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"Honky-Tonk Man" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Johnny Horton. It was released in March 1956 as his debut single on Columbia Records, and the album of the same name reaching number 9 on the U.S. country singles charts. Horton re-released the song six years later, taking it to number 11 on the same chart. [1]
Dwight Yoakam is an American country music singer-songwriter. Since his debut single, "Honky Tonk Man" in 1986, he has released 46 singles, including two Billboard Hot Country Songs number one singles, as well as 6 number ones in Canada. In addition to having two number one singles in the United States, Yoakam also has thirteen Top 10 singles ...
The first single off the album was a cover of Johnny Horton's 1956 single "Honky Tonk Man". Yoakam's rendition of the song charted at number three on Billboard Hot Country Songs in mid-1986. [2] The song was even more successful in Canada, reaching the number one position on that nation's country music charts then published by RPM. [9] "
Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years is a 2002 box set of songs by American country musician Dwight Yoakam, highlighting his career on Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records, along with his initial 1981 demos and two new tracks. [1]
He began gigging at Southern California honky tonks in the early ’80s with a band of sonic polymaths featuring Pete Anderson, lead guitarist and Yoakam’s longtime producer.
After signing with Reprise, Yoakam and Anderson added four additional cuts to the original EP, the most significant being a cover of Johnny Horton’s 1956 hit "Honky Tonk Man," which would kick off the major label LP and spend six months on the country charts, peaking at number 3.
“He was just one of these unsung heroes of music and the greatest honky tonk singer to ever walk the face of the earth. It would have meant the world to him. Kentucky was so important to him.
Honky Tonk Man" (Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks, Howard Hausey) – 2:48 "Guitars, Cadillacs" (Dwight Yoakam) – 3:04 "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 3:04 "Little Ways" (Yoakam) – 3:20 "Please, Please Baby" (Yoakam) – 3:35 "Streets of Bakersfield" (Feat. Buck Owens) (Homer Joy) – 2:49 "I Sang Dixie" (Yoakam) – 3:49