I Almost Lost My Mind

"I Almost Lost My Mind"
Song by Ivory Joe Hunter
Written	1950
Writer(s)	Ivory Joe Hunter

"I Almost Lost My Mind" is a popular song. It was written by Ivory Joe Hunter and was published in 1950. Hunter's recording of the song was a number one hit on the US Billboard R&B chart in that year.^[1]

The recording of the 12-bar blues by R&B star Ivory Joe Hunter was made on October 1, 1949 and was a rhythm and blues hit that became a pop standard. The best selling version of the song was a cover version by Pat Boone, hitting #1 on the Billboard charts in 1956.

It has since been recorded by an extraordinary array of pop artists, big bands, country and western stars, rock and rollers, and Latin, jazz and blues performers.

Recorded versions

Albert King Ray Anthony Eddy Arnold Bill Black Jeanne Black[2] Pat Boone Ray Bryant Eddie Cochran Nat King Cole Cookie & The Cupcakes James Cotton Arthur Big Boy Crudup Blind John Davis Fats Domino Duane Eddy The Everly Brothers Georgie Fame Mary Flower Connie Francis

Bill Haley & His Comets Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra The Harptones Woody Herman Ivory Joe Hunter (1950) Ferlin Husky Joni James Nigel Kennedy The Legendary Blues Band Barbara Mandrell Gene McDaniels Wes Montgomery Mouth & MacNeal Willie Nelson Pinetop Perkins Alan Price Louis Prima Charlie Rich Demis Roussos

Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women Jimmy Smith Keely Smith Hank Snow Floyd Tillman Ernest Tubb Conway Twitty Fran Warren Solomon Burke Billy Vaughn The Wilburn Brothers Zalman Yanovsky The Spencer Davis Group

See also

• List of number-one R&B singles of 1950 (U.S.)
• List of number-one singles of 1956 (U.S.)

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 267.
2. "Jeanne Black, A Little Bit Lonely". Retrieved November 26, 2016.