Hank Williams
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YOU TORE MY HEAVEN DOWN
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU WIN AGAIN
Contract Date: August 27, 1952. Copyright Date: September 3, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded July 11, 1952.
YOU’LL (ALWAYS) BE MINE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU’LL BE THE LONELY ONE (Hank Williams, Curley Williams, and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
YOU’LL LOVE ME AGAIN
Uncopyrighted song, first published in song folio circa 1946.
YOU’LL NEVER AGAIN BE MINE
Uncopyrighted song, written April 21, 1952.
YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART
Contract Date: September 8, 1952. Copyright Date: October 31, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded September 23, 1952.
YOUR TURN TO CRY
Dated June 29, 1947. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: May 8, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 22, 1969.
YOU’RE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE NOW (Hank Williams and Fred Rose)
Contract Date: November 3, 1947. Copyright Date: January 5, 1949.
First Issued Version: Red Sovine, recorded September 1, 1949.
YOU’RE GONNA CHANGE (OR I’M GONNA LEAVE)
Contract Date: March 3, 1949. Copyright Date: August 5, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 1–2, 1949.
YOU’RE THROUGH FOOLIN’ ME
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU’VE BEEN LONESOME TOO
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
With very special thanks to Bill Whatley and David Mitchell for their research.
Appendix 3
DISCOGRAPHY
THE following is a discography of all issued recordings. Unissued recordings made at the same time as issued recordings have usually been noted, but unissued radio performances have not been included, with the exception of the Mother’s Best shows, which were referenced in the text, and may soon be cleared for release.
The dates and the number of musicians employed on regular studio sessions were logged by Acuff-Rose on behalf of MGM. The exact personnel was researched by Bob Pinson and first published in The Complete Hank Williams on Mercury Records. Most nonsession recordings are undated and undatable.
Note the following:
Hank Williams sings and plays acoustic guitar unless noted.
The composer is Hank Williams unless noted.
Many demos were overdubbed, often more than once. A complete schedule of overdub sessions can be found in The MGM Labels, a two-volume discography by Michel Ruppli and Ed Novitsky, published by Greenwood Press.
Only the first issue has been listed, unless the first issue was overdubbed, in which case the issue number cited below is the first undubbed issue.
The AFRS shows listed below are Grand Ole Opry shows transcribed by the Armed Forces Radio Service.
TITLE (COMPOSER[S]) RECORDING NO.
Demos circa 1939–1940.
Pee Wee Moultrie (accordion).
MARIE (Irving Berlin) (instrumental) Mercury 314536077
HAPPY ROVING COWBOY (Bob Nolan) and RADIO DEMO Mercury 314536077
Demos circa late 1940–1941.
SAN ANTONIO ROSE (Bob Wills) Mercury 314536077
FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES (Roy Acuff) Mercury 314536077
WSFA shows recorded at Highland Bridge Radio and Shoe Shop, Montgomery. Circa April 1942.
Possibly Boots Harris (steel guitar); Lum York (bass).
I’M NOT COMING HOME ANY MORE Polydor 847194
OLD SHEP (Red Foley) Unissued
I AIN’T GONNA LOVE YOU ANY MORE (Ernest Tubb) Mercury 314536077
I’LL NEVER CRY OVER YOU (Unknown) Unissued
ROCKIN’ ALONE IN AN OLD ROCKIN’ CHAIR (Bob Miller) Unissued
AUNT DINAH’S QUILTING PARTY (Trad.) Unissued
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (Trad.) Unissued
THE LAST LETTER (Rex Griffin) Unissued
JESUS WALKED THAT LONESOME VALLEY (Trad.) Unissued
BENEATH THAT LONELY MOUND OF CLAY (Roy Acuff) Unissued
HAPPY ROVIN’ COWBOY (Bob Nolan) Unissued
Demos for Acuff-Rose. July 1946–fall 1948.
I’M GOING HOME (1) (“Standing by the bedside…”) Arhoolie EP 548
Note: See 1950 demos for another song with the same title.
I’M GOING HOME (2) (“Standing by the bedside…”) Mercury 314536077
Note: With mandolin, Dobro, guitar; dated by Bob Pinson to circa 1950.
MOTHER IS GONE (1) Arhoolie EP 548
MOTHER IS GONE (2) CMF 07
MOTHER IS GONE (3) MGM11975
A HOME IN HEAVEN (1) Arhoolie EP 548
A HOME IN HEAVEN (2) Mercury 314536077
Note: Version 2 possibly recorded later, per Bob Pinson.
Note: This is the same song (except for one word) as
“Are You Building a Temple in Heaven?”
ARE YOU BUILDING A TEMPLE IN HEAVEN? (1) MGM E-3850
ARE YOU BUILDING A TEMPLE IN HEAVEN? (2) Unissued
IN MY DREAMS YOU STILL BELONG TO ME Arhoolie EP 548
WON’T YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME? CMF 07
WHY SHOULD I CRY? CMF 07
YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART (1) CMF 07
YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART (2) Mercury 314536077
Note: Version 2 with unknown band.
I WATCHED MY DREAM WORLD CRUMBLE LIKE CLAY CMF 07
I TOLD A LIE TO MY HEART CMF 07
CALLING YOU (1*) CMF 07
CALLING YOU (2) Mercury 314536077
PAN AMERICAN CMF 07
WEALTH WON’T SAVE YOUR SOUL CMF 07
SINGING WATERFALL CMF 07
HONKY TONK BLUES CMF 06
I’M SO TIRED OF IT ALL Mercury 314536077
Note: With unknown band.
Session: December 11, 1946: WSM studios, Nashville.
James “Guy” Willis (guitar); Vic Willis (accordion); Charles
“Skeeter” Willis (fiddle); Charles “Indian” Wright (bass).
CALLING YOU Sterling 201
NEVER AGAIN (WILL I KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR) Sterling 201
Note: On label as “Never Again (Will I Knock at Your Door).”
WEALTH WON’T SAVE YOUR SOUL Sterling 204
WHEN GOD COMES AND GATHERS HIS JEWELS Sterling 204
Note: On label as “When God Comes and Fathers His Jewels.”
Session: February 13, 1947: probably WSM studio.
Tommy Jackson (fiddle); Dale “Smokey” Lohman (steel guitar); Zeke Turner (electric guitar); Louis Innis (bass).
I DON’T CARE (IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES) Sterling 208
MY LOVE FOR YOU (HAS TURNED TO HATE) Sterling 208
HONKY TONKIN’ Sterling 210
PAN AMERICAN Sterling 210
Session: April 21, 1947: Castle Studio, Nashville.
Tommy Jackson (fiddle); Dale “Smokey” Lohman (steel guitar); Zeke Turner (lead guitar); Louis Innis (rhythm guitar); Brownie Reynolds (bass).
MOVE IT ON OVER MGM 10033
I SAW THE LIGHT MGM 10271
(LAST NIGHT) I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP MGM 10033
SIX MORE MILES (TO THE GRAVEYARD) MGM 10271
Session: August 4, 1947: Castle Studio, Nashville.
L. C. Crysel (fiddle, except “Pontchartrain”); Tommy Jackson (fiddle on “Pontchartrain”); Herman Herron (steel guitar); Sammy Pruett (lead guitar); Slim Thomas (rhythm guitar); Lum York (bass).
FLY TROUBLE (Honey Wilds / Bunny Biggs / Fred Rose) MGM 10073
HONKY TONK BLUES Unissued / lost
I’M SATISFIED WITH YOU (Fred Rose) MGM 11768
ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONTCHARTRAIN (Hank Williams / Ramona Vincent) MGM 10073
Session: November 6, 1947: Castle Studio, Nashville.
Robert “Chubby” Wise (fiddle); Jerry Byrd (
steel guitar); Zeke Turner (lead guitar); probably Louis Innis (bass); possibly Fred Rose or Owen Bradley (piano).
ROOTIE TOOTIE (Fred Rose) MGM 10124
I CAN’T GET YOU OFF OF MY MIND MGM 10328
I’M A LONG GONE DADDY MGM 10212
HONKY TONKIN’ MGM 10171
Session: November 7, 1947: Castle Studio, Nashville.
Same personnel as previous session.
MY SWEET LOVE AIN’T AROUND MGM 10124
THE BLUES COME AROUND MGM 10212
A MANSION ON THE HILL (Fred Rose / Hank Williams) MGM 10328
I’LL BE A BACHELOR ’TIL I DIE MGM 10171
Session: December 22, 1948: E. T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati.
Tommy Jackson (fiddle); Jerry Byrd (steel guitar); Clyde Baum (mandolin); Zeke Turner (lead guitar); Louis Innis (rhythm guitar); Willie Thawl (bass); Audrey Williams (duet vocal).
LOST ON THE RIVER* MGM 10434
THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT MGM 10461
I HEARD MY MOTHER PRAYING FOR ME* (Audrey Williams) MGM 10813
LOVESICK BLUES (Irving Mills / Cliff Friend) MGM 10352
Shreveport radio recordings. August 1948–May 1949. Most are probably Johnnie Fair Syrup transcriptions, KWKH studio, Shreveport, Louisiana.
YOU CAUSED IT ALL BY TELLING LIES (Clyde Moody) Mercury 314536077
PLEASE DON’T LET ME LOVE YOU (Ralph Jones) MGM 11928
FADED LOVE AND WINTER ROSES (Fred Rose) MGM 11928
THERE’S NO ROOM IN MY HEART FOR THE BLUES
(Fred Rose / Zeb Turner) MGM 12244
THE LITTLE PAPER BOY (Johnnie Wright / Jack Anglin) Polydor 823695
I WISH I HAD A NICKEL (Tommy Sutton / Sammy Barnhart) MGM 12244
ROCKIN’ CHAIR MONEY (Lonnie Glosson / Bill Carlisle) Mercury 314536077
TENNESSEE BORDER (Jimmie Work) Mercury 314536077
MY MAIN TRIAL IS YET TO COME (Pee Wee King /
J. L. Frank) Mercury 314536077
THE DEVIL’S TRAIN (Cliff Carlisle / Mel Foree) MGM E-3850
THE SINGING WATERFALL MGM 12332
COOL WATER (Bob Nolan) Mercury 314536077
THE WALTZ OF THE WIND (Fred Rose) MGM 12535
AT THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW (Lorene Rose) MGM 12077
DIXIE CANNONBALL (Gene Autry / Vaughn Horton) Mercury 314536077
I’M FREE AT LAST (Ernest Tubb) Polydor 825554
LEAVE ME ALONE WITH THE BLUES (Joe Pope) MGM 12484
IT JUST DON’T MATTER NOW (Ernest Tubb) Polydor 827531
SWING WIDE YOUR GATE OF LOVE (Hank Thompson) Mercury 314536077
THE OLD HOME (J. W. Earls) MGM E-3803
ALONE AND FORSAKEN MGM 12029
SOMEDAY YOU’LL CALL MY NAME (Jean Branch /
Eddie Hill) MGM 12077
THANK GOD (Fred Rose) MGM 12127
BLUE LOVE (IN MY HEART) (“Floyd Jenkins,”
aka Fred Rose) MGM 12332
ROLY POLY (Fred Rose) Mercury 314536077
THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON (Roy Acuff /
Odell McLeod) MGM 12127
WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS (Fred Rose) Mercury 314536077
WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE (Fred Rose) Mercury 314536077
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW (Fred Rose / Mel Foree) MGM 12535
WITH TEARS IN MY EYES (Paul Howard) MGM 12484
ROCK MY CRADLE ONCE AGAIN (Johnny Bond) Polydor 825548
FIRST YEAR BLUES (Ernest Tubb) Mercury 314536077
SUNDOWN AND SORROW (Pee Wee King / J. L. Frank) MGM E-3803
Missing Johnnie Fair Masters.
THE PRODIGAL SON (“Floyd Jenkins,” aka Fred Rose) Unissued / lost
TRAMP ON THE STREET (Grady and Hazel Cole) Unissued / lost
WE PLANTED ROSES ON OUR DARLING’S GRAVE
(Roy Acuff / Odell Macleod) Unissued / lost
Note: The above three were logged into the MGM vaults in 1955, but have never been released. Versions of “The Prodigal Son” and “Tramp on the Street” were issued later, but derive from the Health and Happiness shows.
Shreveport-era song demos.
HEAVEN HOLDS ALL MY TREASURES CMF 07
LOST ON THE RIVER CMF 06
A HOUSE OF GOLD (1) Polydor 833752
A HOUSE OF GOLD (2) CMF 06
WHEN YOU’RE TIRED OF BREAKING OTHERS’ HEARTS
(Hank Williams / Curley Williams) Polydor 833749
’NEATH A COLD GRAY TOMB OF STONE (Hank Williams /
Mel Foree) Polydor 827531
Note: Full band performance, possibly from Shreveport.
NO, NOT NOW (Hank Williams / Curley Williams /
Mel Foree) Polydor (UK) 2391.519
Note: The demo features a fiddle and a second vocalist on the refrain, possibly Curley Williams.
HONEY, DO YOU LOVE ME, HUH? (Hank Williams /
Curley Williams) Mercury 314536077
TIME HAS PROVEN ME WRONG Mercury 314536077
Radio performance with Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells, 1948/1949.
DEAR BROTHER Mercury 314536077
Miscellaneous radio show circa 1948/1949.
DON’T DO IT, DARLING (Zeke Manners) Mercury 314536077
Session: March 1, 1949 (7:30–10:30 p.m.): Castle Studio, Nashville.
Dale Potter (fiddle); Don Davis (steel guitar); Zeb Turner (lead guitar); Clyde Baum (mandolin); Jack Shook (rhythm guitar); probably Ernie Newton (bass); Audrey Williams (duet vocal).
DEAR BROTHER* MGM 10434
JESUS REMEMBERED ME* MGM 10813
LOST HIGHWAY (Leon Payne) MGM 10506
MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE MGM 10609
Session: March 1–2, 1949 (11:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m.): Castle Studio, Nashville.
Same personnel as previous session.
HONKY TONK BLUES Polydor 823695
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS MGM 10461
YOU’RE GONNA CHANGE (OR I’M GONNA LEAVE) MGM 10506
MY SON CALLS ANOTHER MAN DADDY (Hank Williams / Jewell House) Polydor 823695
Session: March 20, 1949 (7:30–10:30 p.m.): Castle Studio, Nashville.
Dale Potter (fiddle); Don Davis (steel guitar); Zeb Turner (electric guitar); Jack Shook (rhythm guitar); Velma Williams (bass).
WEDDING BELLS (Claude Boone) MGM 10401
I’VE JUST TOLD MAMA GOODBYE (Sunshine Slim Sweet / Curley Kinsey) MGM 10401
Prince Albert Opry, June 18, 1949.
Probably with Red Foley’s band.
LOVESICK BLUES (Irving Mills / Cliff Friend) Mercury 314536077
Prince Albert Opry, November 18, 1949 (on location in Germany).
Probably with Red Foley’s band.
MOVE IT ON OVER Mercury 314536077
Demos probably recorded in Nashville, 1949.
JESUS DIED FOR ME (1) Polydor 825551
JESUS DIED FOR ME (2) Mercury 314536077
Note: Version 2 with Audrey Williams.
WE’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE GRAVE EACH DAY Polydor 825557
ALABAMA WALTZ Polydor 825554
Session: August 30, 1949 (2:00–5:30 p.m.): E. T. Herzog Studio, 811 Race Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tommy Jackson (fiddle); Jerry Byrd (steel guitar); Zeke Turner (lead guitar) Louis Innis (rhythm guitar); Ernie Newton (bass).
I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY MGM 10560
A HOUSE WITHOUT LOVE MGM 10696
I JUST DON’T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN’ MGM 10609
MY BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT (1) (Clarence Williams) MGM 10560
MY BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT (2) (Clarence Williams) Mercury 314536077
Note: Version 2 is a vocal / guitar demo version for the band to learn the song.
Health and HappinessShows. WSM studios, October 1949.
Audrey Williams (vocals, shows 1–4); Jerry Rivers (fiddle); Don Helms (steel guitar); Bob McNett (lead guitar); possibly Jack Shook (rhythm guitar); Hillous Butrum (bass).
SHOW 1
HAPPY ROVIN’ COWBOY (THEME) (Bob Nolan) Mercury 314517862
WEDDING BELLS (Claude Boone) Mercury 31451786
2
LOVESICK BLUES (Irving Mills / Cliff Friend) Mercury 314517862
OLD JOE CLARK (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES (William Golden) Mercury 314517862
SALLY GOODIN (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
SHOW 2
HAPPY ROVIN’ COWBOY (Bob Nolan) Mercury 314517862
YOU’RE GONNA CHANGE Mercury 314517862
(THERE’S A) BLUEBIRD ON YOUR WINDOWSILL
(Audrey solo) (Elizabeth Clarke / Robert Mellin) Mercury 314517862
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
TRAMP ON THE STREET (Grady and Hazel Cole) Mercury 314517862
SALLY GOODIN (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
SHOW 3
HAPPY ROVIN’ COWBOY (Bob Nolan) Mercury 314517862
I’M A LONG GONE DADDY Mercury 314517862
I’M TELLING YOU (Audrey solo) (Audrey Williams) Mercury 314517862
BILL CHEATAM (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
WHEN GOD COMES AND GATHERS HIS JEWELS Mercury 314517862
SALLY GOODIN (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
SHOW 4
HAPPY ROVIN’ COWBOY (Bob Nolan) Mercury 314517862
LOST HIGHWAY (Leon Payne) Mercury 314517862
I WANT TO LIVE AND LOVE (Audrey solo) (Gene Sullivan /
Wiley Walker) Mercury 314517862
BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
I’LL HAVE A NEW BODY (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
FINGERS ON FIRE (Bob McNett solo) (Arthur Smith) Mercury 314517862
SALLY GOODIN (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
SHOW 5
HAPPY ROVIN’ COWBOY (Bob Nolan) Mercury 314517862
A MANSION ON THE HILL (Hank Williams / Fred Rose) Polydor 422827531
THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT Mercury 314517862
WAGNER (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Polydor 422827531
THE PRODIGAL SON (“Floyd Jenkins,” aka Fred Rose) MGM E-3850
SALLY GOODIN (Jerry Rivers solo) (Trad.) Mercury 314517862
SHOW 6