"Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" is a song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 first recorded by Wayne Raney

Wayne Raney

Wayne Raney was an American country singer and harmonica player.-Biography:Raney was born on a farm with a foot deformity and could not do heavy labor. After learning to play harmonica at an early age, he moved to Piedras Negras, Mexico at age 13, where he played on radio station XEPN...

, written by Raney and his musical partner Lonnie Glosson. Wayne Raney had the most successful release of his career when his version of "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" went to number one on the Country & Western charts .

Cover versions

In 1949 there were three covers of the song:

• Mervin Shiner and Bob Atcher
  Bob Atcher
  James Robert Owen "Bob" Atcher was an American country musician.-Biography:Atcher was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, and learned violin and guitar from his father, who was adept at fiddle. He started out on radio in Louisville on WHAS, and was offered spots on a number of other stations in the...
  
   both made the top ten on the Country & Western charts with their versions .
• Rhythm and Blues singer/saxophonist, Bull Moose Jackson
  Bull Moose Jackson
  Benjamin Clarence "Bull Moose" Jackson was an American blues and rhythm and blues singer and saxophonist, who was most successful in the late 1940s.-Career:...
  
  went to number two for two weeks on the Race Records chart with his version .