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A	White Lightning Written-By – J. P. Richardson*	2:42
B	Long Time To Forget Written-By – G. Jones*	2:25

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Mercury Record Corporation
• Published By – Starrite
• Published By – Starday Music

Credits

• Vocals – George Jones

Notes

Found it was first related in Billboard march,2 1959 so formerly released few weeks earlier that year.
Charts entry the following week with "White Lightning". Hitting C&W #1 on apr.1959 for several weeks, Jones' cover of the Big Bopper's song also made few breaks in the Pop 100 on may 1959 peaking only at #73

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): YW17090
• Matrix / Runout (Label, filp side): YW17091

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
45-AMT 1036	George Jones	White Lightning ‎(7")	Mercury	45-AMT 1036	UK	1959
71406X45	George Jones	White Lightning / Long Time To Forget ‎(7", Single, Promo)	Mercury	71406X45	US	1959
71406	George Jones	White Lightning / Long Time To Forget ‎(Shellac, 10")	Mercury	71406	Canada	1959
71406X45	George Jones	White Lightning / Long Time To Forget ‎(7", Single, Promo, Mis)	Mercury	71406X45	US	1959
71406X	George Jones	White Lightning ‎(7", Single)	Mercury	71406X	Canada	1959