What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)

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"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
from the album Another Place, Another Time
B-side"All the Good Is Gone"
ReleasedMay 1968
GenreCountry
Length2:35
LabelSmash
Songwriter(s)Glenn Sutton
Producer(s)Jerry Kennedy
Eddie Kilroy
Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology
"Another Place Another Time"
(1968)
"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)"
(1968)
"She Still Comes Around (to Love What's Left of Me)"
(1968)

"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" is a song written by Glenn Sutton. The song's title is a reference to beer, specifically Schlitz beer, which for many years was advertised with the slogan, "The beer that made Milwaukee famous."[1]

In 1968, Jerry Lee Lewis released his version as a single. It became a top-ten hit on Billboard's country chart and made a minor impact on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart performance[]

Chart (1968) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles 94
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Cover versions[]

In 1971, writer Sutton's wife Lynn Anderson recorded a version for her album How Can I Unlove You.

In the United Kingdom, a version by Rod Stewart charted at No. 4 in 1972 as a double A-side with "Angel."

The Del McCoury Band recorded the song on their album, A Deeper Shade of Blue. Country artist Hank Thompson recorded another version, as did Johnny Bush.

A live version appeared on Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly's 1997 release Alive Behind the Green Door.

The band Redbird performed the song on their 2011 album Live at the Cafe Carpe.

The Texas band What Made Milwaukee Famous takes its name from this song.

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