Look What Thoughts Will Do

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"Look What Thoughts Will Do"
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Song by Lefty Frizzell
Released1951
Genre Country
Length2:29
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Lefty Frizzell, Dub Dickerson

"Look What Thoughts Will Do" is a country music song written Lefty Frizzell and Dub Dickerson, sung by Frizzell, and released on the Columbia label. In March 1951, it reached No. 4 on the country jockey chart. [1] It spent 12 weeks on the charts and was the No. 26 best selling country record of 1951. [2] [1]

The song was later covered by other artists, including Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.

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References

  1. 1 2 Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 118. ISBN   0823076326.
  2. "The Year's Top Country & Western Records" (PDF). The Billboard. January 12, 1952. p. 22.