Hank Thompson, His Brazos Valley Boys - The Hank Thompson Collection 1946-62 (2017)

Tracklist

CD1
01. A Lonely Heart Knows
02. My Starry-Eyed Texas Girl
03. California Women
04. What Are We Gonne Do About the Moonlight
05. Humpty Dumpty Heart 
06. Don't Flirt with Me
07. Yesterday's Mail 
08. Green Light 
09. I Find You Cheatin' on Me 
10. You Broke My Heart (In Little Bitty Pieces) 
11. Whoa Sailor 
12. Swing Wide Your Gate of Love
13. Soft Lips 
14. The Grass Looks Greener over Yonder 
15. Give a Little, Take a Little
16. Take a Look at This Broken Heart of Mine
17. A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer
18. New Rovin' Gambler
19. The Wild Side of Life 
20. Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart 
21. The New Wears off Too Fast 
22. You're Walking on My Heart
23. No Help Wanted 
24. Rub-a-Dub-Dub 
25. Yesterday's Girl 
26. Wake up Irene 
27. A Fooler, A Faker 
28. Breakin' the Rules 

CD2
01. We've Gone Too Far
02. Honky Tonk Girl
03. The New Green Light 
04. If Lovin' You Is Wrong 
05. Annie Over 
06. Wildwood Flower
07. Breakin' in Another Heart 
08. Most of All 
09. Don't Take It out on Me 
10. Honey Honey Bee Ball 
11. The Blackboard of My Heart 
12. I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt 
13. Rockin' in the Congo 
14. I Was the First One 
15. Tears Are Only Rain 
16. How Do You Hold a Memory 
17. Squaws Along the Yukon 
18. I've Run out of Tomorrows 
19. You're Going Back to Your Old Ways Again 
20. Anybody's Girl 
21. Total Strangers 
22. I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love 
23. A Six Pack to Go 
24. She's a Whole Lot Like You 
25. Oklahoma Hills 
26. Teach Me How to Lie 
27. Hangover Tavern 
28. That's the Recipe for a Heartache
29. How Many Teardrops Will It Take

Hank Thompson was one of the most important personalities in country music across several decades, keeping alive the spirit of western swing and the hillbilly roots of country music, performing with his highly-rated band The Brazos Valley Boys, while subsuming it into the honky-tonk style which characterised much of the successful and popular country music of this era. He was also a versatile vocal stylist, his hits including romantic ballads as well as his trademark swinging hardcore honky-tonk. He was a prolific hit-maker, and during the fifteen years or so covered by this collection had no less than 46 country hits, all of which are included in this great-value 57-track 2-CD collection. Those hits included the country No. 1s "Wild Side Of Life, "Rub-A-Dub" and "Wake Up, Irene", plus twenty other Top 10 hits in the country charts. As well as featuring his hits for his primary record label, Capitol, this anthology also includes recordings from his early career on the small Blue Bonnet and Globe labels in 1946. It's an entertaining showcase for one of country music's most distinctive stylists of the post-war decades, and a comprehensive overview of the music which made him a fixture in the country charts through the 1950s

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