Men with Broken Hearts
| "Men with Broken Hearts" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Hank Williams (aka "Luke the Drifter") | ||||
| A-side | "Just Waitin'" | |||
| Published | February 16, 1951 Acuff-Rose Publications[1] | |||
| Released | April 1951 | |||
| Recorded | December 21, 1950[2] | |||
| Studio | Castle Studio, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Country, Gospel | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | MGM 10932 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hank Williams | |||
| Producer(s) | Fred Rose | |||
| Hank Williams (aka "Luke the Drifter") singles chronology | ||||
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"Men with Broken Hearts" is a song written and recorded by
Luke the Drifter." It was released on MGM Records
in 1951.
Background
"Men with Broken Hearts" was a song of which its composer was extremely proud; in the liner notes to the 2001
Nashville - the same session that produced "Cold, Cold Heart" - with Fred Rose producing. He was backed by Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), Sammy Pruett (electric guitar), Chet Atkins (rhythm guitar), Ernie Newton or Howard Watts (bass).[3] It was released as a single in 1951 with "Just Waitin'
" as the A-side.
Cover versions
- Jim Reeves covered the song for RCA in 1961.
- A film clip of Hank's ex-wife Audrey Williams reciting the song is widely available.
- Buddy Ebsen recorded the song for Reprise.
- Ferlin Husky recorded the song for Capitol in 1964.
- Porter Wagoner cut the song for RCA in 1966.
- Hank III.
- Johnny Cash performed a rendition of the song on his ABC television show.
- In August 1970 in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley spoke a few lines from "Men with Broken Hearts" as an introduction to the song "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (as can be heard on the 1995 box set Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters).
- Sneezy Waters sang a slightly different version of the song in the 1980 film Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave.
- Stompin Tom Connorsalso recorded a version of the song on his Roads of Life album in 2012.
Discography
References
- ^ "U.S. Copyright Office Virtual Card Catalog 1946-1954". vcc.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Hank Williams 78rpm Issues". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ISBN 0-316-73497-7.