Little Old Wine Drinker Me

"Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
Single by Robert Mitchum
from the album That Man Robert Mitchum...Sings
B-side	"Walker's Woods"
Released	1967
Format	Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre	Country
Length	2:25
Label	Monument
Writer(s)	Hank Mills & Dick Jennings

"Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me"
Single by Dean Martin
from the album Welcome to My World
B-side	"I Can't Help Remembering You"
Released	1967
Format	Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre	Country pop
Length	2:47
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	Hank Mills & Dick Jennings

"Little Old Wine Drinker Me" is a song that was first released by Charlie Walker in 1966, on the album Wine, Woman & Walker.^[1] The song became a hit when it was released by Robert Mitchum in early 1967, and by Dean Martin later the same year.

Robert Mitchum's version spent 2 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 96,^[2] while reaching No. 9 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.^[3]

Dean Martin's version spent 6 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 38,^[4] while reaching No. 5 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,^[5]^[6] and No. 4 on Australia's Go-Set chart.^[7]

In Canada, Dean Martin's version and Robert Mitchum's version reached No. 32 on the RPM 100, in a tandem ranking.^[8]

The song's title parodies a catchphrase used in contemporary TV advertising by the Italian Swiss Colony wine company: "The little old winemaker, me!"

References

↑ Charlie Walker - Little Ole Wine Drinker Me, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ Robert Mitchum - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, July 29, 1967. p. 44. Accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, September 30, 1967. p. 20. Accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ Ed Nimmervoll, "GO-SET National Top 40", October 11, 1967. Accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 8, No. 3, September 16, 1967. Accessed September 11, 2016.

Dean Martin

Discography

Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs Cha Cha de Amor French Style Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again Dream with Dean The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin Hits Again (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You Houston Somewhere There's a Someone Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album The Dean Martin TV Show Happiness Is Dean Martin Welcome to My World Gentle on My Mind I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am My Woman, My Woman, My Wife For the Good Times Dino Sittin' on Top of the World You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Once in a While The Nashville Sessions

Posthumous albums	Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool

Compilation albums	Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin Dino: The Essential Dean Martin

Singles	"Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" "If" "You Belong to Me" "That's Amore" "Sway" "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" "Mambo Italiano" "Young and Foolish" "Under the Bridges of Paris" "Memories Are Made of This" "Innamorata" "Standing on the Corner" "Return to Me" "Angel Baby" "Volare" "On an Evening in Roma" "Just in Time" "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" "Houston" "I Will" "Somewhere There's a Someone" "Come Running Back" "A Million and One" "Nobody's Baby Again" "(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In" "Lay Some Happiness on Me" "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" "Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me" "In the Misty Moonlight" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "Not Enough Indians" "Gentle on My Mind" "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" "Detroit City" "She's a Little Bit Country" "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

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