The Essential Hank Williams: Hillbilly Legend

~ Release by Hank Williams (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1I Saw the Light
recording of:
I Saw the Light (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) (from 1948 to present), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 1948 to present) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:48
2I'm Satisfied With You
recording of:
I'm Satisfied With You
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
2:37
3Rootie Tootie
recording of:
Rootie Tootie (on 1947-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
2:48
4I Can't Get You Off My Mind
recording of:
I Can't Get You Off My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:53
5I'm a Long Gone Daddy
recording of:
I’m a Long Gone Daddy
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-08-13)
2:53
6The Blues Come Around
recording of:
The Blues Come Around (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:44
7I'll Be a Bachelor 'til I Die
recording of:
I’ll Be a Bachelor ’til I Die (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:40
8My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
double bass:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler)
guitar:
Louie Innis and Zeke Turner
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team)
solo guitar and lead vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
2:35
9They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
recording of:
They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me (on 1950-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
2:47
10Dear John
recording of:
Dear John (on 1950-12-21)
writer:
Aubrey Gass and Tex Ritter
2:37
11Never Again Will I Knock on Your Door
recording of:
Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door) (on 1946-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:43
12Pan American
recording of:
Pan American (on 1947-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:50
13Last Night I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep
recording of:
(Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:45
14Fly Trouble
guitar:
Sammy Pruett and Hank Williams (country music legend)
steel guitar:
Don Helms
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
Fly Trouble (on 1947-08-04)
writer:
Bunny Biggs, Fred Rose (songwriter) and Honey Wilds
2:45
15My Sweet Love Ain't Around
recording of:
My Sweet Love Ain’t Around (on 1947-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
My Sweet Love Ain’t Around (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:45
16There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
recording of:
There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:51
17Why Should We Try Anymore?
recording of:
Why Should We Try Anymore (on 1950-01-09)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:39
18I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (on 1951-07-25)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
2:30
19I'd Still Want You
3:03
20Crazy Heart
recording of:
Crazy Heart (on 1951-07-25)
writer:
Maurice Fisher Murray and Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1951-10-30)
2:29
21Baby, We're Really in Love
recording of:
Baby, We’re Really in Love (on 1951-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:33
22Half as Much
recording of:
Half as Much (on 1951-08-10)
lyricist and composer:
Curley Williams (in 1951)
publisher:
Fred Rose Music, Inc. (in 1951) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-10-17)
2:45
23Honky Tonk Blues
recording of:
Honky Tonk Blues (on 1951-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Fred Rose Music, Hiriam Music and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-30)
52:13
24I Won't Be Home No More
recording of:
I Won’t Be Home No More (on 1952-07-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-09-15)
2:47
25You Win Again
recording of:
You Win Again (on 1952-07-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-09-03)
2:38
26Weary Blues From Waitin'
recording of:
Weary Blues From Waitin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:29
27Please Don't Let Me Love You
2:16