Hank Williams Sings
Hank Williams Sings | ||||
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Released | November 9, 1951 | |||
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Length | 22:05 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Producer | Fred Rose | |||
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Hank Williams Sings is the debut album by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams. It was released by MGM Records on November 9, 1951.
Background
By 1951, Hank Williams' popularity had soared. Following the chart topping records "
Recording and composition
The songs were recorded by Williams during sessions between 1946 and 1949.[3] Producer Fred Rose took songs from previous single releases that did not sell well at the moment of their release. As Williams biographer Colin Escott put it: "Rose used Hank's first album as a dump site for oddball tracks that hadn't sold elsewhere. With the exception of "Wedding Bells", the tracks were the dogs of Hank's catalog, like "I've Just Told Mama Goodbye", "Wealth Won't Save Your Soul", and "Six More Miles".
The album was released in three formats: ten-inch LP, a four 45rpm packaged set and a four 78rpm set.[2] It failed to chart,[5] partly because singles, rather than LPs, were emphasized in the country music business due in large part to the valuable jukebox trade.[original research?]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date[6] | Length |
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1. | "Lost Highway" | Leon Payne | March 1, 1949 | 2:40 |
2. | "I've Just Told Mama Goodbye" | Slim Sweet, Curley Kinsey | March 20, 1949 | 2:53 |
3. | "I Saw the Light" | Hank Williams | April 21, 1947 | 2:43 |
4. | "Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)" | Hank Williams | April 21, 1947 | 2:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date[6] | Length |
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1. | "A Mansion on the Hill" | Hank Williams | November 7, 1947 | 2:33 |
2. | "Wealth Won't Save Your Soul" | Hank Williams | December 11, 1946 | 2:45 |
3. | "Wedding Bells" | Claude Boone | March 20, 1949 | 2:53 |
4. | "A House Without Love" | Hank Williams | August 30, 1949 | 2:52 |
Personnel
- Hank Williams -vocals, guitar
- Zeb Turner - lead guitar
- Zeke Turner - lead guitar
- Louis Innis - bass, rhythm guitar
- Jack Shook - rhythm guitar
- James "Guy" Willis - guitar
- Tommy Jackson - fiddle
- Dale Potter - fiddle
- Charles "Skeeter" Willis - fiddle
- Chubby Wise - fiddle
- Jerry Byrd - steel guitar
- Don Davis - steel guitar
- Dale "Smokey" Lohman - steel guitar
- Ernie Newton - bass
- Bronson "Brownie" Reynolds - bass
- Velma Williams Smith - bass
- Charles "Indian" Wright - bass
References
Footnotes
- ^ Koon 1983b, p. 50-57.
- ^ a b Escott 1994, p. 135.
- ^ Williams 1981, p. 260-263.
- ^ Billboard Staff 1951, p. 22.
- ^ Larkin 2002, p. 185.
- ^ a b Koon 1983a, p. 149.
Bibliography
- Billboard Staff (1951). "Williams Tells How And When His Disks Click". Billboard. 63 (47). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
- Escott, Colin (1994). Hank Williams: The Biography. Hachette Digital, Inc. ISBN 0-316-24986-6.
- Koon, George William (1983a). Hank Williams: a bio-bibliography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-22982-4.
- Koon, George William (1983b). Hank Williams, so lonesome. University of Mississippi press. ISBN 978-1-57806-283-6.
- Larkin, Colin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1-852-27937-0.
- Williams, Roger M. (1981). Sing A Sad Song. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-00861-0.