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"Beyond the Sunset" is a song written by Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell. [1] It was released as a single by Hank Williams under the pseudonym Luke the Drifter in 1950.
Luke the Drifter became a kind of alter ego for Williams, with country music historian Colin Escott observing in his essay for the 2001 Polygram album Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset, "If Hank could be headstrong and willful, a backslider and a reprobate, then Luke the Drifter was compassionate and moralistic, capable of ...
Cajun Baby (lyrics by Williams; music composed by Hank Williams, Jr.) Cajun Baby Blues (co-written with Jimmy Fields) California Zephyr; Calling You; Coeur Brise (co-written with William Lamothe) Cold, Cold Heart; Come a Runnin' (co-written with Jimmy Fields) Countryfied; Cowboys Don't Cry (lyrics by Williams, music composed by Mickey Newbury)
Unlike Starcher and Tyler, though, Hank delivered 'The Funeral' in his regular voice, and was clearly extending every ounce of compassion within him. His sincerity, though, was undermined by the words..." [1] Williams recorded the song in Nashville at Castle Studio at the first Luke the Drifter session on January 9, 1950 with Fred Rose producing.
Their son, Randall Hank Williams (now known as Hank Williams Jr.), was born on May 26, 1949. [94] The marriage was always turbulent and rapidly disintegrated, [ 95 ] and Williams developed serious problems with alcohol, morphine, and other painkillers prescribed for him to ease the severe back pain caused by his spina bifida occulta . [ 96 ]
"Men with Broken Hearts" was a song of which its composer was extremely proud; in the liner notes to the 2001 Mercury album Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset, he is quoted asking journalist Allen Rankin, "Ain't that the awfulest, morbidest song you ever heard in your life?
Hank Garland wasn't so lucky. Right after the release of "Jingle Bell Rock," he became Elvis Presley's regular guitarist in the studio, appearing on such hits as "Stuck on You," "Little Sister ...
Beyond the Sunset may refer to: Beyond the Sunset, a 1989 Hong Kong film "Beyond the Sunset" (song), a 1950 song by Hank Williams; Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection, a 2004 Blackmore's Night compilation album