Hank Williams Sessions
by Mike Taylor

Generated on 18 Jan 2010

Date: 1939 - 1940
Location: Montgomery, AL
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy  (Bob Nolan)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: Late 1940
Location: Montgomery, AL
Non-session Recordings

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Freight Train Blues  (Traditional, arranged by Roy Acuff)
b.   San Antonio Rose  (Bob Wills)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: circa 1942
Location: Recorded at Griffin's Radio Shop, Montgomery, AL
WSFA Shows

Hank Williams (voc, ag)

a.   I Ain't Gonna Love You Anymore  (Ernest Tubb)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: April 7, 1942
Location: Recorded at Griffin's Radio Shop, Montgomery, AL
WSFA Show

Hank Williams (voc, ag)

a.   I'm Not Coming Home Anymore  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: 1946
Location: Montgomery, AL
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   You Broke Your Own Heart  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
b.   A House Of Gold  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
Both titles on:      Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)

Date: December 1946
Location: Montgomery, AL
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Pan American  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   Wealth Won't Save Your Soul  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
c.   Calling You  (Hank Williams)
All titles on:      Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)

Date: December 11, 1946
Location: WSM Studio, 7th Avenue and Union Street, Nashville, TN
Label: Sterling
Sterling Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Charles "Skeeter" Willis (fid), Vic Willis (acc), James "Guy" Willis (g), Charles "Indian" Wright (bas)

a.48-S-23-1 (53-XY-456)   Calling You  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11628   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11628   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X4110 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1648 — I Saw the Light, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 243 — I Saw The Light   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
b.48-S-24 (50-XY-20)   Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door)  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10352   (1949)
     MGM 45: K10352   (1949)
     MGM 45: 45-8010    (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1639 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP726 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 2   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
c.48-S-25 (51-XY-452)   Wealth Won't Save Your Soul  (Hank Williams)
     Sterling 78: 204   (1947)
     MGM 78: 30455 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30455 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1102 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X4110 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1648 — I Saw the Light, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 107 — Hank Williams Sings    (1951)
     MGM LP 10": E 243 — I Saw The Light   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
d.48-S-26 (53-XY-457)   When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels  (Hank Williams)
     Sterling 78: 204   (1947)
     MGM 78: 11628   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11628   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X4111 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1649 — I Saw the Light, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 243 — I Saw The Light   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
All titles on:      Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/1 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

MGM master numbers were assigned at Nashville in 1948 when they were purchased by MGM from Fred Rose.


Date: 1947
Location: Montgomery, AL
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   You Broke Your Own Heart  (Hank Williams)
b.   I'm So Tired Of It All  (Hank Williams)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: February 13, 1947
Location: WSM Studio, 7th Avenue and Union Street, Nashville, TN
Label: Sterling
Sterling Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Dale "Smokey" Lohman (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (bas)

a.48-S-19 (52-XY-421)   I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)  (Hank Williams)
     Sterling 78: 208   (1947)
     MGM 78: 10226   (1948)
     MGM 45: K10226   (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1637 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
b.48-S-20   Honky Tonkin'  (Hank Williams)
     Sterling 78: 210   (1947)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
c.48-S-21-1 (53-XY-313)   My Love For You (Has Turned To Hate)  (Hank Williams)
     Sterling 78: 208   (1947)
     MGM 78: 11533   (1953)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5210   (1955)
     MGM 45: K11533   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1637 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP710 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
d.48-S-22 (52-XY-422)   Pan American  (Hank Williams)
     Sterling 78: 210   (1947)
     MGM 78: 10226   (1948)
     MGM 45: K10226   (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1076 — Move It On Over   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1554 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     Music For Pleasure LP 12": MFP 1335 — Country & Western Favourites   (1965)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 572 — Country And Western Favorites, Volume II   (1966)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
All titles on:      Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/1 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

MGM master numbers were assigned at Nashville in 1948 when they were purchased by MGM from Fred Rose.


Date: April 21, 1947
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Dale "Smokey" Lohman (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Bronson "Brownie" Reynolds (bas)

a.47-S-123-1 (50-XY-437)   Move It On Over  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10033   (1947)
     MGM 45: K10033   (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1076 — Move It On Over   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1636 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4211 — Great Country Favorites   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": 2E/2SE 12 — Great Country and Western Stars - Various Artists   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
b.47-S-124-2 (51-XY-446)   I Saw The Light  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10271   (1948)
     MGM 78: 30454 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 630   (1953)
     MGM 45: K30454 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1101 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X4110 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1648 — I Saw the Light, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 107 — Hank Williams Sings    (1951)
     MGM LP 10": E 243 — I Saw The Light   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
c.47-S-125-3 (50-XY-438)   (Last Night) I Heard You Cryin' in Your Sleep  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10033   (1947)
     MGM 45: K10033   (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1492 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
d.47-S-126-4 (51-XY-448)   Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10271   (1948)
     MGM 78: 30454 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30454 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1101 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1493 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM LP 10": E 107 — Hank Williams Sings    (1951)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
All titles on:      Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

On the reverse of MGM (UK) 630 is Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith and his Cracker-Jacks with In memory of Hank Williams (53-S-6012-2).


Date: August 4, 1947
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), L.C. Crysel (fid), Sammy Pruett (lg), Herman Herron (sg), Slim Thomas (rg), Lum York (bas)

a.47-S-6004-1 (52-XY-417)   Fly Trouble  (Honey Wilds, Bunny Biggs and Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 10073   (1947)
     MGM (UK) 78: 405   (1951)
     MGM 45: K10073   (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1076 — Move It On Over   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1555 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
b.47-S-6005   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
     unissued
c.47-S-6006-B (54-XY-176)   I'm Satisfied With You  (Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 11768   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 78: 768   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1102   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11768   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1555 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
d.47-S-6007-4 (52-XY-416)   On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain  (Hank Williams & Ramona Vincent)
     MGM 78: 10073   (1947)
     MGM 45: K10073   (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1638 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Master 47-S-6005 is now lost.


Date: November 6, 1947
Location: Castle Studios, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Robert "Chubby" Wise (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), probably Louis Innis (bas), possibly Fred Rose or Owen Bradley (pn)

a.47-S-6018-1 (52-XY-418)   Rootie Tootie  (Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 10124   (1948)
     MGM (UK) 78: 957   (1957)
     MGM 45: K10124   (1949)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM957   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X1319 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP726 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 2   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
b.47-S-6019-2 (52-XY-423)   I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10328   (1948)
     MGM 45: K10328   (1948)
     MGM 45 EP: X1637 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP726 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 2   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
c.47-S-6020-6 (52-XY-362)   I'm A Long Gone Daddy  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10212   (1948)
     MGM 78: 30638 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 459   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10212   (1949)
     MGM 45: K30638 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X4042 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 2   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1217 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
d.47-S-6025-4 (52-XY-419)   Honky Tonkin'  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10171   (1948)
     MGM 45: K10171   (1949)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP582 — Honky Tonkin'   
     MGM 45 EP: X4108 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1318 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
All titles on:      Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: November 7, 1947
Location: Castle Studios, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Robert "Chubby" Wise (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), probably Louis Innis (bas), possibly Fred Rose or Owen Bradley (pn)

a.47-S-6021-1 (52-XY-360)   My Sweet Love Ain't Around  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10124   (1948)
     MGM 78: 30638 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 942   (1957)
     MGM 45: K10124   (1949)
     MGM 45: K30638 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM942   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X4041 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 1   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1216 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.47-S-6022-2 (52-XY-361)   The Blues Come Around  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10212   (1948)
     MGM (UK) 78: 381   (1951)
     MGM 78: 30637 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10212   (1949)
     MGM 45: K30637 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X4042 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 2   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1217 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
c.47-S-6023-1 (52-XY-447)   A Mansion On The Hill  (Hank Williams & Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 10328   (1948)
     MGM 78: 30455 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10328   (1948)
     MGM 45: K30455 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1101 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1492 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM LP 10": E 107 — Hank Williams Sings    (1951)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": MBC-39 — Music City Classics   (1970)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Mercury CD: 536078-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
d.47-S-6024 (52-XY-420)   I'll Be A Bachelor 'Till I Die  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10171   (1948)
     MGM 45: K10171   (1949)
     MGM 45 EP: X1638 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP710 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
All titles on:      Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)

Date: 1947 - 1948
Location: Montgomery, AL
Non-session Recordings

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Won't You Sometimes Think Of Me  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   Why Should I Cry?  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
c.   I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
d.   I Told A Lie To My Heart  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
e.   Mother Is Gone  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.   In My Dreams You Still Belong To Me  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
g.   Calling You  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
h.   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
i.   A Home In Heaven  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
j.   I'm Going Home  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
k.   Singin' Waterfall  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-007 — The First Recordings   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
l.   A Home In Heaven  (Hank Williams)
     Arhoolie 45 EP: 45-548 — Hank Williams & His Guitar   
m.   In My Dreams You Still Belong To Me  (Hank Williams)
     Arhoolie 45 EP: 45-548 — Hank Williams & His Guitar   
     Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
n.   I'm Going Home  (Hank Williams)
     Arhoolie 45 EP: 45-548 — Hank Williams & His Guitar   
o.   Mother Is Gone  (Hank Williams)
     Arhoolie 45 EP: 45-548 — Hank Williams & His Guitar   

Date: 1948
Location: Shreveport, LA
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g), Kitty Wells, Johnnie Wright (vo)

a.   Dear Brother  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: Fall 1948
Location: Shreveport, LA
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g), Curley Williams (vo, fid)

a.   Time Has Proven I Was Wrong  (Hank Williams, Mel Foree and Curley Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: December 22, 1948
Location: E.T. Herzog Studios, Cincinnati, OH
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Audrey Williams (vo), Tommy Jackson (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Clyde Baum (man), Willie Thawl (bas)

a.49-S-6057 (55-XY-521)   Lost On The River  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10434   (1949)
     MGM 45: K10434   (1950)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP732 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3955 — The Spirit of Hank Williams   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 547 — Mr. & Mrs. Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
b.49-S-6059 (53-XY-453)   I Heard My Mother Prayin' For Me  (Audrey Williams)
     MGM 78: 10813   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10813   (1950)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
Both titles on:      Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: December 22, 1948
Location: E.T. Herzog Studios, Cincinnati, OH
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Clyde Baum (man), Willie Thawl (bas)

a.49-S-6058 (52-XY-424)   There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10461   (1949)
     MGM (UK) 78: 733   (1954)
     MGM 45: K10461   (1950)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1085   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1082 — There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight    (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1650 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (AUST) 45 EP: EPO-7507 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4211 — Great Country Favorites   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": 2E/2SE 12 — Great Country and Western Stars - Various Artists   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
b.49-S-6060 (50-XY-19)   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
     MGM 78: 10352   (1949)
     MGM (UK) 78: 269   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30636 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10352   (1949)
     MGM 45: 45-8010    (1949)
     MGM 45: K30636 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: KGC-107   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 516   (1963)
     MGM 45: K13305   (1965)
     MGM 45 EP: X4042 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 2   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1217 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP770 — Authentic Sound Of Country Hits   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3825 — MGM Million Sellers: Country & Western Hits, Volume 1   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     Music For Pleasure LP 12": MFP 1335 — Country & Western Favourites   (1965)
     Metro LP 12": MS-1 — Metro Sampler   (1965)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 530 — Country and Western Favorites   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
Both titles on:      MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: August 1948 - May 1949
Location: Shreveport, LA

Hank Williams (voc, g), Curley Williams (vo)

a.54-S-506 (54-XY-400)   No, Not Now  (Hank Williams, Mel Foree and Curley Williams)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Master number 54-S-506 was assigned in Nashville in late 1954.Master number 55-S-361 was assigned in Nashville in 1955.


Date: August 1948 - May 1949
Location: Shreveport, LA
Non-session Recordings

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   A House Of Gold  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
b.55-S-361 (55-XY-255)   Singin' Waterfall  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 12332   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 78: 931   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12332   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM931   (1956)
     MGM 45 EP: X1493 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
c.   Heaven Holds All My Treasures  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
d.   Lost On The River  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
e.   Honey, Do You Love Me, Huh?  (Hank Williams & Curley Williams)
f.   'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone  (Hank Williams & Mel Foree)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
All titles on:      Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Master number 55-S-361 was assigned in Nashville in 1955.


Date: January - May 1949
Location: KWKH Studios, Shreveport, LA
Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.55-S-230 (55-XY-155)   Please Don't Let Me Love You  (Ralph Jones)
     MGM 78: 11928   (1955)
     MGM 45: K11928   (1955)
     MGM 45 EP: X1555 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
b.55-S-231 (55-XY-156)   Faded Love And Winter Roses  (Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 11928   (1955)
     MGM 45: K11928   (1955)
     MGM 45 EP: X1556 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
c.55-S-352 (55-XY-246)   First Year Blues  (Ernest Tubb)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
d.55-S-353 (55-XY-247)   There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues  (Fred Rose & Zeb Turner)
     MGM 78: 12244   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 78: 921   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12244   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM921   (1956)
     MGM 45 EP: X1554 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
e.55-S-354 (55-XY-248)   Rock My Cradle (Once Again)  (Jonny Bond and Billy Folger)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.55-S-355 (55-XY-249)   Little Paper Boy  (Jim Anglin and Johnny Wright)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
g.55-S-356 (55-XY-250)   I Wish I Had A Nickel  (W. S. Barnhart and Tommy Sutton)
     MGM 78: 12244   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 78: 921   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12244   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM921   (1956)
     MGM 45 EP: X1555 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
h.55-S-357 (55-XY-251)   Rockin' Chair Money  (Lonnie Glosson and Bill Carlisle)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
i.55-S-358 (55-XY-252)   Tennessee Border  (Jimmie Work)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
j.55-S-359 (55-XY-253)   My Main Trial Is Yet to Come  (Pee Wee King and J. L. Frank)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
k.55-S-360 (55-XY-254)   The Devil's Train  (Mel Foree and Cliff Carlisle)
     unissued
l.55-S-362 (55-XY-256)   Cool Water  (Bob Nolan)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
m.55-S-363 (55-XY-257)   The Waltz Of The Wind  (Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 12535   (1957)
     MGM (AUST) 45: MGM-5253   (1957)
     MGM 45: K12535   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X1554 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
n.55-S-364 (55-XY-258)   At The First Fall Of Snow  (Lorene Rose)
     MGM 78: 12077   (1955)
     MGM 45: K12077   (1955)
     MGM 45 EP: X1556 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
o.   Dixie Cannonball  (Gene Autry, Red Foley and Vaughn Horton)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
p.55-S-366 (55-XY-260)   I'm Free At Last  (Ernest Tubb)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
q.55-S-367 (55-XY-261)   You Caused It All By Telling Lies  (Clyde Moody)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
r.55-S-368 (55-XY-262)   Leave Me Alone With The Blues  (Joe Pope)
     MGM 78: 12484   (1957)
     MGM (UK) 78: 966   (1957)
     MGM (AUST) 45: MGM-5248   (1957)
     MGM 45: K12484   (1957)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM966   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X1639 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
s.55-S-369 (55-XY-263)   It Just Don't Matter Now  (Ernest Tubb)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
t.55-S-370 (55-XY-264)   Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love  (Hank Thompson)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
u.55-S-371 (55-XY-265)   We Planted Roses on My Darling's Grave  (Roy Acuff and Odel MacLeod)
     unissued
v.55-S-372 (55-XY-266)   The Old Home  (Jackie Earls)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
w.   Sundown And Sorrow  (Pee Wee King and J. L. Frank)
     unissued
x.55-S-373 (55-XY-267)   Alone And Forsaken  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 12029   (1955)
     MGM 45: K12029   (1955)
     MGM 45 EP: X1215 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
y.55-S-374 (55-XY-268)   The Prodigal Son  (Floyd. D Jenkins a.k.a. Fred Rose)
     unissued
z.55-S-375 (55-XY-269)   A Tramp On The Street  (Grady and Hazel Cole)
     unissued
aa.55-S-376 (55-XY-270)   Someday You'll Call My Name  (Eddie Hill and Jean Branch)
     MGM 78: 12077   (1955)
     MGM 45: K12077   (1955)
     MGM 45 EP: X1215 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
ab.55-S-377 (55-XY-271)   Thank God  (Fred Rose)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5218   (1955)
     MGM 78: 12127   (1955)
     MGM 45: K12127   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP608 — I Saw The Light   
     MGM 45 EP: X1218 — I Saw the Light, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
ac.55-S-378 (55-XY-272)   Blue Love (In My Heart)  (Floyd. D Jenkins a.k.a. Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 12332   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 78: 931   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12332   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM931   (1956)
     MGM 45 EP: X1492 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X1639 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
ad.55-S-379 (55-XY-273)   Roly Poly  (Fred Rose)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
ae.55-S-380 (55-XY-274)   The Battle Of Armageddon  (Roy Acuff and Odel MacLeod)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5218   (1955)
     MGM 78: 12127   (1955)
     MGM 45: K12127   (1955)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
af.   We Live In Two Different Worlds  (Fred Rose)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
ag.55-S-382 (55-XY-276)   Wait For The Light To Shine  (Fred Rose)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
ah.55-S-383 (55-XY-277)   No One Will Ever Know  (Mel Foree and Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 12535   (1957)
     MGM (AUST) 45: MGM-5253   (1957)
     MGM 45: K12535   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X1556 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
ai.55-S-384 (55-XY-278)   With Tears In My Eyes  (Paul Howard)
     MGM 78: 12484   (1957)
     MGM (UK) 78: 966   (1957)
     MGM (AUST) 45: MGM-5248   (1957)
     MGM 45: K12484   (1957)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM966   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X1554 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
aj.   Don't Do It Darling  (Zeke Manners)
     Mercury CD: 536083-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Master numbers were assigned in Nashville in 1955.

Masters 55-S-371 (We Planted Roses on My Darling's Grave) and 55-S-375 (A Tramp On The Street) are now lost.


Date: circa 1949
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   We're Gettin' Closer To The Grave Each Day  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   The Alabama Waltz  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 1, 1949 (7:30 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Dale Potter (fid), Don Davis (sg), Zeb Turner (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Clyde Baum (man), probably Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6032 (51-XY-450)   Lost Highway  (Leon Payne)
     MGM 78: 10506   (1949)
     MGM 78: 30453 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10506   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30453 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1102 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 2   (1954)
     MGM LP 10": E 107 — Hank Williams Sings    (1951)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
b.49-S-6033 (52-XY-428)   May You Never Be Alone  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10609   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10609   (1950)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
Both titles on:      MGM 45 EP: X1491 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 1   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 1, 1949 (7:30 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM

Hank Williams (voc, g), Audrey Williams (vo), Dale Potter (fid), Don Davis (sg), Zeb Turner (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Clyde Baum (man), probably Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6030 (55-XY-520)   Dear Brother  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10434   (1949)
     MGM 45: K10434   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X4110 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1648 — I Saw the Light, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP726 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 2   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3955 — The Spirit of Hank Williams   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
b.49-S-6031 (53-XY-452)   Jesus Remembered Me  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10813   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10813   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X4111 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1649 — I Saw the Light, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
Both titles on:      MGM LP 10": E 243 — I Saw The Light   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 547 — Mr. & Mrs. Hank Williams   (1965)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 1-2, 1949 (11:00 pm - 2:00 am)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Dale Potter (fid), Don Davis (sg), Zeb Turner (eg), Jack Shook (rg), probably Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6034   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
b.49-S-6035 (52-XY-425)   Mind Your Own Business  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10461   (1949)
     MGM (UK) 78: 553   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10461   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X1082 — There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight    (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1319 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
c.49-S-6036 (52-XY-426)   You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10506   (1949)
     MGM 45: K10506   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X1082 — There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight    (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1650 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (AUST) 45 EP: EPO-7507 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
d.49-S-6037   My Son Calls Another Man Daddy  (Hank Williams & Jewell House)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
All titles on:      Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 20, 1949 (7:30 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Dale Potter (fid), Don Davis (sg), Zeb Turner (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Velma Williams (bas)

a.49-S-6038 (50-XY-21/51-XY-449)   Wedding Bells  (Claude Boone)
     MGM (UK) 78: 269   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30456 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30456 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1101 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1491 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 1   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
b.49-S-6039 (50-XY-22/51-XY-451)   I've Just Told Mama Goodbye  (Slim Sweet and Curley Kinsey)
     MGM 78: 30453 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30453 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1102 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1493 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
Both titles on:      MGM 78: 10401   (1949)
     MGM 45: K10401   (1950)
     MGM LP 10": E 107 — Hank Williams Sings    (1951)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 847 195-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: Spring 1949
Location: Montgomery, AL
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   I'm Going Home  (Hank Williams)
b.   We're Gettin' Closer To The Grave Each Day  (Hank Williams)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 536082-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: June 18, 1949
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 80

Hank Williams (voc, g), Grady Martin (fid), Jimmy Selph, Zeb Turner (g), Billy Robinson (eg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   Wedding Bells  (Claude Boone)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Date: August 30, 1949 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: E.T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6072 (52-XY-359)   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10560   (1949)
     MGM 78: 30637 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10560   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30637 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: KGC-113   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 514   (1963)
     Polydor 45: MVG 514   (1970)
     MGM 45 EP: X4041 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 1   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1216 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP770 — Authentic Sound Of Country Hits   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)



Date: August 30, 1949 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: E.T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6073 (51-XY-453)   A House Without Love  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10696   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30456 [issued as album MGM-107]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10696   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30456 [issued as album K107]   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1102 — Hank Williams Sings, Volume 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1493 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM LP 10": E 107 — Hank Williams Sings    (1951)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: August 30, 1949 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: E.T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6074 (52-XY-429)   I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10609   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10609   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X4223 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1136 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 2   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP710 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: August 30, 1949 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: E.T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6075 (52-XY-427)   My Buckets Got A Hole In It  (Clarence Williams)
     MGM 78: 10560   (1949)
     MGM (UK) 78: 666   (1953)
     MGM (CAN) 78: 12635   (1958)
     MGM 45: K10560   (1950)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1048   (1953)
     MGM 45: K12635   (1958)
     MGM 45: KGC-127   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X4108 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1318 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP614 — Honky Tonk Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": M3HB 4975/2 — Insights into "Hank Williams in Song and Story"   (1974)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/1 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: August 30, 1949 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: E.T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Jerry Byrd (sg), Zeke Turner (eg), Louis Innis (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.49-S-6075-X   My Buckets Got A Hole In It  (Clarence Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)

Date: Fall 1949
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Jesus Died For Me  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)

Date: Fall 1949
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g), Audrey Williams (vo)

a.   Jesus Died For Me  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

In 1949, 26-year old Hank Williams struck a deal with the makers of Hadacol to sponsor his first syndicated radio series. The Health & Happiness shows were recorded on two consectutive Sundays in Mid-October either 9/10 and 16/10, or 16/10 and 23/10.


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 1

Hank Williams (voc, rg), Audrey Williams (vo), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
b.   Wedding Bells  (Claude Boone)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
c.   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
d.   Old Joe Clark featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
e.   Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies  (Wayne Raney o.b.o. William M. Golden)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11102   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-17 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume III   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 202 — More Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 517863-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies is a vocal duet by Hank and Audrey Williams.


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 2

Audrey Williams (voc), Hank Williams (voc, rg), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
b.   You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     Radiola LP 12": MR-1069 — Country-Western Radio: Rare Radio Recordings Of Famous Country-Western Groups Of The 1940's   (1977)
c.   (There's A) Bluebird On Your Windowsill  (Elizabeth Clarke and Robert Mellin)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
d.   Fire On The Mountain featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
e.   A Tramp On The Street  (Grady and Hazel Cole)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11103   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-17 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume III   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 202 — More Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 517863-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

(There's A) Bluebird On Your Windowsill is sung by Audrey Williams.


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 3

Audrey Williams (voc), Hank Williams (voc, rg), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Radiola LP 12": MR-1069 — Country-Western Radio: Rare Radio Recordings Of Famous Country-Western Groups Of The 1940's   (1977)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
b.   I'm A Long Gone Daddy  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Radiola LP 12": MR-1069 — Country-Western Radio: Rare Radio Recordings Of Famous Country-Western Groups Of The 1940's   (1977)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
c.   I'm Telling You
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Radiola LP 12": MR-1069 — Country-Western Radio: Rare Radio Recordings Of Famous Country-Western Groups Of The 1940's   (1977)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
d.   Bill Cheatham featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
e.   When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Radiola LP 12": MR-1069 — Country-Western Radio: Rare Radio Recordings Of Famous Country-Western Groups Of The 1940's   (1977)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
f.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     Radiola LP 12": MR-1069 — Country-Western Radio: Rare Radio Recordings Of Famous Country-Western Groups Of The 1940's   (1977)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11104   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-17 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume III   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 202 — More Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 517863-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

I'm Telling You is sung by Audrey Williams.

Despite what it says on the label MR-1069 is a mixture of tracks from the Health and Happiness shows not a complete show.


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 4

Hank Williams (voc, rg), Audrey Williams (vo), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
b.   Lost Highway  (Leon Payne)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
c.   I Want To Live And Love Always  (Gene Sullivan and Wiley Walker)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
d.   Bile Them Cabbage Down featuring Jerry Rivers
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
e.   I'll Have A New Body (I'll Have A New Life)  (Luther G Presley)
     MGM LP 12": E 3999 — On Stage! Hank Williams    (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 022 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1964)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.   Fingers On Fire featuring Bob McNett
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
g.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11105   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-17 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume III   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 202 — More Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 517863-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

I Want To Live And Love Always is a vocal duet by Hank and Audrey Williams.


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 5

Hank Williams (voc, rg), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
b.   A Mansion On The Hill  (Hank Williams & Fred Rose)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
c.   There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight  (Hank Williams)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
d.   Wagner featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
e.   The Prodigal Son  (Floyd. D Jenkins a.k.a. Fred Rose)
     MGM LP 12": E 3850 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
f.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11106   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-10 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume II   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 201 — Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 517864-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

The Prodigal Son was called The Prodigal on E 3850.


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 6

Hank Williams (voc, rg), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
b.   Pan American (version 2)  (Hank Williams)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
c.   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
d.   Arkansas Traveler featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
e.   I Saw The Light  (Hank Williams)
     Golden Country LP 12": LP-2207 — Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys On Radio - Recorded 1949   (1982)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
f.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11107   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-10 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume II   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 201 — Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 517864-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

This version of Pan American has an extra verse.


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 7

Hank Williams (voc, rg), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
b.   Mind Your Own Business (version 2)  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
c.   Wedding Bells  (Claude Boone)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
d.   Cotton-Eyed Joe featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
e.   I've Just Told Mama Goodbye  (Slim Sweet and Curley Kinsey)
f.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11108   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-10 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume II   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 201 — Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 517864-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

This version of Mind Your Own Business has an extra verse. (If I get my head beat black and blue/That's my wife and my stove wood too).


Date: October, 1949
Location: Castle Studios, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Health & Happiness Show # 8

Hank Williams (voc, rg), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Grant Turner (ann)

a.   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
b.   I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
c.   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
d.   Fisherman's Hornpipe featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
e.   Thy Burden's Are Greater Than Mine  (Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
f.   Sally Goodin' featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
All titles on:      Le Blanc ET 16": EO-QM 11109   (1949)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-10 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume II   (1984)
     Jambalaya LP 12": CW 201 — Rare Radio Programmes - 1949   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 517864-2 [set 517862-2] — Health & Happiness Shows   (1993)

Date: November 12, 1949
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 103

Hank Williams (vo, g)

a.76N 1813   You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)  (Hank Williams)
     AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 103   (1949)
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Master number was assigned by MGM for LP issue.


Date: November 16, 1949
Location: Rhein-Main AFB, Gateway Theatre, Frankfurt
Grand Ole Opry

Hank Williams (voc)

a.   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
unissued

Date: November 18, 1949
Location: Titania Palast (Palace), Berlin
Grand Ole Opry

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Move It On Over  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: Unknown Date
Radio Performance

Hank Williams (voc, g), Audrey Williams (vo)

a.   Something Got A Hold Of Me  (A. P. Carter)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: January 9, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.50-S-6003 (51-XY-191)     Long Gone Lonesome Blues  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10645   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30639 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 527   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10645   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30639 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: KGC-134   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X4042 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 2   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1217 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: January 9, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.50-S-6004 (52-XY-430)   Why Don't You Love Me?  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10696   (1950)
     MGM (UK) 78: 483   (1952)
     MGM (CAN) 78: 12611   (1958)
     MGM 45: K10696   (1950)
     MGM 45: K12611   (1958)
     MGM 45: KGC-108   (1962)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP639 — Songs For A Broken Heart   
     MGM 45 EP: X4223 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1136 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 2   (1955)
     MGM LP 7": SLM 4168 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM LP 12": M3HB 4975/2 — Insights into "Hank Williams in Song and Story"   (1974)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: January 9, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.50-S-6005 (51-XY-192)   Why Should We Try Anymore?  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10760   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10760   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X1491 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 1   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: January 9, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bob McNett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.50-S-6006 (51-XY-192)   My Son Calls Another Man Daddy  (Hank Williams & Jewell House)
     MGM 78: 10645   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10645   (1950)
     MGM 45: KGC-134   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X4222 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1135 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 1    (1955)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP732 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536079-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: January 10, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Don Helms (sg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (org)

a.50-S-6007 (53-XY-73)   Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals  (Billy Rose, Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson)
     MGM 78: 10718   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30758 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K10718   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30758 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1047 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1643 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: January 10, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Don Helms (sg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (org)

a.50-S-6008 (53-XY-74)   Beyond The Sunset  (Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock and Albert Kennedy Rowswell)
     MGM 78: 10630   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30758 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K10630   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30758 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1644 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": M3G 4991 — A Home in Heaven   (1975)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: January 10, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Don Helms (sg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (org)

a.50-S-6009 (53-XY-75)   The Funeral  (words Public Domain; music, Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10630   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30757 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K10630   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30757 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1644 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: January 10, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Don Helms (sg), Hillous Butrum (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (org)

a.50-S-6010 (55-XY-522)   Everything's OK  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10718   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10718   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X1165 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: circa 1950
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Message To My Mother  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   How Can You Refuse Him Now?  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
c.   Last Night I Dreamed Of Heaven  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
d.   Wearin' Out Your Walkin' Shoes  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
e.   There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.   'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone  (Hank Williams & Mel Foree)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: February 18, 1950
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 116

Hank Williams (vo, g)

a.76N 1805   I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.76N 1808   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
Both titles on:      AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 116   (1950)
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     Mercury CD: 546468-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Master numbers were assigned by MGM for LP issue.


Date: February 21, 1950
Location: Station WSLI, Jackson, MS
Farmer Jim Show

Hank Williams (voc, g), Lewis M. "Junior" Stanley (lg), David Miller "Bird Legs" Louther (sg), Red Pleasant (rg), Ernest Milton Beasley (man), Wayne E. "Pedro" Sterling (bas)

a.   Lost Highway  (Leon Payne)
b.   I'm A Long Gone Daddy  (Hank Williams)
c.   Long Gone Lonesome Blues  (Hank Williams)
All titles on:      Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

The backing group were the "Southern Serenaders" a regular group on station WSLI.


Date: Spring 1950
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

a.   I'm Going Home  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: Summer 1950
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

a.   (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing   (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: June 10, 1950
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 130

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.76N 1809   Long Gone Lonesome Blues  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   Why Don't You Love Me?  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
c.   Talk with Minie Pearl
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
All titles on:      AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 130   (1950)

Master number was assigned by MGM for LP issue.


Date: June 14, 1950 (12:00 - 1:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Rusty Gabbard (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.50-S-6064-1 (50-XY-118)   They'll Never Take Her Love From Me  (Leon Payne)
     MGM 78: 10760   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10760   (1950)
     MGM 45 EP: X1492 — Sing Me a Blue Song, Volume 2   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3560 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3924 — Let Me Sing A Blue Song    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: June 14, 1950 (12:00 - 1:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Rusty Gabbard (rg), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.50-S-6065   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
unissued

Master is lost.


Date: August 4, 1950
Radio Performance

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   They'll Never Take Her Love From Me  (Leon Payne)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: August 12, 1950
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 139

Hank Williams (vo, g)

a.76N 1806   Why Don't You Love Me?  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)
b.   Talk with Minie Pearl
c.76N 1807   They'll Never Take Her Love From Me  (Leon Payne)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)
All titles on:      AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 139   (1950)
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)

Master numbers were assigned by MGM for LP issue.


Date: August 31, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.50-S-6096 (50-XY-223)     Nobody's Lonesome For Me  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10832   (1950)
     MGM (UK) 78: 553   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10832   (1950)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP639 — Songs For A Broken Heart   
     MGM 45 EP: X4222 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1082 — There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight    (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1135 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 1    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: August 31, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Farris Coursey (drm)

a.50-S-6097 (50-XY-222)   Moanin' The Blues  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10832   (1950)
     MGM (UK) 78: 381   (1951)
     MGM 78: 30636 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K10832   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30636 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: KGC-112   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X4041 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 1   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1216 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: August 31, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (org)

a.50-S-6098 (50-XY-215)   Help Me Understand  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10806   (1950)
     MGM 78: 30757 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K10806   (1950)
     MGM 45: K30757 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1047 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1643 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": M3G 4991 — A Home in Heaven   (1975)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: August 31, 1950 (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (org)

a.50-S-6098 (50-XY-214)   No, No Joe  (Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 10806   (1950)
     MGM 45: K10806   (1950)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: November 11, 1950
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 151

Hank Williams (vo, g)

a.76N 1803   Moanin' The Blues  (Hank Williams)
b.76N 1804   Nobody's Lonesome For Me  (Hank Williams)
Both titles on:      AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 151   (1950)
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Master numbers were assigned by MGM for LP issue.


Date: Fall 1950
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Help Me Understand  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)

Contains an extra verse.


Date: December 1950
Location: WSM Studios, Nashville, TN
March of Dimes Radio Show

Hank Williams (voc, g), Audrey Williams - 1 (vo), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ralph Christian (ann)

a.   Lovesick Blues (partly as intro)  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-3 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume I   (1983)
     JSP Records CD: JSP7757D — Early Country Radio   (2005)
b.   Moanin' The Blues  (Hank Williams)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-3 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume I   (1983)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
     JSP Records CD: JSP7757D — Early Country Radio   (2005)
c.   (There's A) Bluebird On Your Windowsill - 1
d.   Help Me Understand  (Hank Williams)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-3 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume I   (1983)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     JSP Records CD: JSP7757D — Early Country Radio   (2005)
e.   When God Dips His Love In My Heart  (Cleavant Derricks)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-3 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume I   (1983)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     JSP Records CD: JSP7757D — Early Country Radio   (2005)
f.   Lovesick Blues (partly as outro)  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
All titles on:      Unknown ET 16": YTNY 14217 — 1951 March Of Dimes   (1950)

When God Dips His Love In My Heart is a dute with Audrey Williams


Date: December 21, 1950 (7:15 - 9:50 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Sammy Pruett (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.50-S-6132-1 (50-XY-459)   Cold, Cold Heart  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10904   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 459   (1952)
     MGM 78: 30751 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K10904   (1951)
     MGM 45: K30751 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-113   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 514   (1963)
     MGM 45: K13359   (1965)
     MGM 45 EP: X4103 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1613 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3825 — MGM Million Sellers: Country & Western Hits, Volume 1   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": MG-DJ 9 — D.J. Sampler for January, 1961, Release, Volume 1   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/1 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     MGM LP 12": 2SES 4865 — The Legend of Hank Williams in Story and Song   (1973)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/1* — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1979)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: December 21, 1950 (7:15 - 9:50 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Sammy Pruett (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.50-S-6133-1 (50-XY-460)   Dear John  (Aubrey Gass)
     MGM 78: 10904   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 405   (1951)
     MGM 45: K10904   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP675 — Hank's Laments   
     MGM 45 EP: X1637 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: December 21, 1950 (7:15 - 9:50 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Sammy Pruett (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.50-S-6134-1 (50-XY-461)   Just Waitin'  (Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway)
     MGM 78: 10932   (1951)
     MGM (CAN) 78: 12727   (1958)
     MGM 45: K10932   (1951)
     MGM 45: K12727   (1958)
     MGM 45: KGC-142   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X1165 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: December 21, 1950 (7:15 - 9:50 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Sammy Pruett (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.50-S-6135-1 (50-XY-462)   Men With Broken Hearts  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10932   (1951)
     MGM 78: 30756 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K10932   (1951)
     MGM 45: K30756 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1047 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1643 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: January 6, 1951
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 158

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Moanin' The Blues  (Hank Williams)
b.   Nobody's Lonesome For Me  (Hank Williams)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Date: circa 1951
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recordings

a.54-S-325 (54-XY-391)   Fool About You  (Ralph C. Hutcheson)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   Fool About You  (Ralph C. Hutcheson)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
c.   The Angel Of Death  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
d.   The Angel Of Death  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
e.   When The Book Of Life Is Read  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.   I Can't Escape From You  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
g.   Weary Blues From Waitin'  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
h.   Ready To Go Home  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
i.   California Zephyr  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
j.54-S-504 (54-XY-395)   Thy Burden's Are Greater Than Mine  (Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart)
     unissued

Master number 54-S-325 was assigned in Nashville on September 24, 1954.
Master number 54-S-504 was assigned in Nashville in September, 1954.


Date: March 16, 1951 (1:30 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.51-S-6027 (51-XY-161)   I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10961   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 471   (1952)
     MGM (CAN) 78: 12611   (1958)
     MGM 45: K10961   (1951)
     MGM 45: K12611   (1958)
     MGM 45: KGC-128   (1962)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP675 — Hank's Laments   
     MGM 45 EP: X1014 — Crazy Heart   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1650 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (AUST) 45 EP: EPO-7507 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     MGM LP 12": 2SES 4865 — The Legend of Hank Williams in Story and Song   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

MGM master number 66-XY-495 was assigned in Nashville in 1966 when it was overdubbed with a Hank Williams Jr. vocal.


Date: March 16, 1951 (1:30 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid, how), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.51-S-6028 (51-XY-162)   Howlin' At The Moon  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 10961   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 454   (1951)
     MGM 45: K10961   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP582 — Honky Tonkin'   
     MGM 45 EP: X4108 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1318 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": MG2-5401/1 — Hank Williams' 24 Greatest Hits, Volume 2   (1977)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/1 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 1   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 234-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 16, 1951 (1:30 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.51-S-6029-2 (51-XY-163)   Hey, Good Lookin'  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11000   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 454   (1951)
     MGM 78: 30754 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11000   (1951)
     MGM 45: K30754 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-108   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 515   (1963)
     Polydor 45: MVG 515   (1970)
     MGM 45 EP: X4102 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 1   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP757 — Hank Williams Favorites   (1959)
     MGM 45 EP: X1612 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM LP 7": SLM 4168 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best    (1963)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM LP 12": M3HB 4975/1 — Insights into "Hank Williams in Song and Story"   (1974)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2* — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1979)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
     MGM Reel: MGX 3918   (1961)



Date: March 16, 1951 (1:30 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), Owen Bradley or Fred Rose (pn)

a.51-S-6030-2 (51-XY-164)   My Heart Would Know  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11000   (1951)
     MGM 45: K11000   (1951)
     MGM 45 EP: X1014 — Crazy Heart   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1636 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM 45 EP: X1650 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (AUST) 45 EP: EPO-7507 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 3   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 23, 1951 (7:00 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Audrey Williams (vo), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6014 (56-XY-532)   The Pale Horse And His Rider  (Ervin Staggs, Jonny Bailes, Z Clements and M D Wright)
     MGM 78: 12394   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12394   (1956)
     MGM 45: K13359   (1965)
     MGM LP 12": E 3955 — The Spirit of Hank Williams   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 547 — Mr. & Mrs. Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 23, 1951 (7:00 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Audrey Williams (vo), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6015 (56-XY-533)   A Home In Heaven  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 12394   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12394   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3955 — The Spirit of Hank Williams   (1961)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 547 — Mr. & Mrs. Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: Spring 1951
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.(undubbed)   Jesus Is Calling  (Hank Williams & Charlie Monroe)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: May 5, 1951
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 175

Hank Williams (vo, g)

a.76N 1810   Cold, Cold Heart  (Hank Williams)
b.76N 1811   Dear John  (Aubrey Gass)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)
Both titles on:      AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 175   (1951)
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)

Master numbers were assigned by MGM for LP issue.


Date: June 1, 1951 (7.00 - 10.00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Harold Bradley (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), possibly Owen Bradley (org)

a.51-S-6056 (51-XY-462)   Ramblin' Man  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11120   (1951)
     MGM 78: 11479   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 78: 652   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11120   (1951)
     MGM 45: K11479   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1049   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-111   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 516   (1963)
     MGM 45 EP: X4222 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1135 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 1    (1955)
     MGM LP 7": SLM 4168 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: June 1, 1951 (7.00 - 10.00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Harold Bradley (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), possibly Owen Bradley (org)

a.51-S-6057 (51-XY-463)   Pictures From Life's Other Side  (Charles E Baer)
     MGM 78: 11120   (1951)
     MGM 78: 30755 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11120   (1951)
     MGM 45: K30755 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1047 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1643 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": M3HB 4975/1 — Insights into "Hank Williams in Song and Story"   (1974)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: June 1, 1951 (7.00 - 10.00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Harold Bradley (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), possibly Owen Bradley (org)

a.51-S-6058 (51-XY-464)   I've Been Down that Road Before  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11017   (1951)
     MGM 45: K11017   (1951)
     MGM 45 EP: X1165 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: June 1, 1951 (7.00 - 10.00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), Harold Bradley (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), possibly Owen Bradley (org)

a.51-S-6059 (51-XY-465)   I Dreamed About Mama Last Night  (Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 11017   (1951)
     MGM 78: 30756 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11017   (1951)
     MGM 45: K30756 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1644 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 547 — Mr. & Mrs. Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM LP 12": M3HB 4975/2 — Insights into "Hank Williams in Song and Story"   (1974)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536080-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)



Date: Summer 1951
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Ten Little Numbers  (Juanita Acuff)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: July 25, 1951 (7:15 - 10:35 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Eddie Hill (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6078 (51-XY-576)   I'd Still Want You  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11100   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 483   (1952)
     MGM 45: K11100   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP649 — Songs For A Broken Heart, Volume 2   
     MGM 45 EP: X1639 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: July 25, 1951 (7:15 - 10:35 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Eddie Hill (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6079 (51-XY-577)   (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle  (Hank Williams & Jimmie Davis)
     MGM 78: 11054   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 957   (1957)
     MGM 45: K11054   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM957   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X4223 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1136 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 2   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP710 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/2 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: July 25, 1951 (7:15 - 10:35 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Eddie Hill (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6080 (51-XY-578)   Crazy Heart  (Fred Rose & Maurice Murray)
     MGM 78: 11054   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 733   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11054   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1085   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1636 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 634-1 Y-2/1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 634-4 Y-1 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 634-2 — Hey Good Lookin', December 1950 - July 1951, Volume VI   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.51-S-6080-X   Crazy Heart  (Fred Rose & Maurice Murray)
     MGM 45 EP: X1014 — Crazy Heart   (1952)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
c.51-S-6081 (51-XY-579)   Baby, We're Really In Love  (Hank Williams)
     unissued

Master 51-S-6081 was rejected and is now lost.


Date: August 10, 1951 (7:00 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), unknown possibly Owen Bradley or Marvin Hughes (pn)

a.51-S-6111 (51-XY-601)    I'm Sorry For You My Friend  (Hank Williams)
     unissued
b.51-S-6112-A (51-XY-602)   Half As Much  (Curley Williams)
     MGM 78: 11202   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 527   (1952)
     MGM 78: 30754 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11202   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30754 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-109   (1962)
     MGM (UK) 45: 2006-106   (1972)
     MGM 45 EP: X4103 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1613 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 7": SLM 4168 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 10": E 170 — Pop Parade, Volume 2   (1952)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2* — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1979)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Master 51-S-6111 is now lost.


Date: August 10, 1951 (7:00 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), unknown possibly Owen Bradley or Marvin Hughes (pn)

a.51-S-6113 (51-XY-603)   I'd Still Want You  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 695-1 Y-1 — Rare Takes and Radio Cuts   (1984)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: August 10, 1951 (7:00 - 10:30 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas), unknown possibly Owen Bradley or Marvin Hughes (pn)

a.51-S-6114-A (51-XY-604)   Baby, We're Really In Love  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11100   (1951)
     MGM (UK) 78: 471   (1952)
     MGM 45: K11100   (1951)
     MGM 45 EP: X1014 — Crazy Heart   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X4108 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1318 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP614 — Honky Tonk Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/1 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: September 15, 1951
Location: Nashville, TN
WSM Radio show promoting the opening of Hank & Audrey's Corral

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Half As Much  (Curley Williams)
b.   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
c.   (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle  (Hank Williams & Jimmie Davis)
d.   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
e.   Where The Old Red River Flows  (Jimmie Davis)
All titles unissued.

Date: Unknown date in late 1951
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry

Hank Williams (voc, ag)

a.   Crazy Heart  (Fred Rose & Maurice Murray)
unissued

I have this on CD SSI 7538 issued by Creative Sounds, the same compilation of tracks was issued by Satellite Sounds and also by Forever Music on 0409.


Date: September 22, 1951
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 197

Hank Williams (vo, g)

a.76N 1812   Hey, Good Lookin'  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": MG1 5019 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 128 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1977)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 370 — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1976)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   Cold, Cold Heart  (Hank Williams)
Both titles on:      AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 197   (1951)
     Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Master number was assigned by MGM for LP issue.


Date: September 29, 1951
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry

Hank Williams (voc, g), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg)

a.   Crazy Heart  (Fred Rose & Maurice Murray)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-3 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume I   (1983)

Date: October 25, 1951
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   There's A Tear In My Beer  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: October 25, 1951
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   All The Love I Ever Had  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: November 14, 1951
Location: CBS Television, New York
The Perry Como Show

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Hey, Good Lookin'  (Hank Williams)
unissued

Date: December 11, 1951 (10:00 am - 12:00 noon)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6128 (51-XY-912)   I'm Sorry For You My Friend  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11160   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 505   (1952)
     MGM 45: K11160   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP649 — Songs For A Broken Heart, Volume 2   
     MGM 45 EP: X1636 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": MG2-5401/2 — Hank Williams' 24 Greatest Hits, Volume 2   (1977)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: December 11, 1951 (10:00 am - 12:00 noon)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6129 (51-XY-913)   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 30639 [issued as album MGM-168]   (1952)
     MGM 78: 11160   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 505   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30639 [issued as album K168]   (1952)
     MGM 45: K11160   (1952)
     MGM 45: KGC-109   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 517   (1963)
     MGM 45 EP: X4041 [issued as album X168] — Moanin' The Blues, part 1   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X4109 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1317 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM 45 EP: X1216 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 2   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP614 — Honky Tonk Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 168 — Moanin' the Blues   (1952)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 196-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: December 11, 1951 (10:00 am - 12:00 noon)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Sammy Pruett (eg), probably Jack Shook (rg), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater" (Howard Watts) (bas)

a.51-S-6130-A (51-XY-914)   Let's Turn Back The Years  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11202   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 666   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11202   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1048   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP675 — Hank's Laments   
     MGM 45 EP: X1638 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: circa 1952
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recordings

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.(version 1)   Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.(version2)   Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
c.   You Better Keep It On Your Mind  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
d.   A Teardrop On A Rose  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
e.   I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
f.   Low Down Blues  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
g.   If You'll Be A Baby To Me  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
h.   Jambalaya (On The Bayou)  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 22, 1952
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 221

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)
b.   Let The Spirit Descend  (J. M. Purdom)
     Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)
c.   Cold, Cold Heart  (Hank Williams)
All titles on:      Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: March 26, 1952
Location: NBC Television, New York
Kate Smith Evening Hour

Hank Williams (voc), Grady Martin (fid), Don Helms (sg), Billy Byrd (eg), Jack Drake (bas)

a.   Hey, Good Lookin'  (Hank Williams)
unissued

I have seen a DVD of this performance for sale on EBay (which I was outbid on), whether it was legitamate or a bootleg I do not know. Certainly it can be seen on You Tube.


Date: March 26, 1952
Location: NBC Television, New York
Kate Smith Evening Hour

Hank Williams (voc), Roy Acuff, Anita Carter, Opry Cast Ensemble (vo)

a.   I Saw The Light  (Hank Williams)
unissued

I have seen a DVD of this performance for sale on EBay (which I was outbid on), whether it was legitamate or a bootleg I do not know. Certainly it can be seen on You Tube.


Date: April 1, 1952
Radio Performance

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: April 1952
Radio Performance

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   I Cried Again  (Autry Inman)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: April 1952
Radio Performance

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Wild Side Of Life  (Arlie A. Carter and William Warren)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: April 4, 1952
Radio Performance

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Drifting Too Far From The Shore  (Charles E Moody)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: April 5, 1952
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 223

Hank Williams (voc, g), possibly Tommy Jackson, Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg)

a.   Baby, We're Really In Love  (Hank Williams)
     AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 292, Pt. 1   (1952)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.   The Old Country Church  (James D Vaughan)
     AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 292, Pt. 1   (1952)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-3 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume I   (1983)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
c.   I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)  (Hank Williams)
     AFRS ET 16": END-18, Programme 292, Pt. 2   (1952)
     Anthology of Country Music LP 12": ACM-3 — Anthology of Country Music "Early Country Live" Volume I   (1983)
     Polydor LP 12": 827 531-1 Y-2 — Hank Williams On The Air   (1985)
All titles on:      Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Hank Williams acts as emcee for this show in Red Foley's absence. Hank Williams and "Little" Jimmy Dickens sing "The Old Country Church" as duet with possibly Uncle Ed(die) MacEwen playing the accordian.

Program 292, Part 2, is on a seperate disc from Program 292, Part 1.


Date: April 23, 1952
Location: NBC Television, New York
Kate Smith Evening Hour

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Billy Byrd (eg), Jack Drake (bas)

a.   Cold, Cold Heart  (Hank Williams)
unissued

I have seen a DVD of this performance for sale on EBay (which I was outbid on), whether it was legitamate or a bootleg I do not know. Certainly it can be seen on You Tube.


Date: April 23, 1952
Location: NBC Television, New York
Kate Smith Evening Hour

Hank Williams (voc, g), Anita Carter (vo), Grady Martin (fid)

a.   I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

I have seen a DVD of this performance for sale on EBay (which I was outbid on), whether it was legitamate or a bootleg I do not know. Certainly it can be seen on You Tube.


Date: April 23, 1952
Location: NBC Television, New York
Kate Smith Evening Hour

Hank Williams (voc), Roy Acuff, Opry Cast Ensemble, Carter Family (vo)

a.   Glory Bound Train  (Roy Zimmerman)
unissued

I have seen a DVD of this performance for sale on EBay (which I was outbid on), whether it was legitamate or a bootleg I do not know. Certainly it can be seen on You Tube.


Date: June 13, 1952 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Charles "Indian" Wright (bas)

a.52-S-6059-A (52-XY-339)   Window Shopping  (Marcel Joseph)
     MGM 78: 11283   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 678   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11283   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1076 — Move It On Over   (1954)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3955 — The Spirit of Hank Williams   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: June 13, 1952 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Charles "Indian" Wright (bas)

a.52-S-6060-A (52-XY-340)   Jambalaya (On The Bayou)  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11283   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 566   (1952)
     MGM 45: K11283   (1952)
     MGM 45: KGC-110   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 517   (1963)
     MGM (UK) 45: 2006-106   (1972)
     MGM 45 EP: X4109 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1317 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP757 — Hank Williams Favorites   (1959)
     MGM LP 7": SLM 4168 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM LP 12": M3HB 4975/2 — Insights into "Hank Williams in Song and Story"   (1974)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

MGM 2006-106 is an interesting record. It was manufactured and distibuted in Europe by Polygram for MGM Records. On the 'A' side there is Jambalaya and on the 'B' side Half As Much and Kaw-Liga. Does this count as a single or an EP?


Date: June 13, 1952 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Charles "Indian" Wright (bas)

a.52-S-6061-A (52-XY-341)   Settin' The Woods On Fire  (Fred Rose and Eddie Nelson)
     MGM 78: 11318   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 566   (1952)
     MGM 78: 30752 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11318   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30752 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X4102 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 1   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP757 — Hank Williams Favorites   (1959)
     MGM 45 EP: X1612 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 023 [set 2683 046] — Hank Williams On Stage   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: June 13, 1952 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Charles "Indian" Wright (bas)

a.52-S-6062-A (52-XY-342)   I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive  (Hank Williams & Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 11366   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 585   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11366   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1016   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-110   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X4109 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1317 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP614 — Honky Tonk Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": 2SES 4865 — The Legend of Hank Williams in Story and Song   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: July 5, 1952
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, AFRS Show # 236

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Jambalaya (On The Bayou)  (Hank Williams)
b.   Half As Much  (Curley Williams)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Date: July 5, 1952
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, Carl Smith's Fortune Feeds segment

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Window Shopping  (Marcel Joseph)
b.   Long Gone Lonesome Blues  (Hank Williams)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 546467-2 [set 546466-2] — Live At The Grand Ole Opry   (1999)

Date: July 11, 1952 (1:45 - 3:45 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.52-S-6067-A (52-XY-412)   You Win Again  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 30753 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1952)
     MGM 78: 11318   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 678   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11318   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30753 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-112   (1962)
     MGM 45: K13300   (1965)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP639 — Songs For A Broken Heart   
     MGM 45 EP: X4102 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1612 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/1 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4227 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams, Vol. 2   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/2* — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1979)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: July 11, 1952 (1:45 - 3:45 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.52-S-6068-A (52-XY-413)   I Won't Be Home No More  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (UK) 78: 652   (1953)
     MGM 78: 11533   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11533   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1049   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X4109 [issued as album X242] — Honky Tonkin', part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1317 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM LP 10": E 242 — Honky Tonkin'   (1954)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Volume 3   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8019 — May You Never Be Alone   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     MGM 8-Track: L-13-4140 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1963)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: July 11, 1952 (1:45 - 3:45 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.52-S-6069-A (52-XY-414)   Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw  (Bonnie Dodd)
     MGM 78: 11309   (1952)
     MGM 78: 30755 [issued as album MGM-203]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11309   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30755 [issued as album K203]   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1644 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 203 — Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-119 — Luke The Drifter   (1954)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4690 — All Star Country   (1970)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: July 11, 1952 (1:45 - 3:45 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), probably Jack Shook (ag), Ernie Newton (bas)

a.52-S-6070-A (52-XY-415)   Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11309   (1952)
     MGM 45: K11309   (1952)
     MGM 45 EP: X1165 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3267 — Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3927 — Luke the Drifter    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4138 — Beyond the Sunset   (1963)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: July 12, 1952
Location: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Honky Tonkin'  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 536086-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: July 13, 1952
Location: Sunset Park, West Grove, Pennsylvania
Live show taped at Sunset Park

Hank Williams (voc, g), Jerry Rivers (fid), Don Helms (sg), Bobby Montgomery (rg), Roy Perkins (bas)

a.   Hey, Good Lookin'  (Hank Williams)
b.   (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle  (Hank Williams & Jimmie Davis)
c.   Fire On The Mountain featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
d.   Jambalaya (On The Bayou)  (Hank Williams)
e.   Long Gone Lonesome Blues  (Hank Williams)
f.   Half As Much  (Curley Williams)
g.   I Saw The Light  (Hank Williams)
h.   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
All titles unissued.

Melvin Price, a musician in a local band, made a thirty minute recording. Bootleg copies are in existance.


Date: September 4, 1952
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recordings

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.   Your Cheatin' Heart  (Hank Williams)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
b.   Kaw-Liga  (Hank Williams & Fred Rose)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
c.   I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You  (Hank Williams)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)
All titles on:      Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: September 23, 1952 (1:30 - 3:40 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Eddie Hill (rg), Floyd "Lightnin" Chance (bas)

a.52-S-6095A (52-XY-569)   I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 30753 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1952)
     MGM 78: 11366   (1952)
     MGM (UK) 78: 585   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11366   (1952)
     MGM 45: K30753 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1016   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP649 — Songs For A Broken Heart, Volume 2   
     MGM 45 EP: X4103 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1613 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": MG2-5401/1 — Hank Williams' 24 Greatest Hits, Volume 2   (1977)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Date: September 23, 1952 (1:30 - 3:40 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Eddie Hill (rg), Floyd "Lightnin" Chance (bas)

a.52-S-6096-A (52-XY-570)   Your Cheatin' Heart  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11416   (1953)
     MGM 78: 30751 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 78: 896   (1956)
     MGM 45: K11416   (1953)
     MGM 45: K30751 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-107   (1962)
     MGM 45: MVG 515   (1963)
     MGM 45: K13305   (1965)
     MGM 45: K13300   (1965)
     Polydor 45: MVG 515   (1970)
     MGM 45 EP: X4102 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 1   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP770 — Authentic Sound Of Country Hits   (1959)
     MGM 45 EP: X1612 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 1   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3825 — MGM Million Sellers: Country & Western Hits, Volume 1   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/1 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2SES 4865 — The Legend of Hank Williams in Story and Song   (1973)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/1* — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1979)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Lost Highway CD: MRNR-02162-2 — Hank Williams - The Original   (2001)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: September 23, 1952 (1:30 - 3:40 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Eddie Hill (rg), Floyd "Lightnin" Chance (bas), Farris Coursey (drm)

a.52-S-6097-A (52-XY-571)   Kaw-Liga  (Hank Williams & Fred Rose)
     MGM 78: 11416   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 78: 609   (1953)
     MGM 78: 30752 [issued as album MGM-202]   (1953)
     MGM 45: K11416   (1953)
     MGM 45: K30752 [issued as album K202]   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1034   (1953)
     MGM 45: KGC-111   (1962)
     MGM (UK) 45: 2006-106   (1972)
     MGM 45 EP: X4103 [issued as album X202] — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, part 2   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP757 — Hank Williams Favorites   (1959)
     MGM 45 EP: X1613 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 7": SLM 4168 — The Very Best Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 10": E 202 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1953)
     MGM LP 10": E 211 — Pop Parade, Volume 3   (1953)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-137 — Hank Williams   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3272 — The Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again    (1961)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/2 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
     MGM LP 12": MGM-1 — MGM Sampler - July 1965 Convention   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3923 — Hank Williams Lives Again   (1969)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4680 — Life to Legend - Hank Williams   (1970)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/1 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4787 — All Star Country Hits   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 1SE 33ST — The Last Picture Show (Film Soundtrack)   (1971)
     MGM LP 12": 2315 077 — The Last Picture Show - Original Soundtrack Performed By The Immortal Hank Williams   (1972)
     MGM LP 12": 2SES 4865 — The Legend of Hank Williams in Story and Song   (1973)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 073 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Universal (Japan) LP 12": UIJY-9013 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (2007)
     Polygram Cassette: 823 293-4 — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1976)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     MGM (UK) Cassette: 3110 049 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume I   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Date: September 23, 1952 (1:30 - 3:40 pm)
Location: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
MGM Records Recording Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Tommy Jackson (fid), Don Helms (sg), Chet Atkins (eg), Eddie Hill (rg), Floyd "Lightnin" Chance (bas)

a.52-S-6098-A (52-XY-572)   Take These Chains From My Heart  (Fred Rose & Ty Heath)
     MGM (UK) 78: 609   (1953)
     MGM 78: 11479   (1953)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5205   (1955)
     MGM 45: K11479   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1034   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP639 — Songs For A Broken Heart   
     MGM 45 EP: X4223 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1136 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 2   (1955)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2352053 — Hank Williams Greatest Hits, Volume 2   
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/2 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3918 — Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/1 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8020 — In Memory Of Hank Williams   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536081-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

Date: December 3, 1952
Location: Nashville, TN
Non-session Recording

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.54-S-507 (54-XY-398)   The Log Train  (Hank Williams)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Country Music Foundation LP 12": CMF-006 — Just Me And My Guitar   (1985)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Time-Life Cassette: R989-01 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (1994)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Country Music Foundation CD: CMF-067D — Rare Demos: First To Last   (1990)
     Polydor CD: 847 197-2 [set 847 194-2] — The Original Singles Collection, Plus   (1991)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Time-Life CD: C26300GG53 — Legendary Country Singers - Hank Williams   (2002)

The MGM master number was assigned in Nashville in 1954.


Date: July 8, 1953
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

Hank Williams (voc, g), Hank Snow (vo)

a.53-S-6103 (53-XY-383)   Weary Blues From Waitin'  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11574   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 78: 704   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11574   (1953)
     MGM 45 EP: X1215 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-144 — Moanin' the Blues   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2683071/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     MGM LP 12": 821 233-1 Y-2/2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1978)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3271 302 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 821 233-4 Y2 — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits - Volume 2   (1984)
     Polydor CD: 821 235-2 [set 821 233-2] — Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits   (1988)
b.53-S-6104 (53-XY-384)   I Can't Escape From You  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11574   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 78: 704   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11574   (1953)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP649 — Songs For A Broken Heart, Volume 2   
     MGM 45 EP: X4222 [issued as album X291] — Ramblin' Man, part 1   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1135 — Ramblin' Man, Volume 1    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3219 — Ramblin' Man    (1955)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/2 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3925 — Wanderin' Around   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/4 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
c.53-S-6105 (53-XY-591)   You Better Keep It On Your Mind  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11675   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11675   (1964)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP582 — Honky Tonkin'   
     MGM 45 EP: X1319 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

Private Hank Williams recordings overdubbed by Chester B 'Chet' Atkins (guitar), Sammy Pruett (guitar), Don Helms (steel guitar), Charles 'Indian Chuck' Wright (bass) and Jerry Rivers (fiddle).


Date: July 9, 1953
Location: Nashville, TN
Overdubbing Session

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.53-S-6112 (53-XY-592)   A Teardrop On A Rose  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 12029   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 78: 896   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12029   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP675 — Hank's Laments   
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
b.53-S-6113 (53-XY-593)   How Can You Refuse Him Now?  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11707   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11707   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X4111 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1649 — I Saw the Light, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 243 — I Saw The Light   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E2/3 — 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1957)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
c.53-S-6114 (53-XY-594)   The Angel Of Death  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11861   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11861   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP608 — I Saw The Light   
     MGM 45 EP: X1218 — I Saw the Light, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
d.53-S-6115 (53-XY-595)   I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11768   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 78: 768   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45: MGM-SP 1102   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11768   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP582 — Honky Tonkin'   
     MGM 45 EP: X1319 — Honky Tonkin', Volume 3   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3412 — Honky Tonkin'   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
e.53-S-6116 (53-XY-596)   A House Of Gold  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11707   (1954)
     MGM 45: K11707   (1954)
     MGM 45: KGC-128   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X4111 [issued as album X243] — I Saw the Light, part 2   (1954)
     MGM 45 EP: X1649 — I Saw the Light, Volume 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 10": E 243 — I Saw The Light   (1955)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
f.53-S-6117 (53-XY-597)   We're Gettin' Closer To The Grave Each Day  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 12438   (1957)
     MGM 45: K12438   (1957)
g.53-S-6118 (53-XY-598)   Low Down Blues  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11675   (1954)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5210   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 78: 942   (1957)
     MGM (UK) 45: 45MGM942   (1957)
     MGM 45: K11675   (1964)
     MGM 45 EP: X1215 — Moanin' the Blues, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-150 — Sing Me a Blue Song   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3330 — Moanin' the Blues   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3926 — I'm Blue Inside   (1961)
     MGM LP 12": E 4267/3 — The Hank Williams Story   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8021 — I'm Blue Inside   (1966)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)

Private Hank Williams recordings overdubbed by Chester B 'Chet' Atkins (guitar), Sammy Pruett (guitar), Don Helms (steel guitar), Charles 'Indian Chuck' Wright (bass) and Jerry Rivers (fiddle).

Svein Martin Pedersen has informed me that there appears to be different overdubbing on K12029 and EP675 . They have a more fullbodied instrumentation and Hank's voice is speeded up a little to make it sound "sweeter".


Date: July, 1953
Location: New York
Label: MGM

a.53-S-313   I Won't Be Home No More  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: DJ Record (unumbered)   (1953)

Ira Dell, editor of Dell Publications, introducing I Won't Be Home No More (master 52-S-6068).


Date: September 24, 1954
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.54-S-324 (54-XY-390)   (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing   (Hank Williams)
     MGM 78: 11861   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 78: 799   (1955)
     MGM 45: K11861   (1954)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP608 — I Saw The Light   
     MGM 45 EP: X1218 — I Saw the Light, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8040 — Hank Williams - Love Songs, Comedy And Hymns   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 831 633-1 Y-2/1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 831 633-4 Y-1 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 831 633-2 — Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949 - December 1950, Volume V   (1987)
b.54-S-326 (54-XY-392)   California Zephyr  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5205   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 78: 799   (1955)
     MGM 78: 12185   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12185   (1986)
     MGM 45 EP: X1556 — The Immortal Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1957)
     MGM (UK) LP 10": D-154 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3605 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3928 — First, Last, And Always    (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
c.54-S-327 (54-XY-393)   Message To My Mother  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5201   (1955)
     MGM 78: 11975   (1955)
     MGM 45: K11975   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP608 — I Saw The Light   
     MGM 45 EP: X1218 — I Saw the Light, Volume 1   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (green cover)   (1956)
     MGM LP 12": E 3331 — I Saw The Light (church cover)   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
d.54-S-328 (54-XY-394)   Mother Is Gone  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (AUST) 78: MGM-5201   (1955)
     MGM 78: 11975   (1955)
     MGM 45: K11975   (1955)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP732 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM LP 12": E 3955 — The Spirit of Hank Williams   (1961)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)

Private Hank Williams recordings overdubbed by the Drifting Cowboys.


Date: 1954
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.54-S-505 (54-XY-396)   Ready To Go Home  (Hank Williams)
     MGM 45: K12438   (1957)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP732 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, No. 3   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": 3-E4/3 — Hank Williams, Volume II   (1958)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 784 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 419 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1979)

Date: 1955
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.55-S-365 (55-XY-259)   Dixie Cannonball  (Gene Autry, Red Foley and Vaughn Horton)
     MGM 45 EP: X1698 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 811 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1969)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
b.55-S-366 (overdubbed)   I'm Free At Last  (Ernest Tubb)
     MGM 45 EP: X1699 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 811 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1964)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1969)
c.55-S-381 (55-XY-275)   We Live In Two Different Worlds  (Fred Rose)
     MGM (CAN) 78: 12635   (1958)
     MGM 45: K12635   (1958)
     MGM 45: KGC-127   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X1638 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1959)
     MGM LP 12": E 3733 — The Unforgettable Hank Williams   (1959)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 8023 — The Many Moods Of Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)

Overdubbed Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions.


Date: January, 1956
Location: New York
Label: MGM
Re-numbering Session

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.56-S-25 (56-XY-14)   Thy Burden's Are Greater Than Mine  (Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart)
     MGM 78: 12185   (1956)
     MGM 45: K12185   (1986)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536085-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
     Mercury CD: 170164-2 — Alone With His Guitar   (2000)

Master number 54-S-504 re-numbered.


Date: July, 1958
Location: Bradley Studio, 21 st Street, Hillsboro Village, Nashville, TN
Overdubbing Session

Hank Williams (voc, g)

a.55-S-379 (overdubbed)   Roly Poly  (Fred Rose)
     MGM (CAN) 78: 12727   (1958)
     MGM 45: K12727   (1958)
     MGM 45: KGC-142   (1962)
     MGM 45 EP: X1699 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 811 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1969)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)

This overdub session is not recorded in the MGM master book. Personnel possibly Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar); Thomas Grady Martin (electric guitar); Floyd T "Lightnin" Chance (bass); Murray M "Buddy" Harman Jr. (drums); Floyd Cramer (piano).


Date: May 13, 1959
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.59-XY-634   My Main Trial Is Yet to Come  (Pee Wee King and J. L. Frank)
     Time-Life LP 12": TLCW-01/3 — Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams   (1981)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
b.59-XY-635   The Old Home  (Jackie Earls)
     MGM 78: 12438   (1957)
     MGM 45 EP: X1699 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 811 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1969)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
c.59-XY-636   Sundown And Sorrow  (Pee Wee King and J. L. Frank)
     MGM 45 EP: X1700 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 811 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1969)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)

Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions overdubbed by 6 musicians. Original master number, when applicable, is shown in parentheses.

59-XY-634 (55-S-359)
59-XY-635 (55-S-372)
59-XY-636


Date: October 28, 1959
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.59-XY-1107   First Year Blues  (Ernest Tubb)
     MGM 45 EP: X1698 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
b.59-XY-1108   Rock My Cradle (Once Again)  (Jonny Bond and Billy Folger)
     MGM 45 EP: X1699 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1960)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
c.59-XY-1109   Rockin' Chair Money  (Lonnie Glosson and Bill Carlisle)
     MGM 45 EP: X1700 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1960)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
d.59-XY-1110   Tennessee Border  (Jimmie Work)
     MGM 45 EP: X1700 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1960)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": E 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 811 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1969)

Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions overdubbed by 5 musicians; possibly Harold Ray Bradley (electric guitar), Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Don Helms (steel guitar), Floyd 'Lightnin'' Chance (bass) and Murray 'Buddy' Harman (drums). Original master number is shown in parentheses.

59-XY-1107 (55-S-352)
59-XY-1108 (55-S-354)
59-XY-1109 (55-S-357)
59-XY-1110 (55-S-358)


Date: October 29, 1959
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.59-XY-1111   It Just Don't Matter Now  (Ernest Tubb)
     MGM 45 EP: X1698 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
b.59-XY-1112   Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love  (Hank Thompson)
     MGM 45 EP: X1700 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 3   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/1 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
c.59-XY-1113   Cool Water  (Bob Nolan)
     MGM (UK) 45 EP: EP770 — Authentic Sound Of Country Hits   (1959)
     MGM 45 EP: X1698 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 548-1 Y-2/1 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 548-4 Y2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - August 1947   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 548-2 — I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time, December 1946 - April 1947, Volume I   (1985)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": E 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 811 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1964)
     MGM LP 12": SE 3803 — The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams   (1969)

Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions overdubbed by 5 musicians; possibly Harold Ray Bradley (electric guitar), Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Don Helms (steel guitar), Floyd 'Lightnin'' Chance (bass) and Murray 'Buddy' Harman (drums). Original master number is shown in parentheses.

59-XY-1111 (55-S-369)
59-XY-1112 (55-S-370)
59-XY-1113 (55-S-362)


Date: April 3, 1960 (afternoon)
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.60-XY-621   Thy Burden's Are Greater Than Mine  (Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4254 — Lost Highway and Folk Ballads   (1964)
b.60-XY-622   Ready To Go Home  (Hank Williams)
c.60-XY-623   Jesus Is Calling  (Hank Williams & Charlie Monroe)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
All titles on:      MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 834 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3850 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)

Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions overdubbed by 5 musicians. Original master number, when applicable, is shown in parentheses.

60-XY-621 (54-S-504)
60-XY-622 (54-S-505)
60-XY-623


Date: April 3, 1960 (evening)
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.60-XY-624   I'm Going Home  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
b.60-XY-625   Last Night I Dreamed Of Heaven  (Hank Williams)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 602 — The Immortal Hank Williams   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
c.60-XY-626   Are You Building A Temple In Heaven  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 557-1 Y-2/1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 557-4 Y-1 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 557-2 — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949 - August 1949, Volume IV   (1986)
All titles on:      MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 834 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3850 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)

Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions overdubbed by 5 musicians.

60-XY-624
60-XY-625
60-XY-626


Date: April 20, 1960 (afternoon)
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.60-XY-662   Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
b.60-XY-663   When The Book Of Life Is Read  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
c.60-XY-790   Wait For The Light To Shine  (Fred Rose)
     MGM LP 12": MG-DJ 7 — MGM Starpower Release 1960 (Volume 1)   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 554-1 Y-2/1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 554-4 Y-1 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949   (1986)
     Polydor CD: 825 554-2 — Lost Highway, December 1948 - March 1949, Volume III   (1986)
All titles on:      MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 834 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)
     MGM LP 12": E 3850 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)

Previous Hank Williams recordings overdubbed by 5 musicians. Original master number, when applicable, is shown in parentheses.

60-XY-662 (Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord [version 2])
60-XY-663
60-XY-790 (55-S-382)


Date: April 20, 1960 (evening)
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.60-XY-665   The Prodigal Son  (Floyd. D Jenkins a.k.a. Fred Rose)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2315 397 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 2   (1978)
     Mercury CD: 536087-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
b.60-XY-666   The Devil's Train  (Mel Foree and Cliff Carlisle)
     MGM LP 12": E 3850 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 825 551-1 Y-2/2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor Cassette: 825 551-4 Y-1 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948   (1985)
     Polydor CD: 825 551-2 — Lovesick Blues, August 1947 - December 1948, Volume II   (1985)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
c.60-XY-667   The Battle Of Armageddon  (Roy Acuff and Odel MacLeod)
     MGM LP 12": E 3850 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
All titles on:      MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 834 — Wait For The Light To Shine   (1960)

Johnny Fair Syrup Radio Show Transcriptions overdubbed by 5 musicians. Original master number, when applicable, is shown in parentheses.

60-XY-665 (55-S-374) (undubbed)
60-XY-666 (55-S-360)
60-XY-667 (55-S-380)


Date: April 12, 1961
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.61-XY-566   If You'll Be A Baby To Me  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
b.61-XY-567   A Teardrop On A Rose  (Hank Williams)
c.61-XY-568   When You're Tired Of Breaking Other Hearts  (Hank Williams & Curley Williams)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2353 118 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 749-1 Y-2/2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor (UK) Cassette: 3110 230 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 1   (1978)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 749-4 Y-1 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 749-2 — Let's Turn Back The Years, July 1951 - June 1952, Volume VII   (1987)
     Mercury CD: 536084-2 [set 536077-2] — The Complete Hank Williams   (1998)
d.61-XY-569   Fool About You  (Ralph C. Hutcheson)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     Polydor LP 12": 833 752-1 Y-1/2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor Cassette: 833 752-4 Y-1 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952   (1987)
     Polydor CD: 833 752-2 — I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952 - September 1952, Volume VIII   (1987)
     Bear Family Records CD: BCD 16636 AH — Rockin' Chair Money   (2009)
e.61-XY-570   Wearin' Out Your Walkin' Shoes  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 016] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2391 519 — The Collectors Hank Williams, Volume 4   (1981)
f.61-XY-571   Jesus Died For Me  (Hank Williams)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": MGM-C 956 — The Spirit Of Hank Williams   (1963)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": E 3955 — The Spirit of Hank Williams   (1961)

Overdubs on previous recordings possibly by Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Thomas Grady Martin (electric guitar), Floyd 'Lightnin'' Chance (bass) and Murray 'Buddy' Harman (drums). Source details is shown in parentheses.

61-XY-566 (Non-session Recording, circa 1952)
61-XY-567 (Non-session Recording, circa 1952)
61-XY-568 (Non-session Recording, August 1948 - May 1949)
61-XY-569 (54-S-325)
61-XY-570 (Non-session Recording, circa 1950)
61-XY-571(Non-session Recording, Fall 1949)


Date: 1961
Location: Nashville, TN?
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.61-XY-913   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
     Polydor 45: MVG 517   (1970)

Overdub of 51-S-6129 (51-XY-913).

Polydor MVG 317 has master 61-XY-913 for Honky Tonk Blues arranged by Bill McElhiney. Ruppli and Novitsky have 61-XY-913 assigned to another session, it is assumed there was a confusion with 45 rpm master 51-XY-913.


Date: December 6, 1961
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.61-XY-1025   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
b.61-XY-1026   Wedding Bells  (Claude Boone)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
c.61-XY-1027   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4168 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1963)
     Polydor LP 12": 823 292-1 Y-2 — The Very Best of Hank Williams   (1973)
d.61-XY-1028   I'll Have A New Body (I'll Have A New Life)  (Luther G Presley)
e.61-XY-1029   Lost Highway  (Leon Payne)
f.61-XY-1030   Old Joe Clark featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)
g.61-XY-1031   Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies  (Wayne Raney o.b.o. William M. Golden)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": SE 3999 (1) — Hank Williams On Stage - Recorded Live   (1962)

Overdubs on previous recordings to simulate stereo. Original show number is shown in parentheses.

61-XY-1025 (Health & Happiness Show # 1)
61-XY-1026 (Health & Happiness Show # 1)
61-XY-1027 (Health & Happiness Show # 1)
61-XY-1028 (Health & Happiness Show # 4)
61-XY-1029 (Health & Happiness Show # 4)
61-XY-1030 (Health & Happiness Show # 1)
61-XY-1031 (Health & Happiness Show # 1)


Date: December 8, 1961
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.61-XY-1032   I'm A Long Gone Daddy  (Hank Williams)
b.61-XY-1033   I'm Telling You
c.61-XY-1034   Bill Cheatham featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
d.61-XY-1035   When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels  (Hank Williams)
e.61-XY-1036   The Blues Come Around  (Hank Williams)
f.61-XY-1037   I Want To Live And Love Always  (Gene Sullivan and Wiley Walker)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": SE 3999 (1) — Hank Williams On Stage - Recorded Live   (1962)

Overdubs on previous recordings to simulate stereo. Original show number or master number is shown in parentheses.

61-XY-1032 (Health & Happiness Show # 3)
61-XY-1033 (Health & Happiness Show # 3)
61-XY-1034 (Health & Happiness Show # 3)
61-XY-1035 (Health & Happiness Show # 3)
61-XY-1036 (47-S-6022)
61-XY-1037 (Health & Happiness Show # 4)


Date: 1962?
Location: Nashville?
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.(overdubbed)   Crazy Heart  (Fred Rose & Maurice Murray)
b.(overdubbed)   Move It On Over  (Hank Williams)
c.(overdubbed)   Honky Tonk Blues  (Hank Williams)
d.(overdubbed)   I'll Be A Bachelor 'Till I Die  (Hank Williams)
e.(overdubbed)   My Sweet Love Ain't Around  (Hank Williams)
f.(overdubbed)   They'll Never Take Her Love From Me  (Leon Payne)
g.(overdubbed)   Window Shopping  (Marcel Joseph)
h.(overdubbed)   Nobody's Lonesome For Me  (Hank Williams)
i.(overdubbed)   I'm Sorry For You My Friend  (Hank Williams)
j.(overdubbed)   I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'  (Hank Williams)
k.(overdubbed)   Ramblin' Man  (Hank Williams)
l.(overdubbed)   Howlin' At The Moon  (Hank Williams)
m.(overdubbed)   A Mansion On The Hill  (Hank Williams & Fred Rose)
n.(overdubbed)   Baby, We're Really In Love  (Hank Williams)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": SE 4040 — 14 More of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)   (1962)

According to Bob Pinson, all titles on SE 4040 are with overdubs. Ruppli and Novitsky found no indication in MGM records which masters are used.


Date: December, 1962
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.62-XY-446   I Saw The Light  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)

47-S-124 was reissued with stereo overdubprs using a master number shown in files as 62-XY-446. As 62-XY-446 was assigned to another session, it is assumed there was a confusion with 45 rpm master 51-XY-446.


Date: December 26, 1962
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.62-XY-1096   A Tramp On The Street  (Grady and Hazel Cole)
     MGM (UK) LP 12": 2354 016 [set 2683 017] — Hank Williams Memorial Album   (1967)
b.62-XY-1097   Lovesick Blues  (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills)
c.62-XY-1098   The Blues Come Around  (Hank Williams)
d.62-XY-1099   Fingers On Fire featuring Bob McNett
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": SE 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)

Overdubs on previous recordings to simulate stereo. Original show number or master number is shown in parentheses.

61-XY-1096 (Health & Happiness Show # 2)
61-XY-1097 (49-S-6060)
61-XY-1098 (47-S-6022)
61-XY-1099 (Health & Happiness Show # 4)


Date: December 30, 1962
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.62-XY-1091   Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme Song) and Grant Turner's Announcement  (Bob Nolan)
b.62-XY-1092   You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)  (Hank Williams)
c.62-XY-1093   Settin' The Woods On Fire  (Fred Rose and Eddie Nelson)
d.62-XY-1094   (There's A) Bluebird On Your Windowsill  (Elizabeth Clarke and Robert Mellin)
e.62-XY-1095   Fire On The Mountain featuring Jerry Rivers  (Traditional)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": SE 4109 — Hank Williams on Stage, Volume 2   (1963)

Overdubs on previous recordings to simulate stereo. Original show number or master number is shown in parentheses.

61-XY-1091 (Health & Happiness Show # 2)
61-XY-1092 (Health & Happiness Show # 2)
61-XY-1093 (49-S-6061)
61-XY-1094 (Health & Happiness Show # 2)
61-XY-1095 (Health & Happiness Show # 2)


Date: Unknown date, probably 1963
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.51-S-6057 (overdubbed)   Pictures From Life's Other Side  (Charles E Baer)
b.50-S-6135-1 (overdubbed)   Men With Broken Hearts  (Hank Williams)
c.50-S-6098 (overdubbed)   Help Me Understand  (Hank Williams)
d.50-S-6007 (overdubbed)    Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals  (Billy Rose, Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson)
e.52-S-6070-A (overdubbed)   Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
f.52-S-6069-A (overdubbed)   Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw  (Bonnie Dodd)
g.51-S-6058 (overdubbed)    I've Been Down that Road Before  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
h.51-S-6059 (overdubbed)   I Dreamed About Mama Last Night  (Fred Rose)
i.50-S-6009 (overdubbed)   The Funeral  (words Public Domain; music, Hank Williams)
j.50-S-6008 (overdubbed)   Beyond The Sunset  (Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock and Albert Kennedy Rowswell)
     TIP Records LP 12": TIP 634024 — Hank Williams   (1965)
     Metro LP 12": M/MS 509 — Hank Williams   (1965)
k.50-S-6134-1 (overdubbed)    Just Waitin'  (Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
l.50-S-6010 (overdubbed)    Everything's OK  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4300 — Hank Williams Sings "Kaw-Liga" & Other Humorous Songs   (1965)
All titles on:      MGM LP 12": SE 4138 — Beyond The Sunset   (1963)
     MGM LP 12": E/SE 4380 — Movin' On: Luke The Drifter    (1966)

There is no record of this overdubbing session in the MGM logbook.

On E/SE 4300 and E/SE 4380, 52-S-6070's title is modified to Please Make Up Your Mind.


Date: May 1963
Location: Nashville, TN
Label: MGM
Overdubbing Session

a.63-XY-563   Long Gone Lonesome Blues  (Hank Williams)
b.63-XY-564   May You Never Be Alone  (Hank Williams)
c.63-XY-565   Lost Highway  (Leon Payne)
d.63-XY-566   I'm A Long Gone Daddy  (Hank Williams)
e.63-XY-567   Rootie Tootie  (Fred Rose)
f.63-XY-568   The Blues Come Around  (Hank Williams)
g.63-XY-569   I Won't Be Home No More  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": MG2-5401/2 — Hank Williams' 24 Greatest Hits, Volume 2   (1977)
h.63-XY-570   Let's Turn Back The Years  (Hank Williams)
i.63-XY-571   I've Just Told Mama Goodbye  (Slim Sweet and Curley Kinsey)
j.63-XY-572   Mind Your Own Business  (Hank Williams)
     MGM LP 12": SE 4755-2/1* — 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits   (1979)
k.63-XY-573   I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive  (Hank Williams & Fred Rose)
     MGM LP 12": MG2-5401/1 — Hank Williams' 24 Greatest Hits, Volume 2   (1977)
l.63-XY-574   My Heart Would Know  (Hank Williams)
m.63-XY-575   On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain  (Hank Williams & Ramona Vincent)
n.63-XY-576   You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)  (Hank Williams)
All titles on:      MGM LP 1