The Absolutely Essential Collection

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

Tracklist

▶CD 1
▼CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
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
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