| "Always Late (with Your Kisses)" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Lefty Frizzell | |
| from the album Listen to Lefty | |
| B-side | "Mom and Dad's Waltz" |
| Released | 1951 |
| Format | 7" single |
| Recorded | 1951 |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Columbia 20837 |
| Writer(s) | Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford |
"Always Late (with Your Kisses)" is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Lefty Frizzell. It was the fifth single released from his 1951/1952 album Listen to Lefty. It peaked at number one in 1951 and became his fourth release to hit the top. The B-side of "Always Late with Your Kisses", entiltled "Mom and Dads Waltz" peaked at number two for eight weeks on the country chart.[1]
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| Chart (1951) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
Jo-El Sonnier covered the song in 1976. His version reached #99 on the U.S. country chart.
Merle Haggard covered the song in 2001 on his album Roots, Volume 1.
A version by Leona Williams charted in 1981, reaching #84 on the same chart.
| "Always Late with Your Kisses" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Dwight Yoakam | ||||
| from the album Hillbilly Deluxe | ||||
| B-side | "1000 Miles" | |||
| Released | February 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:10 | |||
| Label | Reprise 27994 | |||
| Writer(s) | Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford | |||
| Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
| Dwight Yoakam singles chronology | ||||
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"Always Late with Your Kisses" was covered by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It is the fourth and final single released from his 1987 album Hillbilly Deluxe. It peaked at #9 in the United States,[2] and #5 in Canada.
The music video was directed by Sherman Halsey.
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 9 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 5 |
| Preceded by "I Wanna Play House With You" by Eddy Arnold |
Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records number one single by Lefty Frizzell September 1, 1951 |
Succeeded by "Slow Poke" by Pee Wee King |