It is amazing what an impact Hank has had on American music. Over 125 compositions. Sales that helped bring country music more and more into the mainstream. I hope you enjoy the show: a selection of Hank songs, covers, and tribute songs. The second half hour opens with a complete episode of one of the Health & Happiness Shows Hank and his band recorded. Obviously, when Hank said it was time for the announcer to deliver a message, I put in a WNHU Black Diamond Show promo. There are so many great songs in Hank's repertoire, this show does NOT come close to covering them all.
If the show piques your interest in Hank Williams, here are some links to more information.
- Notes from PBS's 2005 Hank Williams Biography.
- The Wikipedia article about Hank Williams.
- The Encylopedia of Alabama article about Hank Williams. A little sanitized. . . .
- The hagiography of Hank at the Hank Williams Museum's Web site.
Thanks, as always, for your support.
Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
Hank Williams / Lovesick Blues / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1949, 1978
The Maddox Brothers & Rose / Honky Tonkin’ / Live on the Radio / Arhoolie / 1953, 1998
Hank Williams / Dear John / Live at the Grand Ole Opry / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1999
Seldom Scene / Pan American / Old Train / Rebel / 1974
Hank Williams / Honky Tonkin’ / Turn Back the Years / Mercury Nashville / 1948, 2005
Hank Williams / Pan American / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007
Charley Pride / Kaw-Liga / The Essential Charley Pride / RCA / 1969, 1997
Hank Williams / Honky Tonk Blues / Alone With His Guitar / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2000
Hank Williams / Move It On Over / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1947, 1978
Hank Williams / Happy Roving Cowboy / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007 / Part of the 8th Health & Happiness show Hank recorded in October 1949 at WSM, Nashville, for syndication.
Hank Williams / I Can’t Get You Off of My Mind / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007 / Part of the 8th Health & Happiness show Hank recorded in October 1949 at WSM, Nashville, for syndication.
Hank Williams / I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007 / Part of the 8th Health & Happiness show Hank recorded in October 1949 at WSM, Nashville, for syndication.
Jerry Rivers with the Hank Williams Band / Fisherman’s Hornpipe / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007 / Everyone else calls it Fisher’s Hornpipe. Part of the 8th Health & Happiness show Hank recorded in October 1949 at WSM, Nashville, for syndication.
Hank Williams / Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007 / Part of the 8th Health & Happiness show Hank recorded in October 1949 at WSM, Nashville, for syndication.
Jerry Rivers with the Hank Williams Band / Sally Goodin’ / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007 / Part of the 8th Health & Happiness show Hank recorded in October 1949 at WSM, Nashville, for syndication.
Moe Bandy / Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life / Columbia Country Classics, Volume 5 A New Tradition / Columbia / 1975, 1991
Hank Williams / Your Cheatin’ Heart / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1952, 1978
Chris Wall / Hank Williams’ Cadillac / Just Another Place / Cold Spring / 1996, 2002
Hank Williams / They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me / Live at the Grand Ole Opry / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1999
Hank Williams / You Caused it all by Telling Lies / Alone With His Guitar / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2000
Hank Williams / Baby, We’re Really In Love / Live at the Grand Ole Opry / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1999
Hank Williams / Kaw-Liga / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1952, 1978 / Recorded Sept. 1952, released 1953, one of Hank's posthumous hits.
Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry / Anthology / MCA Nashville / c. 1967, 2003
Hank Williams / Wedding Bells / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007
Hank Williams / Why Don’t You Love Me Like You Used to Do / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1950, 1978
Waylon Jennings / I Won’t Be Home No More / Waylon Sings Hank Williams / YMC / 1985, 2006
Hank Williams III / I’m a Long Gone Daddy / Hank Williams Timeless / Lost Highway / 2001
Don Reno & The Tennessee Cut-Ups / Mansion on the Hill / Live on Stage / CMH / 1979
Hank Williams / Alone and Forsaken / Alone With His Guitar / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2000
Jerry Rivers with the Hank Williams Band / Bill Cheatham / Hank Williams / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007
Hank Williams / A House of Gold / The Complete Hank Williams / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1998
Hank Williams / Mind Your Own Business / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1949, 1978
Larry Sparks / Waltz of the Wind / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel / 1988
Hank Williams / I’ll Be a Bachelor ‘Til I Die / The Complete Hank Williams / Mercury Nashville / 1948, 1998
Debbie Durant & Mandorichard / A House of Gold / Mandocast 9 / self / 2006
Hank Williams / On the Banks of the Old Pontchantrain / Turn Back the Years / Mercury Nashville / 1947, 2005
Hank & Audrey Williams / Where the Soul of Man Never Dies / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007
Hank Williams / They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1950, 1978
Hank Williams / I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive / Country Masters Volume 1 / MBOP Distribution / 1952, 2008 / Another of Hank’s posthumous hits.
Hank Williams / I Saw The Light / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1948, 1978
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