Williams,Hank Complete Singles As & Bs 1947-55 CD

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.

1. Calling You 2. Never Again (Will I Knock at Your Door) 3. Wealth Won't Save Your Soul 4. When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels 5. I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes) 6. My Love for You (Has Turned to Hate) 7. Honky Tonkin' 8. Pan American 9. I Heard You Cryin' in Your Sleep 10. Move It on Over 11. Fly Trouble 12. On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain 13. My Sweet Love Ain't Around 14. Rootie Tootie 15. I'll Be a Bachelor Till I Die 16. The Blues Come Around 17. I'm a Long Gone Daddy 18. Six More Miles to the Graveyard 19. I Saw the Light 20. Mansion on the Hill 21. I Can't Get You Off My Mind 22. Lovesick Blues 23. Wedding Bells 24. I've Just Told Mama Goodbye 25. Dear Brother 26. Lost on the River 27. Mind Your Own Business 28. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight 29. Lost Highway 30. You're Gonna Change 31. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It 32. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 33. May You Never Be Alone 34. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' 35. Beyond the Sunset 36. The Funeral 37. Long Gone Lonesome Blues 38. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy 39. Why Don't You Love Me 40. A House Without Love 41. Too Many Parties and Two Many Pals 42. Everything's O.K 43. Why Should We Try Any More 44. They'll Never Take Her Love from Me 45. No, No Joe 46. Help Me Understand 47. Jesus Remembered Me 48. I Heard My Mother Prayin' for Me 49. Moanin' the Blues 50. Nobody's Lonesome for Me 51. Dear John 52. Cold, Cold Heart 53. Just Waitin' 54. Men with Broken Hearts 55. Howlin' at the Moon 56. I Can't Help It 57. My Heart Would Know 58. Hey Good Lookin' 59. I've Been Down That Road Before 60. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night 61. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle 62. Crazy Heart 63. Baby, We're Really in Love 64. I'd Still Want You 65. Ramblin' Man 66. Pictures from Life's Other Side 67. Honky Tonk Blues 68. I'm Sorry for You, My Friend Half As Much 69. Let's Turn Back the Years 70. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 71. Window Shopping 72. Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw 73. Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind 74. Settin' the Woods on 75. You Win Again 76. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive 77. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You 78. Kaw Liga 79. Your Cheatin' Heart 80. Take These Chains from My Heart 81. I Won't Be Home No More 82. I Can't Escape from You 83. Weary Blues from Waitin' 84. You Better Keep It on Your Mind 85. Low Down Blues 86. How Can You Refuse Him Now 87. A House of Gold 88. I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time 89. I'm Satisfied with You 90. (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing 91. The Angel of Death 92. Please Don't Let Me Love You 93. Faded Love and Winter Roses 94. Message to My Mother 95. Mother Is Gone 96. Alone and Forsaken 97. A Teardrop on a Rose 98. At the First Fall of Snow 99. Someday You'll Call My Name 100. Thank God 101. The Battle of Armageddon