Jerry Lee Lewis's cover became the title track of his 1968 album, Another Place, Another Time, which was also released as a single, with "Walking the Floor over You" as its B-side.
Based on the liner notes to the 2002 Raven Records reissue of Lewis's album, his cover became a top 5 hit, whereas Del Reeves's original was "unsuccessful".
[1] It is considered Lewis's comeback song as he finally broke on the country charts, effectively ending his commercial slump.
According to a book by Ken Burke, the "one man responsible" for changing the fortunes of Jerry Lee Lewis' flagging career was Eddie Kilroy.
Yes, Jerry Lee Lewis hit home runs in the country market, but Garth Brooks he would not be, for you can isolate the aggressive energy for some hit singles in this arena, and though it was perfectly suited to this rock pioneer's voice, the slow pace of "Another Place, Another Time" as well as "What Made Milwaukee Famous" [Note: another track from Lewis's 1968 album Another Place, Another Time] is almost to Lewis as far removed as Pat Boone doing his heavy metal album - though certainly without the idiocy.