What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)

"What Made Milwaukee Famous" redirects here. For the indie band, see What Made Milwaukee Famous (band).

"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
from the album Another Place, Another Time
B-side	"All the Good Is Gone"
Released	May 1968
Genre	Country
Length	2:35
Label	Smash
Writer(s)	Glenn Sutton
Producer(s)	Jerry Kennedy Eddie Kilroy
Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology
"Another Place Another Time" (1968) "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (1968) "She Still Comes Around (to Love What's Left of Me)" (1968)

"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" is a song written by Glenn Sutton. The song's title is a reference to beer, specifically Schlitz beer, which for many years was advertised with the slogan, "The beer that made Milwaukee famous".

In 1968, Jerry Lee Lewis released his version as a single. It became a top 10 hit on Billboard's Country chart and also made a minor impact on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart performance

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles	94
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Cover versions

In 1971, writer Sutton's wife Lynn Anderson recorded a version for her album How Can I Unlove You.

In the United Kingdom, a version by Rod Stewart charted at #4 in 1972 as a double A-side with "Angel."

The Del McCoury Band recorded the song on their album, A Deeper Shade of Blue. Country artist Hank Thompson recorded another version, as did Johnny Bush.

More recently, a live version appeared on Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly's 1997 release Alive Behind the Green Door.

The Texas band What Made Milwaukee Famous takes its name from this song.

Preceded by "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash

RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 19, 1968

Succeeded by "Already It's Heaven" by David Houston