"I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)" is a song written and sung by Frizzell and released on the Columbia label (catalog no. 21034). In December 1952, it peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's country and western best seller chart. It spent nine weeks on the charts.[1]
| "I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)" | ||||
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| Single by Lefty Frizzell | ||||
| B-side | "You're Just Mine (Only In My Dreams)" | |||
| Released | October 20, 1952 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:24 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lefty Frizzell | |||
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The song was later covered by Merle Haggard on If We Make It Through December (1974). After Frizzell died in 1975, Haggard wrote a tribute song, "Goodbye Lefty" that referenced the 1952 song: "But the old old man is gone. There'll be no more Lefty's songs."[2]
The country rock band Rank and File also covered the song on its album Long Gone Dead (1984).[3]
Andre Williams and The Sadies also covered the song on their album Red Dirt (1999).[4]
References
edit- ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 119. ISBN 0823076326.
- ^ Dave Mulholland (June 18, 1981). "Frizzell's influence still heard in country music". The Advocate. p. 8C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rank and File - Long Gone Dead". Discogs. 1984. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Red Dirt". AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2020.