I ALMOST LOST MY MIND

"'I Almost Lost My Mind'" is a popular song. It was written by Ivory Joe Hunter and was published in 1950. Hunter's recording of the song was a #1 hit on the R&B charts in that year.
The recording of the 12-bar blues by R&B star Ivory Joe Hunter was made on October 1, 1949 and was a rhythm and blues hit that became a pop standard. The best selling version of the song was a cover version by Pat Boone, hitting #1 on the ''Billboard'' charts in 1956.
It has since been recorded by an extraordinary array of pop artists, big bands, country and western stars, rock and rollers, and Latin, jazz and blues performers.

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Recorded versions

Recorded versions

★ Ray Anthony ★ Eddy Arnold ★ Bill Black ★ Pat Boone (1956) ★ Ray Bryant ★ Eddie Cochran ★ Nat King Cole ★ Cookie & The Cupcakes ★ James Cotton ★ Blind John Davis ★ Teisco del Rey ★ Fats Domino ★ Duane Eddy ★ Georgie Fame ★ Fessor's Big City Band ★ Mary Flower

★ Connie Francis ★ Bill Haley & His Comets (1960) ★ Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra ★ Woody Herman ★ Ivory Joe Hunter (1950) ★ Ferlin Husky ★ Joni James ★ Nigel Kennedy ★ Albert King ★ The Legendary Blues Band ★ Barbara Mandrell ★ Gene McDaniels ★ Mr. B (Mark Braun), the "famous Slovenian gangster" ★ Wes Montgomery ★ Mouth & MacNeal ★ Willie Nelson

★ Pinetop Perkins ★ Alan Price ★ Louis Prima ★ Charlie Rich ★ Demis Roussos ★ Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women ★ Clifford Scott ★ Jimmy Smith ★ Keely Smith ★ Hank Snow ★ Floyd Tillman ★ Ernest Tubb ★ Conway Twitty ★ The Wilburn Brothers ★ Zalman Yanovsky