Hank Williams - 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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. Dear Brother
2. Lost on the River
3. Mind Your Own Business
4. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
5. Lost Highway
6. You're Gonna Change
7. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
8. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
9. May You Never Be Alone
10. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
11. Beyond the Sunset
12. The Funeral
13. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
14. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
15. Why Don't You Love Me
16. A House Without Love
17. Too Many Parties and Two Many Pals
18. Everything's O.K
19. Why Should We Try Any More
20. They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
21. No, No Joe
22. Help Me Understand
23. Jesus Remembered Me
24. I Heard My Mother Prayin' for Me
25. Moanin' the Blues

Disc: 3

1. Nobody's Lonesome for Me
2. Dear John
3. Cold, Cold Heart
4. Just Waitin'
5. Men with Broken Hearts
6. Howlin' at the Moon
7. I Can't Help It
8. My Heart Would Know
9. Hey Good Lookin'
10. I've Been Down That Road Before
11. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
12. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
13. Crazy Heart
14. Baby, We're Really in Love
15. I'd Still Want You
16. Ramblin' Man
17. Pictures from Life's Other Side
18. Honky Tonk Blues
19. I'm Sorry for You, My Friend Half As Much
20. Let's Turn Back the Years
21. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
22. Window Shopping
23. Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw
24. Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind
25. Settin' the Woods on

Disc: 4

1. You Win Again
2. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
3. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
4. Kaw Liga
5. Your Cheatin' Heart
6. Take These Chains from My Heart
7. I Won't Be Home No More
8. I Can't Escape from You
9. Weary Blues from Waitin'
10. You Better Keep It on Your Mind
11. Low Down Blues
12. How Can You Refuse Him Now
13. A House of Gold
14. I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time
15. I'm Satisfied with You
16. (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing
17. The Angel of Death
18. Please Don't Let Me Love You
19. Faded Love and Winter Roses
20. Message to My Mother
21. Mother Is Gone
22. Alone and Forsaken
23. A Teardrop on a Rose
24. At the First Fall of Snow
25. Someday You'll Call My Name
26. Thank God
27. The Battle of Armageddon