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40 Greatest Hits is a two-record greatest hits compilation by American singer-songwriter Hank Williams.It was released in 1978 by Mercury Records – who under PolyGram became responsible for the MGM tape vault – on the 25th anniversary of Williams' death.
During his lifetime, Williams placed 30 songs on Billboard's Top C&W Records, while he had eleven number one hits. [ 1 ] After being signed with the help of Fred Rose to Sterling Records , Williams assisted his debut recording session on December 11, 1946 at Castle Recording Laboratory 's studio D in Nashville, Tennessee .
Homesick (lyrics by Williams; music composed by Hank Williams, Jr.) Honey, Do You Love Me, Huh? (co-written with Curley Williams) Honky Tonk Blues; Honky Tonkin' How Can You Refuse Him Now; How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? (lyrics by Williams, recorded by Gillian Welch and Norah Jones for The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams) Howlin' at ...
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 ]
The Complete Hank Williams is a 1998 box set collecting almost all of the recorded works of country music legend Hank Williams, from his first recorded track in 1947 to the last session prior to his untimely death in 1953 at the age of 29. [2]
See also Hank Williams discography. This list contains cover songs recorded by American singer-songwriter Hank Williams and the composer(s). The songs are arranged alphabetically.
The Luke the Drifter songs were recorded at various sessions between January 1950 and July 1952 at Castle Studio in Nashville with Fred Rose producing. Williams' immense popularity and unflagging commercial success left Rose and MGM no choice but to indulge his wish to record the recitations, and the first session, held on January 10, 1950, produced four songs: "Too Many Parties and Too Many ...
Like his previous hits "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" and "I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living", "Why Don't You Love Me" was likely inspired by Hank's turbulent relationship with his wife Audrey Williams. However, the song is more lighthearted in nature, with the narrator admonishing himself ("I'm the same old trouble you've ...