"Lovesick Blues" Is A Tin Pan Alley Song Composed By Cliff Friend With Lyrics By Irving Mills. It First Appeared In The 1922 Musical "Oh Ernest". In 1992 George Strait Released A Version That Reached #24 On The Billboard Hot Country Singles. The Single Peaked At #22 On RPM's Country Tracks. This Chart Placing Broke A String Of 31 Consecutive Top 10 Country Hits For Strait.