Hank Thompson - Collection 1946-62 (CD)

Hank Thompson was one of the most important personalities in country music across several decades, keeping alive the spirit of western swing and the hillbilly roots of country music, performing with his highly-rated band The Brazos Valley Boys, while subsuming it into the honky-tonk style which characterised much of the successful and popular country music of this era. He was also a versatile vocal stylist, his hits including romantic ballads as well as his trademark swinging hardcore honky-tonk. He was a prolific hit-maker, and during the fifteen years or so covered by this collection had no less than 46 country hits, all of which are included in this great-value 57-track 2-CD collection. Those hits included the country No. 1s "Wild Side Of Life, "Rub-A-Dub" and "Wake Up, Irene", plus twenty other Top 10 hits in the country charts. As well as featuring his hits for his primary record label, Capitol, this anthology also includes recordings from his early career on the small Blue Bonnet and Globe labels in 1946. It's an entertaining showcase for one of country music's most distinctive stylists of the post-war decades, and a comprehensive overview of the music which made him a fixture in the country charts through the 1950s

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. A Lonely Heart Knows
2. My Starry-Eyed Texas Girl
3. California Women
4. What Are We Gonne Do About the Moonlight
5. Humpty Dumpty Heart
6. Don't Flirt with Me
7. Yesterday's Mail
8. Green Light
9. I Find You Cheatin' on Me
10. You Broke My Heart (In Little Bitty Pieces)
11. Whoa Sailor
12. Swing Wide Your Gate of Love
13. Soft Lips
14. The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder
15. Give a Little, Take a Little
16. Take a Look at This Broken Heart of Mine
17. A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer
18. New Rovin' Gambler
19. The Wild Side of Life
20. Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart
21. The New Wears Off Too Fast
22. You're Walking on My Heart
23. No Help Wanted
24. Rub-A-Dub-Dub
25. Yesterday's Girl
26. Wake Up Irene
27. A Fooler, a Faker
28. Breakin' the Rules

Disc: 2

1. We've Gone Too Far
2. Honky Tonk Girl
3. The New Green Light
4. If Lovin' You Is Wrong
5. Annie Over
6. Wildwood Flower
7. Breakin' in Another Heart
8. Most of All
9. Don't Take It Out on Me
10. Honey Honey Bee Ball
11. The Blackboard of My Heart
12. I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt
13. Rockin' in the Congo
14. I Was the First One
15. Tears Are Only Rain
16. How Do You Hold a Memory
17. Squaws Along the Yukon
18. I've Run Out of Tomorrows
19. You're Going Back to Your Old Ways Again
20. Anybody's Girl
21. Total Strangers
22. I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love
23. A Six Pack to Go
24. She's a Whole Lot Like You
25. Oklahoma Hills
26. Teach Me How to Lie
27. Hangover Tavern
28. That's the Recipe for a Heartache
29. How Many Teardrops Will It Take