On this date in 1975, WASTED DAYS & WASTED NIGHTS by FREDDY FENDER entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #83 (Jun 21, 1975) Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" was written in the late 1950s with the singer planning on releasing the track himself. But, after he was caught and arrested for possession of marijuana, the song was eventually recorded and released many years later by the rock band Sir Douglas Quintet in 1971. Fender's cover version of his own song eventually came out in 1975 and