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"Cold, Cold Heart" is a country music and pop song written and first recorded by Hank Williams. This blues ballad is both a classic of honky-tonk and an entry in the Great American Songbook . Hank Williams version
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 ]
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)
Hank Williams formed the original Drifting Cowboys band between 1937 and 1938 in Montgomery, Alabama. The name was derived from Williams' love of Western films, with him and the band wearing cowboy hats and boots. [2] The original line-up consisted of Braxton Schuffert (guitar), Freddie Beach (fiddle), and the comedian Smith "Hezzy" Adair.
"Your Cheatin' Heart" is a song written and recorded by country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1952. It is regarded as one of country's most important standards . Williams was inspired to write the song while driving with his fiancée from Nashville, Tennessee , to Shreveport, Louisiana .
Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts is a collaborative studio album released by Curb Records in 1996. It combines the songs of Hank Williams, who died in 1953, with newly recorded accompanying vocals from his son Hank Williams Jr. and grandson Hank Williams III, the latter of whom makes his recording debut.
"Honky Tonk Blues" is one of the songs that Williams had the most trouble recording. According to Colin Escott's 2004 Williams memoir, Hank and producer Fred Rose had attempted to record the song several times previously: in August 1947 (the session that produced the novelty "Fly Trouble"); in March 1949 (this version featured a light, jazzy feel and an intricate solo from guitarist Zeb Turner ...
Hank Williams, Audrey Sheppard Williams and the Drifting Cowboys band. The songs on George Jones Salutes Hank Williams feature some of the late country star's biggest hits, including "Cold, Cold Heart" and "Hey, Good Lookin'". Jones would record a second Williams tribute album in March 1962 titled My Favorites of Hank Williams.