything a fan could want from a George Jones record, including hard drinking songs like the self-explanatory "I've Aged Twenty Years In Five" and "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)", which rose to number 8 on ...
For many casual country fans, this would be the only Jones album that they owned. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic observes: "What makes Anniversary transcendent, one of the best country albums of all time, is the context and subtext, how it reads like an autobiography of the most turbulent, heartbreaking decade in Jones' life."
Jones also spoke of his hopes for a reconciliation, and would jokingly reference Wynette in some of his songs – during performances of his 1981 hit "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" he would sing "Tammy's memory will" – but the recriminations continued.
The song was Jones' eighth number one country single as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart. [ 1 ] 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 ...
I'm a Survivor (George Jones song) I'm Not Ready Yet; I'm With the Wrong One; I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night; If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) If I Could Bottle This Up; If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You) If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries) If My Heart Had Windows (song) If Not for You (George ...
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The song is very much in the tradition of George's previous hits "Still Doin' Time" and "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" in that it is a hard "drinking song," but it's also a "cheatin'" song, with the narrator suspicious that "Somebody keeps paying my bar tab but the bartender won't tell me who." Jones delivers a soulful, bluesy ...