How's My Ex Treating You Explained

How's My Ex Treating You
Type:	single
Artist:	Jerry Lee Lewis
A-Side:	"How's My Ex Treating You" "Sweet Little Sixteen"^[1]
Released:	^[2]
Genre:	Country
Length:	2:35
Label:	Sun
Producer:	Jerry Kennedy

"How's My Ex Treating You" is a song written by Vic McAlpin and originally recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, who released it as a single, with "Sweet Little Sixteen" on the other side, in 1962 on Sun Records.

Hank Williams, Jr. released his version, sounding "very much like Lewis's without a flashy piano",^[3] in 1977 or early 1978.^[4]

Background

The circumstances of writing this song as recalled by Vic McAlpin are described in the Roger M. Williams's book Sing a Sad Song: The Life of Hank Williams:

Notes and References

1. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 18 August 1962. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 37–. 0006-2510.
2. Web site: ultratop.be - Jerry Lee Lewis - Sweet Little Sixteen. . 2020-04-23.
3. Book: Barbara Ching. Wrong's What I Do Best: Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture. registration. 19 July 2001. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-028309-4. 85–. The first, Jerry Lee Lewis's “How's My Ex Treating You” sounds very much like Lewis without a flashy piano..
4. Web site: How's My Ex Treating You by Hank Williams, Jr. - Samples, Covers and Remixes. WhoSampled. 2020-04-23.
   Web site: Cover versions of How's My Ex Treating You by Jerry Lee Lewis. SecondHandSongs. 2020-04-23.