50+ Music<p>"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> song, with lyrics written and music adapted in 1950 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PeteSeeger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteSeeger</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LeeHays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeHays</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theWeavers</span></a>. It became a US hit in a version recorded by the Weavers in 1951, and an even bigger hit in 1957 when recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JimmieRodgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimmieRodgers</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FrankieVaughan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrankieVaughan</span></a> also had a top ten hit with the song in the UK in 1958. The tune was adapted from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LeadBelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadBelly</span></a>'s "If It Wasn't for Dicky" (1937). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFFhlqZKfFM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=LFFhlqZKfFM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>