The Absolutely Essential Collection

~ Release by Hank Williams (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
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1Move It on Over
recording of:
Move It on Over (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
2:44
2I Saw the Light
recording of:
I Saw the Light (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:44
3(Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep
recording of:
(Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:42
4Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)
recording of:
Six More Miles (To the Graveyard) (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-30)
2:46
5Fly Trouble
guitar:
Sammy Pruett and Hank Williams (country music legend)
steel guitar:
Don Helms
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
Fly Trouble (on 1947-08-04)
writer:
Bunny Biggs, Fred Rose (songwriter) and Honey Wilds
2:43
6On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain
recording of:
On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain (Hank Williams song) (on 1947-08-04)
writer:
Ramona Vincent and Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:56
7Rootie Tootie
recording of:
Rootie Tootie (on 1947-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
2:46
8I Can't Get You Off of My Mind
recording of:
I Can't Get You Off My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:51
9I'm a Long Gone Daddy
recording of:
I’m a Long Gone Daddy
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-08-13)
2:50
10Honky Tonkin'
recording of:
Honky Tonkin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:44
11My Sweet Love Ain't Around
recording of:
My Sweet Love Ain’t Around (on 1947-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
My Sweet Love Ain’t Around (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:43
12The Blues Come Around
recording of:
The Blues Come Around (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:42
13A Mansion on the Hill
recording of:
A Mansion on the Hill (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-30)
2:34
14I'll Be a Bachelor 'til I Die
recording of:
I'll Be a Bachelor 'til I Die (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:37
15There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
recording of:
There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:48
16Lovesick Blues
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1948-12-22)
bass:
Willie Thawl (US bassist) (on 1948-12-22)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [lead guitar]:
James Grishaw (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Louis Innis (on 1948-12-22)
mandolin:
Clyde Baum (on 1948-12-22)
steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team) (on 1948-12-22)
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
recording of:
Lovesick Blues (on 1948-12-22)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend
arranger:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
3.652:43
17Lost Highway
cover recording of:
Lost Highway (on 1949-03-01)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-08-05) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
52:42
18May You Never Be Alone
recording of:
May You Never Be Alone (Hank Williams song) (on 1949-03-01)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:50
19Mind Your Own Business
recording of:
Mind Your Own Business (on 1949-03-02)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:55
20You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
recording of:
You’re Gonna Change (or I’m Gonna Leave) (on 1949-03-02)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-08-05) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
2:55
▼CD 2
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1Wedding Bells
recording of:
Wedding Bells (on 1949-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
Claude Boone
publisher:
Morley Music Co. Inc. and Hometown Music Co., Inc. (on 1947-11-21)
2:54
2I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
recording of:
I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Curley Kinsey (US singer and songwriter) and Sunshine Slim Sweet
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-04-20)
2:55
3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 111) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 165)
recording of:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (on 1949-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002-today), Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-31) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
32:47
4A House Without Love
recording of:
A House Without Love (on 1949-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:53
5I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
recording of:
I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin’ (on 1949-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-12-14)
52:48
6My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
double bass:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler)
guitar:
Louie Innis and Zeke Turner
lap steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team)
solo guitar and lead vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
2:33
7Long Gone Lonesome Blues
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
Long Gone Lonesome Blues (on 1950-01-09)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1950-03-01)
2:37
8Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)
recording of:
Why Don’t You Love Me
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (in 1950)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK)
2:24
9Why Should We Try Anymore
recording of:
Why Should We Try Anymore (on 1950-01-09)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:37
10My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
recording of:
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
writer:
Jewell House and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-11-25)
2:33
11Too Many Parties, Too Many Pals
recording of:
Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals (on 1950-01-10)
composer:
Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
2:59
12They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
recording of:
They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me (on 1950-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
2:45
13Nobody's Lonesome for Me
recording of:
Nobody’s Lonesome for Me (on 1950-08-31)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:31
14Moanin' the Blues
recording of:
Moanin’ the Blues (on 1950-08-31)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:23
15Cold Cold Heart
recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart (on 1950-12-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-02-16)
2:44
16Dear John
recording of:
Dear John (on 1950-12-21)
writer:
Aubrey Gass and Tex Ritter
2:39
17I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)
recording of:
I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You) (on 1951-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-04-25)
2:24
18Howlin' at the Moon
recording of:
Howlin’ at the Moon (on 1951-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-04-23)
2:43
19My Heart Would Know
recording of:
My Heart Would Know
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
2:26
20Hey Good Lookin'
recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’ (on 1951-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
42:53
▼CD 3
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1Ramblin' Man
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
recording of:
Ramblin’ Man
lyricist:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (in 1951)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-09-07)
3:02
2I've Been Down That Road Before
recording of:
I’ve Been Down That Road Before
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:56
3I'd Still Want You
2:59
4(I Heard the) Lonesome Whistle
recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (on 1951-07-25)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
2:26
5Crazy Heart
recording of:
Crazy Heart (on 1951-07-25)
writer:
Maurice Fisher Murray and Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1951-10-30)
2:27
6Half as Much
recording of:
Half as Much (on 1951-08-10)
lyricist and composer:
Curley Williams (in 1951)
publisher:
Fred Rose Music, Inc. (in 1951) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-10-17)
2:43
7Baby, We're Really in Love
recording of:
Baby, We’re Really in Love (on 1951-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:36
8I'm Sorry for You, My Friend
recording of:
I’m Sorry for You My Friend (on 1951-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-12-05)
2:42
9Honky Tonk Blues
recording of:
Honky Tonk Blues (on 1951-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Fred Rose Music, Hiriam Music and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-30)
52:11
10Let's Turn Back the Years
recording of:
Let’s Turn Back the Years (on 1951-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-03-03)
2:23
11Window Shopping
recording of:
Window Shopping (on 1952-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Marcel Joseph
2:28
12Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
recording of:
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (on 1952-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-07-28)
42:55
13Settin' the Woods on Fire
recording of:
Settin’ the Woods on Fire (on 1952-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader) and Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1952-07-29)
2:35
14I'll Never Get Out If This World Alive
recording of:
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
writer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:25
15You Win Again
recording of:
You Win Again (on 1952-07-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-09-03)
2:36
16I Won't Be Home No More
recording of:
I Won’t Be Home No More (on 1952-07-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-09-15)
2:40
17I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
recording of:
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You (on 1952-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:44
18Your Cheatin' Heart
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-09-23)
bass:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (on 1952-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Farris Coursey (on 1952-09-23)
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins (on 1952-09-23)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1952-09-23)
guitar:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1952-09-23)
steel guitar:
Don Helms (on 1952-09-23)
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1952-09-23)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 213) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 237)
recording of:
Your Cheatin’ Heart (on 1952-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-10-31), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 until 2021-01-06) and Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) (from 2021-01-06 to present)
42:40
19Kaw-Liga
recording of:
Kaw‐Liga (on 1952-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1952-12-02)
2:34
20Take These Chains From My Heart
recording of:
Take These Chains From My Heart (on 1952-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Hy Heath and Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-10-31)
2:36