The Lew DeWitt songwriting discography
Inducted posthumously into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the original Statler Brother’s quartet distributed 32 of his compositions between 1965 and 1982 including the unintended COVID-19 isolation anthem “Flowers on the Wall”
8 min readAug 4, 2020
- “Flowers on the Wall” [No. 4 POP, No. 2 C&W, No. 38 UK June 1965, Flowers on the Wall, re-recorded for the July 1975 Mercury compilation The Best of the Statler Brothers]
- “I’m Not Quite Through Crying” [Flowers on the Wall, March 1966]
- “Quite a Long, Long Time” [Flowers on the Wall, March 1966; a new version is on Short Stories, July 1977]
- “Is That What You’d Have Me Do?” [B-side of “The Right One,” May 1966, on 1973’s Do You Love Me Tonight and Other Favorites, issued by Columbia’s budget label Harmony Records]
- “Leaves” [Lew DeWitt / Kent Westberry, no details known except copyright registered July 28, 1966]
- “Why Did You Go and Let Me Down” [A-side for Harry Snyder, 1966, Harry Snyder and the Uptowners Present Your Requests]
- “Do You Love Me Tonight” [B-side of “Ruthless,” April 1967, on 1973’s Do You Love Me Tonight and Other Favorites, issued by…
