MGM 30453 (original,
kind of) USA, 1952
Words & Music by: Side A – Leon Payne; Side B – Slim Sweet, Curley Kinsey
Musicians: Hank Williams (vocals and guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle), Don Davis (steel guitar), Zeb Turner (lead guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Clyde Baum (mandolin on side A), Ernie Newton (bass on side A), Velma Williams-Smith (bass on side B)
Recording sessions: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN; Side A – Mar. 1.; Side B – Mar. 20, 1949
Highest chart positions: Not found in neither singles nor album charts. 1949 release went #12 in US Country
Words & Music by: Side A – Leon Payne; Side B – Slim Sweet, Curley Kinsey
Musicians: Hank Williams (vocals and guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle), Don Davis (steel guitar), Zeb Turner (lead guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Clyde Baum (mandolin on side A), Ernie Newton (bass on side A), Velma Williams-Smith (bass on side B)
Recording sessions: Castle Studio, Nashville, TN; Side A – Mar. 1.; Side B – Mar. 20, 1949
Highest chart positions: Not found in neither singles nor album charts. 1949 release went #12 in US Country
Hank Sr. Released the
title song already in 1949 as a 78 rpm single with “You’re Gonna Change (Or I’m
Gonna Leave)” as the flip side. Next year he released the same songs as a 45
rpm single with switched sides. Now this
particular record is part of a singles album (four records, MGM K107) that was
released in 1952. I’m missing one of the singles in the album (and the album
cover). The two other records will be posted here later.
Hats off to Leon Payne
for writing this great country song and to Hank Sr. for the great cover version
of it.
Payne (who was blind)
came up with the song when he was hitching a ride from California to Texas, to
visit his sick mother.
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