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Some honky-tonks offered dancing to music played by pianists or small bands, and some were centers of prostitution. Katrina Hazzard-Gordon wrote that the honky-tonk was "the first urban manifestation of the jook", and that "the name itself became synonymous with a style of music. Related to the classic blues in tonal structure, honky-tonk has a ...
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When Two Worlds Collide was Lewis's second album after leaving Mercury Records and peaked at number 32 on the Billboard country albums chart. The title track was released as a single, making it to number 11, while the Jerry Chestnut song "Honky Tonk Stuff" reached number 28.
Honky Tonk (Dude Mowrey album) "Honky Tonk" (instrumental), a 1956 rhythm and blues instrumental; Honky tonk, the style of music played in a honky tonk, a subgenre of country music; Honky-tonk piano or tack piano, a piano modified to produce a more percussive sound "Honky Tonk", a track from the Miles Davis album The Cellar Door Sessions
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It was with Crosby that Zurke gained notice; he contributed arrangements to the band's book and was a featured soloist on several numbers, including his arrangement of Meade Lux Lewis' "Honky Tonk Train Blues", which became a hit. [2]
"Honky Tonk" is an instrumental written by Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, and Shep Shepherd. Doggett recorded it as a two-part single in 1956. [ 2 ] It became Doggett's signature piece and a standard recorded by many other performers.
"Honky Tonk Song" is a country music song recorded by Webb Pierce. The song was co-written by Mel Tillis and Buck Peddy. It was released in 1957 on the Decca label. The song's lyrics tell of a man who rents a room in a cheap motel. He can't sleep, because the band in the joint downstairs keeps playing with a honky tonk beat, shaking his bed.