Description
DESCRIPTION
Hank Williams was, quite simply, one of the most important artists, as a singer, songwriter and performer, not just in country music but in the entire landscape of American popular music during the post-war decades. Despite the fact that his recording career was restricted to no more than five years, the impact and influence of his music has resonated through country, pop and rock since has tragically early death in 1953 at the age of 29. During that brief career, and also posthumously, he had 35 country chart hits, including no less than eleven No. 1s, including landmark songs like "Lovesick Blues", "Hey Good Lookin'", "Jambalaya", the disturbingly prophetic "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" and "Your Cheating Heart". He was very much a pioneer of the honky-tonk style which was a key strand of country music during the '40s and beyond, and which he lived out in his tempestuous life, and his songs have been recorded by hosts of artists across the genres down the years. This great value 103-track 4 CD set comprises the A and B sides of all his releases, from his debut on the Sterling label in 1947, and through his years with the MGM label and the posthumous releases up to 1955. It also includes the releases he made under the name of Luke The Drifter. It's a comprehensive overview of his work, and a worthy showcase for a unique talent.
Calling You
Never Again (Will I Knock at Your Door)
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels
I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)
My Love for You (Has Turned to Hate)
Honky Tonkin'
Pan American
I Heard You Cryin' in Your Sleep
Move It on Over
Fly Trouble
On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain
My Sweet Love Ain't Around
Rootie Tootie
I'll Be a Bachelor Till I Die
The Blues Come Around
I'm a Long Gone Daddy
Six More Miles to the Graveyard
I Saw the Light
Mansion on the Hill
I Can't Get You Off My Mind
Lovesick Blues
Wedding Bells
I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
Dear Brother
Lost on the River
Mind Your Own Business
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
Lost Highway
You're Gonna Change
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
May You Never Be Alone
I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
Beyond the Sunset
The Funeral
Long Gone Lonesome Blues
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
Why Don't You Love Me
A House Without Love
Too Many Parties and Two Many Pals
Everything's O.K
Why Should We Try Any More
They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
No, No Joe
Help Me Understand
Jesus Remembered Me
I Heard My Mother Prayin' for Me
Moanin' the Blues
Nobody's Lonesome for Me
Dear John
Cold, Cold Heart
Just Waitin'
Men with Broken Hearts
Howlin' at the Moon
I Can't Help It
My Heart Would Know
Hey Good Lookin'
I've Been Down That Road Before
I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
Crazy Heart
Baby, We're Really in Love
I'd Still Want You
Ramblin' Man
Pictures from Life's Other Side
Honky Tonk Blues
I'm Sorry for You, My Friend Half As Much
Let's Turn Back the Years
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Window Shopping
Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw
Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind
Settin' the Woods on
You Win Again
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
Kaw Liga
Your Cheatin' Heart
Take These Chains from My Heart
I Won't Be Home No More
I Can't Escape from You
Weary Blues from Waitin'
You Better Keep It on Your Mind
Low Down Blues
How Can You Refuse Him Now
A House of Gold
I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time
I'm Satisfied with You
(I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing
The Angel of Death
Please Don't Let Me Love You
Faded Love and Winter Roses
Message to My Mother
Mother Is Gone
Alone and Forsaken
A Teardrop on a Rose
At the First Fall of Snow
Someday You'll Call My Name
Thank God
The Battle of Armageddon
