{{Infobox song | name = Hey Bartender | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Johnny Lee | album = Hey Bartender | released = June 1983 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 2:44 | label = Full Moon | writer = Dossie Terry | producer = Jimmy Bowen | prev_title = Sounds Like Love | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = My Baby Don't Slow Dance | next_year = 1983 }}
"'''Hey Bartender'''" is a song written by Dossie Terry, copyright filing EU389235 dated 10 March 1955<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTohAQAAIAAJ&q=copyright+dossie+%22hey+bartender%22&pg=PA74 |title = Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|year = 1956|page=74|website=Books.google.com}}</ref> and renewed RE180048 on 11 March 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search_Arg=terry+dossie&Search_Code=NALL&CNT=25&PID=cg4TKcdG133XvFBPR9dPuUeB&SEQ=20170607155039&SID=1|title=WebVoyage Record View 1|website=Cocatalog.loc.gov|access-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref>
It was first recorded by Floyd Dixon in 1955 on Cat Records 114; the label credits "Terry" as composer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/nc888881us|title=Floyd Dixon - Hey Bartender|access-date=April 30, 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref> A cover by "Blue Boo Boo" Blazer & Little Archie Taylor with Geechie Hicks & His Creole Combo was released as a B-side in 1959 and it was credited to "Blazer-Williams".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Blue-Boo-Boo-Blazer-Little-Archie-Taylor-Johnny-Camerons-Little-Boo-Boos-Geechie-Hicks-His-Creole-Co/release/10630869|title="Blue Boo Boo" Blazer, Little Archie Taylor, Johnny Cameron's Little Boo Boo's, Geechie Hicks & His Creole Combo – Blue Boo Boo / Hey! Bartender (1959, Vinyl)|access-date=April 30, 2021|website=Discogs.com}}</ref> A cover by Laurel Aitken in 1961 titled "Bar Tender" made the song a success, though the Blue Beat 45 label credited "L. Aitken" as composer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Laurel-AitkenBlue-Beats-Bar-Tender-Mash-Potato-Boogie/release/2988097 |title=Laurel Aitken & the Blue Beats (2) - Bar Tender (Vinyl) at Discogs |website=Discogs |access-date=2013-11-03 |archive-date=2016-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019085708/https://www.discogs.com/Laurel-AitkenBlue-Beats-Bar-Tender-Mash-Potato-Boogie/release/2988097 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was subsequently covered and recorded live by The Blues Brothers in 1978, although the composer credit on the Atlantic Records release indicated "Floyd Dickson".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/3576|title=Blues Brothers - (I Got Every Thing I Need) Almost|access-date=April 30, 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref>
It was also recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee, though his release also credited "Floyd Dickson" as composer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/729605us|title=Johnny Lee - Hey Bartender|access-date=April 30, 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref> It was released in June 1983 as the first single and title track from his album, ''Hey Bartender''. The song reached number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart and number 1 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4312&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=f777d3mpo433b2ub0oge8ar4b5 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-04 |archive-date=2012-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020044142/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4312&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=f777d3mpo433b2ub0oge8ar4b5 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1983) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Johnny Lee}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|1 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1983) !Position |- |US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1983|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 20, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|14 |} {{col-end}}
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