Then there's Jerry Reed's "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" from 1956. If memory serves, it was on Capital, #F3381. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Coxe" To: Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 7:06 PM Subject: Re: I'm a... not a .... > Jim McG wrote: >> In a message dated 9/8/2006 4:03:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >> audities-owner@smoe.org writes: >> >> Richard Keith wrote a song with the title "I'm A Lover Not A Fighter" >> back in >> 1962 which pre-dates Jackson. I dare the phrase pre-dates even that. >> >> The Kinks had it as the title of song too (seventies I believe). >> >> The Kinks' "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" was a cover of Lazy Lester's 1958 >> Excello single, written by J.D. Miller. The Lazy Lester version >> positively >> stomps the Kinks. > > Yup, though Dave Edmunds version on Rockpile ain't half bad, and he > made Lester's I Hear You Knockin' pretty famous too. > > - michael >