Chanteur
Country US né le 3 septembre 1925 à Waco (Texas). Hank Thompson s'est fait
connaître en 1946 chez Globe Records avant de triompher en 1952 chez Capitol, puis il passera chez Warner Bros. et Dot Records. Hank, qui est devenu une grande vedette de la Country Music, pratiquait un Hillbilly panaché de Western Swing.
Il fut animateur du Hank Thompson Show (WKY-TV, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). Il est
décédé le 6 novembre 2007.
Hank Thompson
was perhaps the most popular Western swing musician of the '50s and '60s,
keeping the style alive with a top-notch band, tremendous showmanship, and a
versatility that allowed him to expand his repertoire into romantic ballads and
hardcore honky tonk numbers. Born September 3, 1925, in Waco, TX, Henry William
Thompson was the son of immigrants from Bohemia and grew up idolizing Western
swing and country musicians like Bob Wills,
Jimmie Rodgers, and
Gene Autry. He began learning harmonica
and guitar as a child, and appeared in local talent shows as a teenager, which
eventually led to his own local radio program (billed as Hank the Hired Hand).
After graduating from high school in 1943, Thompson joined the Navy as a radio
technician and often wrote songs to entertain his fellow soldiers. Following his
discharge, Thompson studied electrical engineering at Princeton through the G.I.
Bill, but eventually decided to pursue music as a career. He returned to Waco
and to the radio business, and set about putting together a band he dubbed the
Brazos Valley Boys. They quickly became a popular live act around the area and
recorded their first single, "Whoa Sailor" (a song Thompson had written in the
Navy) for the Globe label in 1946. A few more singles followed for Bluebonnet,
by which time Tex Ritter had become a
Thompson admirer. Ritter helped Thompson
land a record deal with Capitol in 1947, an association that would last for the
next 18 years.
Thompson scored his first major hit for Capitol in 1949 with the smash "Humpty
Dumpty Heart," the biggest of his six charting singles that year. In 1951, he
hooked up with producer Ken Nelson, who would helm many of his most successful
records. Those records included "The Wild Side of Life," a monster hit from 1952
(over three months at number one) that became Thompson's signature song. Its
cynical attitude inspired an answer record by
Kitty Wells called "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," which made
her the first female artist in country music history with a million-selling
record. Thompson continued to score hit after hit during the '50s, including 21
songs that reached the Top 20 on the country charts and five Top Tens in the
year 1954 alone. A savvy promoter, Thompson devised a number of ways to make
himself stand out from the crowd (even past his suave cowboy wardrobe): his
early-'50s television show in Oklahoma City was the first variety show broadcast
in color and he was the first country artist to tour with a sound and lighting
system (put together using his Navy and collegiate experience), the first to
receive corporate sponsorship, and the first to record in high-fidelity stereo.
He also gave early breaks to musicians like guitar legend
Merle Travis and female rockabilly
pioneer Wanda Jackson. Toward the end
of the '50s, Thompson began to create LPs that were more cohesive than just mere
collections of singles plus filler; 1958's Dance Ranch and 1959's
Songs for Rounders were Western swing/honky tonk masterpieces, especially
the latter, which stirred up controversy with its groundbreakingly adult (some
said decadent) lyrical content. In 1961, Thompson recorded the first live album
ever released in the history of country music, the classic At the Golden
Nugget.
After that burst of inspired creativity, Thompson's luck began to change: the
public's taste was moving toward slick country-pop and the electrified
Bakersfield sound and despite several more fine records, Thompson's relationship
with Capitol ended in 1965. He first moved to Warner Bros., then ABC/Dot in 1968
(which became part of MCA in 1970). Thompson continued to record and tour and
his singles charted regularly during the '70s all the way up to 1983, though he
never matched the level of success he'd enjoyed in the '50s and early '60s. Even
after the hits dried up, Thompson maintained a demanding concert tour schedule,
playing all over the world. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in
1989.
Talents : Singer, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Western Swing, Honky Tonk, Bakersfield Sound, Country Boogie
Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
| 08/1946 | 78 t. GLOBE 124 (US) | . | Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love / Whoa Sailor |
| 1947 | 78 t. MODERN 582 (US) | . | Whoa Sailor / Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love |
| 1947 | 78 t. BLUEBONNET 107 (US) | . | Lonely Heart Knows / Starry Eyed Texas Gal |
| 1947 | 78 t. GLOBE 123 (US) | . | California Woman / What Are We Gonna Do |
| 11/1947 | 78 t. CAPITOL 40065 (US) | . | Humpty Dumpty Heart / Today |
| 02/1948 | 78 t. CAPITOL 40085 (US) | . | Don't Flirt With Me / Rock In The Ocean |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. CAPITOL 40112 (US) | . | Mary Had A Little Lamb / California Women |
| 07/1948 | 78 t. CAPITOL 15132 (US) | . | Yesterday's Mail / What Are We Gonna Do About Midnight |
| 09/1948 | 78 t. CAPITOL 15187 (US) | . | Green Light / You Remembered Me |
| 11/1948 | 78 t. CAPITOL 15296 (US) | . | Second Hand Girl / My Heart Is Jig-Saw Puzzle |
| 01/1949 | 78 t. CAPITOL 15345 (US) | . | You Broke My Heart / I Find You Cheatin' On Me |
| 06/1949 | 78 t. CAPITOL 57-40169 (US) | . | Tomorrow Night / My Front Door Is Open |
| 08/1949 | 78 t. CAPITOL 57-40211 (US) | . | Glass Looks Greener Over Yonder / Soft Lips |
| 09/1949 | 78 t. CAPITOL 57-40218 (US) | . | Whoa Sailor / Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love |
| 11/1949 | 78 t. CAPITOL 57-40264 (US) | . | Cat Has Nine Lives / Give A Little Take A Little |
| 02/1950 | SP CAPITOL F876 (US) | . | All That Goes Up Must Come Down / Standing On The Outside Looking In Now |
| 05/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1016 (US) | . | She's A Girl Without Any Sweetheart / Take A Look At The Broken Heart |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1113 (US) | . | California Women / Humpty Dumpty Heart |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1114 (US) | . | Soft Lips / Give A Little Take A Little |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1115 (US) | . | Today / Whoa Sailor |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1116 (US) | . | Tomorrow Night / Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1117 (US) | . | Second Hand Girl / Don't Flirt With Me |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1118 (US) | . | Green Light / Mary Had A Little Lamb |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1119 (US) | . | Rock In The Ocean / Grass Looks Greener |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1120 (US) | . | Cat Has Nine Lives / My Front Door Is Open |
| 07/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1121 (US) | . | You Remembered Me / I Find You Cheatin' On Me |
| 08/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1163 (US) | . | When God Calls His Children Home / I Can't Feel At Home In The World Anymore |
| 09/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1198 (US) | . | Humpty Dumpty Boogie / Daddy Blues |
| 12/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1327 (US) | . | Broken Heart And A Glass Of Beer / If I Cry |
| 02/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1379 (US) | . | New Rovin' Gambler / Playin' Possum |
| 03/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1444 (US) | . | Where Is Your Heart Tonight / Those Things Money Can't Buy |
| 05/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1528 (US) | . | Hangover Heart / I Ain't Cryin' Over You |
| 08/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1745 (US) | . | Love Thief / How Do You Feel |
| 11/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1870 (US) | . | I'll Be Your Sweetheart / Teardrops On The Tea Leaves |
| 01/1952 | SP CAPITOL F1942 (US) | . | Wild Side Of Life / Crying In The Deep Blue Sea |
| 04/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2063 (US) | . | Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart / Don't Make Me Cry Again |
| 08/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2169 (US) | . | It's Better To Have Loved A Little / How Could Hearted Can You Get |
| 08/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2178 (US) | . | Mary Had A Little Lamb / Whoa Sailor |
| 11/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2269 (US) | . | New Wears Off Too Fast / You're Walkin' On My Heart |
| 02/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2376 (US) | . | No Help Wanted / I'd Never Found Somebody New |
| 04/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2445 (US) | . | Rub-A-Dub-Dub / I'll Sight My Heart Away |
| 07/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2553 (US) | . | Yesterday's Girl / John Henry |
| 11/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2646 (US) | . | Wake Up Irene / Go Cry Your Heart Out |
| 03/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2758 (US) | . | Breakin' The Rules / Fooler A Faker |
| 04/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2792 (US) | . | Jersey Bounce / Sunrise Serenade |
| 06/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2823 (US) | . | Honky Tonk Girl / We've Gone Too Far |
| 09/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2920 (US) | . | New Green Light / Lonely Heart Knows |
| 12/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2998 (US) | . | Dardanella / Johnson Rag |
| 1954 | EP CAPITOL EPA-418 (US) |
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SONGS OF THE BRAZOS |
| 01/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3030 (US) | . | If Lovin' You Is Wrong / Annie Over |
| 04/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3106 (US) | . | Wildwood Flower (with Merle TRAVIS) / Breakin' In Another Heart (with Merle TRAVIS) |
| 07/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3188 (US) | . | Most Of All / single Simon |
| 09/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3235 (US) | . | Red Skin Gal / Westphalia Waltz |
| 11/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3275 (US) | . | Don't Take It Out On Me / Honey Honey Bee Ball |
| 1955 | EP CAPITOL EPA-601 (US) |
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Wake Up Irene / If Lovin' You Is Wrong / Annie Over / New Green Light |
| 1955 | EP CAPITOL EPA-618 (US) |
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NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE |
| 02/1956 | SP CAPITOL F3347 (US) | . | Blackboard Of My Heart / I'm Not Mad Just Hurt |
| 05/1956 | SP CAPITOL F3440 (US) | . | Weeping Willow / You Can Give Me Back My Heart |
| 09/1956 | SP CAPITOL F3536 (US) | . | Taking My Chances / It Makes No Difference Now |
| 1956 | EP CAPITOL EPA-705 (US) |
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Johnson Rag / Wildwood Flower / Red Skin Gal / Westphalia Waltz |
| 1956 | EP CAPITOL EPA-729 (US) |
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ALL-TIME HITS |
| 01/1957 | SP CAPITOL F3632 (US) | . | Rockin' In The Congo / I Was The First One |
| 05/1957 | SP CAPITOL F3709 (US) | . | Girl In The Night / Quicksand |
| 08/1957 | SP CAPITOL F3781 (US) | . | Tears Are Only Rain / Under The Double Eagle |
| 12/1957 | SP CAPITOL F3850 (US) | . | If I'm Not Too Late / Just An Old Flame |
| 1957 | EP CAPITOL EAP 2-826 (US) |
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HANK ! - I Don't Want To Know / The Gypsy / String Of Pearls / Don't Look Now |
| 1957 | EP CAPITOL EAP 1-729 (F) |
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Humpty Dumpty Heart / Today / You Remembered Me / I'll Be Your Sweetheart For A Day |
| 03/1958 | SP CAPITOL F3950 (US) | . | How Do You Told A Memory / Li'l Liza Jane |
| 07/1958 | SP CAPITOL F4017 (US) | . | Squaws Along The Yukon / Gathering Flowers |
| 11/1958 | SP CAPITOL F4085 (US) | . | I've Run Out Of My Tomorrows / You're Going Back To Your Old Ways Again |
| 1958 | EP CAPITOL EPA-975 (US) |
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DANCE RANCH |
| 1958 ? | SP CAPITOL F1632(US) | . | Humpty Dumpty Heart / Green Light |
| 02/1959 | SP CAPITOL F4138 (US) | . | Coconut Grove / Tuxedo Junction |
| 04/1959 | SP CAPITOL 4182 (US) | . | Anybody's Girl / Total Strangers |
| 09/1959 | SP CAPITOL 4269 (US) | . | I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love With You / I Guess I'm Gettin' Over You |
| 1959 | EP CAPITOL EPA-1111 (US) |
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FAVORITES WALTZES |
| 1959 | EP CAPITOL EPA-1246 (US) |
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SONGS FOR ROUNDERS |
| 02/1960 | SP CAPITOL 4334 (US) | . | A Six Pack To Go / What Made Her Change |
| 06/1960 | SP CAPITOL 4386 (US) | . | She's Just A Whole Lot Like You / There My Future Goes |
| 09/1960 | SP CAPITOL 4454 (US) | . | Will We Start It All Over Again / It's Got To Be A Habit |
| 1960 | EP CAPITOL EPA-1360 (US) |
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Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart / Most Of All / Squaws Along Yukon / + 1 |
| 01/1961 | SP CAPITOL 4502 (US) | . | Heart Deep In The Blues / Just One Step Away |
| 04/1961 | SP CAPITOL 4556 (US) | . | Oklahoma Hills / Teach Me How To Lie |
| 07/1961 | SP CAPITOL 4605 (US) | . | Hangover Tavern / Give The World A Smile |
| 10/1961 | SP CAPITOL 4649 (US) | . | Lost John / I've Convinced Everybody But Myself |
| 01/1962 | SP CAPITOL 4694 (US) | . | That's The Recipe For A Heartache / Drop Me Gently (So My Heart Won't Break) |
| 04/1962 | SP CAPITOL 4722 (US) | . | Blue Skirt Waltz / Westphalia Waltz |
| 07/1962 | SP CAPITOL 4786 (US) | . | I Cast A Lonesome Shadow / How Many Teardrops Will It Take |
| 11/1962 | SP CAPITOL 4871 (US) | . | Honky Tonk Town / I'd Look Forward To Tomorrow (If It Wasn't For Yeasterday) |
| 02/1963 | SP CAPITOL 4912 (US) | . | Yesterday's Girl / Wild Side Of Life (1962 versions) |
| 05/1963 | SP CAPITOL 4968 (US) | . | More In Love Your Heart Is / I Wasn't Even In The Running |
| 07/1963 | SP CAPITOL 5008 (US) | . | Too In Love / Blackboard Of My Heart |
| 10/1963 | SP CAPITOL 5071 (US) | . | Twice As Much / Reaching For The Moon |
| 02/1964 | SP CAPITOL 5123 (US) | . | Just To Ease The Pain / Stirring Up The Ashes |
| 06/1964 | SP CAPITOL 5217 (US) | . | Whatever Happened To Mary / Luckiest Heartache In Town |
| 11/1964 | SP CAPITOL 5310 (US) | . | Mr And Mrs Snowman / I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas |
| 01/1965 | SP CAPITOL 5344 (US) | . | Life's Sweetest Moment / I'm Gonna Practise Freedom |
| 05/1965 | SP CAPITOL 5422 (US) | . | Then I'll Start Believing In You / In The Back Of Your Mind |
| 09/1965 | SP CAPITOL 5507 (US) | . | Paper Doll / You Always Hurt The One You Love |
| 11/1965 | SP CAPITOL 5535 (US) | . | Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons / Little Christmas Angel |
| 02/1966 | SP CAPITOL 5599 (US) | . | Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / You Nearly Lose Your Mind |
| 1966 | SP CAPITOL 6079 (US) | . | Wild Side Of Love / Six Pack To Go |
| 1966 | SP CAPITOL 6084 (US) | . | Humpty Dumpty Heart / Squaws Along The Yukon |
| 09/1966 | SP WARNER BROS. 5858 (US) | . | Where Is The Circus / Love Walked Out Long Before |
| 11/1966 | SP CAPITOL 5760 (US) | . | Shotgun Boogie / Humpty Dumpty Heart |
| 01/1967 | SP WARNER BROS. 5886 (US) | . | He's Got Away With Women / Let Your Wind Choose |
| 06/1968 | SP DOT 45-17108 (US) | . | On Tap In The Can Or In The Bottle / If I Lose You Tomorrow |
| 09/1968 | SP DOT 45-17163 (US) | . | Smoky The Bar / Club Spades Diamonds And Hearts |
| 01/1969 | SP DOT 45-17207 (US) | . | I See Them Everywhere / Today |
| 05/1969 | SP DOT 45-17262 (US) | . | Pathway Of My Life / At Certain Times |
| 09/1969 | SP DOT 45-17307 (US) | . | Oklahoma Home Brew / Let's Get Drunk And Be Somebody |
| 1969 | SP CAPITOL 6124 (US) | . | Westphalia Waltz / Blue Skirt Waltz |
| 03/1970 | SP DOT 45-17347 (US) | . | But That's All Right / Take It All Away |
| 08/1970 | SP DOT DOA-17354 (US) | . | One Of The Fortunate Few / I'm Afraid I Lied |
| 01/1971 | SP DOT DOA-17365 (US) | . | Next Time I Fall In Love (I Won't) / Big Boat Across Oklahoma |
| 06/1971 | SP DOT DOA-17385 (US) | . | Mark Of Hell / Promise Her Anything |
| 08/1971 | SP DOT DOA-17390 (US) | . | Oklahoma Stomp (BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS) / Maiden's Prayer/Faded Love (BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS) |
| 11/1971 | SP DOT DOA-17399 (US) | . | I've Come Awful Close / Teardrops On The Rocks |
| 1971 | SP DOT GDH-255 (US) | . | On Tap In The Can, Or In The Bottle / Smoky The Bar |
| 1971 | SP DOT GDH-256 (US) | . | Mark Of A Heel / Next Time I Fall In Love (I Won't) |
| 03/1972 | SP DOT DOA-17410 (US) | . | Cab Driver / Gloria |
| 08/1972 | SP DOT DOA-17430 (US) | . | Glow Worm / You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You |
| 02/1973 | SP DOT DOA-17447 (US) | . | That's Why I Sing In A Honky Tonk / Roses In The Wind |
| 08/1973 | SP DOT DOA-17470 (US) | . | Kindly Keep It Country / Jill's Jack In The Box |
| 01/1974 | SP DOT DOA-17490 (US) | . | Older The Violin The Sweeter The Music / Six Pack To Go |
| 06/1974 | SP DOT DOA-17512 (US) | . | Who Left The Door To Heaven Open / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again |
| 12/1974 | SP DOT DOA-17535 (US) | . | Mama Don't 'Low / Wait A Little Longer Baby |
| 05/1975 | SP DOT DOA-17556 (US) | . | That's Just My Truckin' Luck / After You Have Made Me Over |
| 09/1975 | SP DOT DOA-17583 (US) | . | Mona Lisa / Too Young |
| 01/1976 | SP DOT DOA-17612 (US) | . | Asphalt Cowboy / Fifteen Miles To Clarksville |
| 08/1976 | SP DOT DOA-17649 (US) | . | Big Band Days / Forgive Me |
| 12/1976 | SP DOT DOA-17673 (US) | . | Honky Tonk Girl / Another Shot Of Today |
| 05/1977 | SP DOT DO-17695 (US) | . | Just An Old Flame / Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
| 09/1978 | SP ABC AB-12409 (US) | . | I'm Just Gettin' By / I Hear The South Calling Me |
| 02/1979 | SP ABC AB-12447 (US) | . | Dance With Me Baby / Point Of No Return |
| 08/1979 | SP MCA 41079 (US) | . | I Hear The South Callin' Me / Through The Bottom Of Glass |
| 02/1980 | SP MCA 41176 (US) | . | Tony's Tank-Up Drive-In Cafe / Point Of No Return |
| 06/1980 | SP MCA 41274 (US) | . | You're Poppin' Tops / Rollin' In Your Sweet Sunshine |
| 11/1980 | SP MCA 51030 (US) | . | King Of Western Swing / Take Me Back To Tulsa |
| 10/1981 | SP CHURCHILL CR-7779 (US) | . | Rockin' In The Congo / Convict And The Rose |
| 05/1982 | SP CHURCHILL CR-94003 (US) | . | Cocaine Blues / Drop Me Gently |
| 09/1982 | SP CHURCHILL CR-94009 (US) | . | Driving Nails In My Coffin / Whatever Happened To Mary |
| 07/1983 | SP CHURCHILL CR-94026 (US) | . | Once In A Blue Moon / Let's Stop What We Started |
| 01/1988 | SP STEP ONE SOR-382 (US) | . | Here's To Country Music / Hand I'm Holding Now |
| 10/1988 | SP STEP ONE SOR-394 (US) | . | Cowgirl Cutia / If I Were You'd Fall In Love |
| 10/1997 | SP CURB D7-73035 (US) | . | Gotta Sell Them Chickens / ? |
| 2000 | SP HIGHTONE ? (US) | . | Them Chickens (with JR BROWN) / Stranger |
Albums
| 1952 | LP 10" CAPITOL H-9111 (US) |
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FAVORITES - Wild Side Of Life / Today / Tomorrow Night / Whoa Sailor / Green Light / Love Thief / Humpty Dumpty Heart / Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart | |||||||||||||
| 1955 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 418 (US) |
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SONGS OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY - Wild Side Of Life / Rub-A-Dub-Dub / Yesterday's Girl / When You're Lovin' You're Livin' / John Henry / I Saw My Mother's Name / Green Light / single Simon single Heart / Letter Edged In Black / Mother The Queen Of My Heart / You Don't Have The Nerve / At The Rainbow's End | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 618 (US) |
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NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE - Baby I Need Lovin' / Dusty Skies / Where My Sweet Baby Used To Walk / Little Rosewood Casket / Big Beaver / I'd Do It Again / Panhandle Rag / New Deal Of Love / Too In Love / Gloria / This Train / When Your Love Burns Low | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 729 (US) |
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NEW RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME HITS - Humpty Dumpty Heart / Today / Don't Flirt With Me / Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder / My Front Door Is Open / Standing On The Outside Looking In Now / Whoa Sailor / Tomorrow Night / Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love / I Find You Cheatin' On Me / You Remembered Me / I'll Be Your Sweetheart For A Day | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 826 (US) |
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HANK - Hang Your Head In Shame / String Of Pearls / Gypsy / You'll Be The One / Don't Be That Way / Ole Napoleon / I Don't Want To Know / Prosperity Special / Someone Can Steal You From Me / Don't Look Now / Across The Alley Of The Alamo / Don't Get Around Much Anymore | |||||||||||||
| 1958 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 975 (US) |
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DANCE RANCH - Beaumont Rag / Headin' Down The Wrong Highway / After All The Things I've Done / Woodchopper's Ball / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Klishama Klingo / Bartender's Polka / Bubbles In My Beer / Make Room In Your Heart / Summit Ridge Drive / I Wouldn't Miss It For The World / Lawdy What A Gal | |||||||||||||
| 1958 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 1111 (US) |
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FAVORITE WALTZES - Shenandoah Waltz / Wednesday Night Waltz / Signed Sealed And Delivered / Skater's Waltz / Warm Red Wine / Fifty Year Ago Waltz / In The Valley Of The Moon / La Zinda Waltz / Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Anniversary Waltz / What Will I Do On Monday / Gold And Silver Waltz | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 1246 (US) |
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SONGS FOR ROUNDERS - Three Times Seven / I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die / Drunkard's Blues / Teach 'em How To Swim / Dry Bread / Cocaine Blues / Deep Elm / Bummin' Around / Little Blossom / Roving Gambler / Left My Gal In The Mountains / May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister | |||||||||||||
| 1960 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 1360 (US) |
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MOST OF ALL - Most Of All / Blackboard Of My Heart / Tears Are Only Rain / Wake Up Irene / Breakin' The Rules / Squaws Along The Yukon / Green Light / We've Gone Too Far / I Was The First One / Girl In The Night / Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart / Rockin' In The Congo | |||||||||||||
| 1960 | LP 12" CAPITOL T 1469 (US) |
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THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE - Take A Look At This Broken Heart Of Mine / She's A Girl Without Any Sweetheart / Love Thief / Soft Lips / Give A Little Take A Little / Hangover Heart / Those Things Money Can't Buy / Fooler A Faker / Gypsy And The Tea Leaves / Rock In The Ocean / How Do You Feel / Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 1544 (US) |
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OLD LOVE AFFAIR - I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair / It's My Fault / Just An Old Faded Photograph / Sing Me Something Sentimental / I'll Be Around / I've Convinced Everybody But Myself / Paying Off The Interest With My Tears / I'd Like To Tell You / I Keep Meeting Girls Like You / Just A Little While / I Gotta Have My Baby Back / My Old Flame | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 1632 (US) |
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HANK THOMPSON AT THE GOLDEN NUGGET - Honky Tonk Girl / I Guess I'm Getting Over You / I'll Step Aside / Orange Blossom / I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love / John Henry / Nine Pound Hammer / She's Just A Whole Lot Like You / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Steel Guitar Rag / Just One Step Away / Lost Highway / Six Packs To Go | |||||||||||||
| 1962 | LP 12" CAPITOL DT 1741 (US) |
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NO.1 COUNTRY AND WESTERN BAND - Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / Jersey Bounce / Westphalia Waltz / Weeping Willow / Cocoanut Grove / Give The World A Smile / Wildwood Flower / Johnson Rag / Blue Skirt Waltz / Red Skin Gal / Tuxedo Junction / Under The Double Eagle | |||||||||||||
| 1962 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 1775 (US) |
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CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS - Annie Over / Drop Me Gently / Forgive Me / Rose City Chimes / You're Walking On My Heart / Oklahoma Hills / Cowboy's Prayer / That's The Recipe For A Heartache / Darling What More Can I Say / Hangover Tavern / I'll Sign My Heart Away / Teach Me How To Lie / Cincinnati Lou | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 1878 (US) |
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THE BEST - Humpty Dumpty Heart / Wild Side Of Life / Six Packs To Go / Oklahoma Hills / Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart / Wake Up Irene / Squaws Along The Yukon / Hangover Tavern / Rub-A-Dub-Dub / Green Light / Blackboard Of My Heart / Whoa Sailor | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 1955 (US) |
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HANK THOMPSON AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS - Deep In The Heart Of Texas / My Heart Is A Playground / Charmaine / How Many Teardrops Will It Take / New Wears Off Too Fast / Rub-A-Dub-Dub / Beautiful Texas / Will We Start It All Over Again / River Road Two-Step / I Cast A Lonesome Shadow / single Simon single Heart / There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 2089 (US) |
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GOLDEN COUNTRY HITS - San Antonio Rose / Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Wild Side Of Life / Shotgun Boogie / Back Street Affair / Detour / Wabash Cannonball / You Nearly Lose Your Mind / Yesterday's Girl / I'll Keep On Loving You / I Don't Hurt Anymore / Beer Barrel Polka | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 2154 (US) |
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IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME WITH HANK THOMPSON - White Christmas / Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas / Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons / Blue Christmas / Mr And Mrs Snowman / It's Christmas Time / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer / Silver Bells / Here Comes Santa Claus / Little Christmas Angel / It's Christmas Every Day In Alaska / We Wish You A Merry Christmas | |||||||||||||
| 1965 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 2274 (US) |
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BREAKIN' IN ANOTHER HEART - Paper Doll / That's All There Is To That / There's No You / You Always Hurt The One You Love / Till Then / September In The Rain / It's Better To Have Loved A Little / Just An Old Flame / How Do You Hold A Memory / I'd Have Never Found Somebody New / Don't Take It Out On Me / Breakin' In Another Heart | |||||||||||||
| 1965 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 2342 (US) |
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LUCKIEST HEARTACHE IN TOWN - Luckiest Heartache In Town / Just To Ease The Pain / Then I'll Start Believing In You / Whatever Happened To Mary / There My Future Goes / I Wasn't Even In The Running / Stirring Up The Ashes / In The Back Of Your Mind / You're Going Back To Your Old Ways Again / Twice As Much / What Made Her Change / Total Strangers | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 2460 (US) |
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SIX PACK TO GO - Six Pack To Go / Honky Tonk Town / Hangover Heart / Beer Barrel Polka / Drunkard's Blues / Bubbles In My Beer / Hangover Town / Wild Side Of Life / Bartender's Polka / Anybody's Girl / Warm Red Wine / Broken Heart And A Glass Of Beer | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | LP 12" CAPITOL DT 2575 (US) |
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BREAKIN' THE RULES - Breakin' The Rules / Someone Can Steal Your Love From Me / Fooler A Faker / We've Gone Too Far / New Wears Off Too Fast / I'm Not Mad Just Hurt / Back Street Affair / Teach Me How To Lie / You Were The Cause / I Find You Cheatin' On Me / Standing On The Outside / Don't Flirt With Me | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1664 (US) |
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WHERE IS THE CIRCUS - Where Is The Circus / I'll Set My Teardrops To Music / Number One On The Hurt Parade / I've Got A Date With A Teardrop / Big One Got Away / Love Walked Out Long Before She Did / Green Light / Most Of All / Blackboard Of My Heart / Breakin' The Rules / Humpty Bumpty Heart / Squaws Along The Yukon | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | LP 12" CAPITOL DT 2661 (US) |
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THE BEST OF HANK THOMPSON VOL. 2 - Oklahoma Hills / Wake Up Irene / Shotgun Boogie / Humpty Dumpty Heart / Deep In The Heart Of Texas / Wabash Cannonball / Squaws Along The Yukon / Whoa Sailor / Total Strangers / Rub-A-Dub-Dub / Rockin' In The Congo / No Help Wanted | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST 2826 (US) |
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JUST AN OLD FLAME - Just An Old Flame / It's Better To Have Loved A Little / My Old Flame / Whatever Happened To Mary / What Made Her Change / I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair / I Gotta Have My Baby Back / She's Just A Whole Lot Like You / I Was The First One / Just An Old Faded Photograph / How Do You Hold A Memory / I Wasn't Even In The Running | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1679 (US) |
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COUNTRYPOLITAN SOUND - (BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS) - Turkey On The String / Take The "A" Train / Salute To Bob / La Golondrina / John Henry / Maiden's Prayer - Faded Love / Ja-Da / Fiddleitis / Brazos Valley Blues / Chihuahua Polka / Wildwood Flower / When The Saints Go Marching In | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1686 (US) |
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GOLD STANDARD COLLECTION - Six Days On The Road / She Thinks I Still Care / Slippin' Around / Whoa Sailor / He'll Have To Go / Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette / Walking The Floor Over You / Together Again / I'm Movin' On / Cold Cold Heart / Sixteen Tons / Steel Guitar Rag | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | LP 12" TOWER ST 5120 (US) |
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COUNTRY BLUES - Bummin' Around / Lost John / Roving Gambler / I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die / I've Run Out Of Tomorrows / Two Hearts Deep In The Blues / Three Times Seven / Dry Bread / Cocaine Blues / Drunkard's Blues | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | LP 12" HILLTOP JS 6057 (US) |
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NEW ROVIN' GAMBLER - Roving Gambler / Hangover Heart / Squaws Along The Yukon / If I Cry / Too In Love / Blue Skirt Waltz / How Do You Feel / Oklahoma Hills / Love Thief / At The Rainbow's End | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | LP 12" DOT DLP-25864 (US) |
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HANK THOMPSON SINGS THE GOLD STANDARDS - Green Light / I'm Movin' On / He'll Have To Go / Slippin' Around / Cold Cold Heart / Walking The Floor Over You / Humpty Dumpty Heart / Together Again / Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette / She Thinks I Still Care / Sixteen Tons / Six Days On The Road | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | LP 12" DOT DLP-25894 (US) |
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ON TAP, IN THE CAN, OR IN THE BOTTLE - On Tap In The Can Or In The Bottle / He's Got A Way With Women / No 1 On The Hurt Parade / Love Walked Out Before She Did / I'll Set My Teardrops To Music / Big One Got Away / Where Is The Circus / If I Lose You Tomorrow / I've Got A Date With A Teardrop / Great Society / Let The Four Winds Choose / Lend Me A Dollar | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | LP 12" HILLTOP JS 6065 (US) |
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SINGLE SIMON SINGLE HEART - Single Simon Single Heart / It Got To Be A Habit / Fooler A Faker / Luckiest Heartache In Town / I'll Sign My Heart Away / Teach 'em How To Swim / Don't Take It Out On Me / Just To Ease The Pain / Teach Me How To Lie | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | LP 12" DOT DLP-25932 (US) |
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SMOKY THE BAR - Smoky The Bar / Ace In The Hole / Let's Get Drunk And Be Someboy / New Records On The Jukebox / My Rough And Rowdy Ways / Cocaine Blues / I See Them Everywhere / Drunkard's Blues / What's Made Milwaukee Famous / Girl In The Night / Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women / Pop A Top | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | LP 12" DOT DLP-25971 (US) |
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HANK THOMPSON SALUTES OKLAHOMA - (Hank Thompson with Harold BRADLEY & The NASHVILLE SOUNDS) - Oklahoma Hills / Dusty Skies / Dear Okie / Oklahoma Home Brew / Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Guthrie / Happy Oklahoma / O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A / Homesick Lonesome Oklahoma Okie / Big Boat Across Oklahoma / Oklahoma Stomp | |||||||||||||
| 1970 | LP 12" DOT DLP-25978 (US) |
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THE INSTRUMENTAL SOUND OF HANK THOMPSON'S BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS - (BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS) - Wildwood Flower / When The Saints Go Marching In / Fiddleitis / Ja-Da / Maiden's Prayer - Faded Love / John Henry / Take The 'A' Train / Chihuahua Polka / Brazos Valley Blues / La Golondrina / Turkey On The Strings | |||||||||||||
| 1970 | LP 12" HILLTOP JS 6085 (US) |
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YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE - You Always Hurt The One You Love / Will We Start It All Over Again / You Were The Cause / Drop Me Gently / Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder / I Cast A Lonesome Shadow / How Many Teardrops / Mary Had A Little Lamb / Don't Make Me Cry Again / I'd Look Forward To Tomorrow | |||||||||||||
| 1971 | LP 12" DOT DLP-25991 (US) |
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NEXT TIME I FALL IN LOVE (I WON'T) - Next Time I Fall In Love / At Certain Times / Pathway Of My Life / But That's All Right / I'm Afraid I Lied / Cozy Inn, Mark Of A Heel / One Of The Fortunate Few / Everybody Loves A Pretty Baby / Take It All Away / Promise Her Everything | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | LP 12" DOT DOS-25996 (US) |
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CAB DRIVER - (SALUTE TO THE MILLS BROTHERS) - Glow Worm / Lazy River / Paper Doll / Be My Life's Comp / Across The Alley Of The Alamo / Cab Driver / I'll Be Around / You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You / Till Then / You Always Hurt The One You Love | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | LP 12" DOT DOS-26004 (US) |
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HANK THOMPSON'S GREATEST HITS VOL. 1 - I've Come Awful Close / Oklahoma Hills / Mark Of A Heel / Humpty Dumpty Heart / Green Light / Smoky The Bar / Squaws Along The Yukon / Wild Side Of Life / Next Time I Fall In Love / Wildwood Flower / Blackboard Of My Heart | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | LP 12" DOT DOS-26015 (US) |
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KINDLY KEEP IT COUNTRY - Kindly Keep It Country / Jill's Jack In The Box / Southern Loving / It's Four In The Morning / I Ain't Never / Older The Violin The Sweeter The Music / Corner Of My Life / Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon / Behind Closed Doors / Lord Knows I'm Drinking / Six Pack To Go | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | 2 LP 12" DOT DOS-2000 (US) |
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25TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM - Whoa Sailor / Tomorrow Night / Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love / Most Of All / We've Gone Too Far / Green Light / Humpty Dumpty Heart / Today / Waiting In Your Lobby Of Your Heart / Blackboard Of My Heart / It's Better To Have Loved A Little / Where My Sweet Baby Used To Walk / Wild Side Of Life / Oklahoma Hills / Breakin' The Rules / Squaws Along The Yukon / I'd Do It Again / Wildwood Flower / Where Is The Circus / On Tap In The Can Or In The Bottle / Oklahome Home Brew / Smoky The Bar / Teardrops On The Rocks / I've Come Awful Close | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2003 (US) |
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MOVIN' ON - Who Left The Door To Heaven Open / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / There's A Honky Tonk Angel / I Recall A Gypsy Woman / Mama Don't Allow / Wait A Little Longer Baby / Lovin' On Backstreets / Whatever's Left / Fair Weather Love / Rednecks White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer / Country Bumpkin | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2032 (US) |
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HANK THOMPSON SINGS NAT KING COLE - Too Young / It's Only A Paper Moon / Blossom Fell / Pretend / Ramblin' Rose / Gypsy / That's All There Is There Isn't Anymore / Answer Me My Love / Mary Don't You Weep / Mona Lisa / If I May | |||||||||||||
| 1976 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2060 (US) |
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BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS - Big Band Days / Forgive Me / Annie Over / I'll Sign My Heart Away / Three Little Swigs / Honky Tonk Girl / Hangover Tavern / Yesterday's Girl / Another Shot Of Toddy / Bring Back The Waltzes / Play For Me One Polka | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2069 (US) |
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THE THOMPSON TOUCH - Don't Get Around Much Anymore / She's Just A Whole Lot Like You / single Simon single Heart / It Gets More Like Monday Everyday / Just An Old Flame / Bummin' Around / Just One Step Away / When You've Seen One Broken Heart / Absent Minded Me / Comin' In For Rye | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2091 (US) |
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DOIN' MY THINGS - Cheaters Never Win / Window In My Heart / If I Had One Ounce Of Sense / Time Wounds All Heels / It's Five O'Clock Somewhere / We Don't Love There Anymore / If Worst Comes To Worst / She Loves The One She's With / Ages And Ages Ago / Johnny On The Spot | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | LP 12" ABC AA 1095 (US) |
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BRAND NEW HANK - I'm Just Gettin' By / Dance With Me Molly / Sings Of Love / Through The Bottom Of The Glass / Have A Good Time / I Hear The South Callin' Me / Point Of No Return / Tony's Tank-Up Drive-In Cafe / That Want You Need You Got To Have You Feelin' / World's Greatest Feelin' | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | LP 12" MCA 3250 (US) |
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TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA - Rollin' In Your Sweet Sunshine / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Texas And Okies / Gettin' Down Gettin' Together Gettin' In Love / One Hell Of A Weekend / King Of Western Swing / You're Poppin' Tops / Star Of The Startling Saloon / Little More Country / If I Were In Your Shoes | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | LP 12" CHURCHILL (US) |
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ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTERS | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | LP 12" DOT / MCA 39089 (US) |
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HANK THOMPSON | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | LP 12" STEP ONE 27 (US) |
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HERE'S TO COUNTRY MUSIC - If I Were You I'd Fall In Love With Me / Here's To Country Music / If You Got The Money / The Hand I'm Holding Now / Walkin' Back To San Antonio / You Can't Teach An Old Heart New Tricks / Drownin' My Troubles (Till They've Learned How To Swim) / There's A Woman Waitin' In Nogales / You're Gettin' Love All Over Me / Cowgirl Cutie / We Almost Had Texas Skies Today / Love On The Rocks | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | CD MCA 10545 (US) |
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HALL OF FAME - On Tap In The Can Or In The Bottle / Smoky The Bar / Mutiny On The Montoni / Most Of All / It's Better To Have Loved A Little / Tomorrow Night / Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love / Mark Of A Heel / Across The Alley / Older The Violin The Sweeter The Music / I'll Sign My Heart Away / Annie Over / single Simon single Heart / Just An Old Flame / Wounds All Heels Money Trouble And Love | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | CD CAPITOL 113073 (US) |
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VINTAGE COLLECTION - Humpty Dumpty Heart / Whoa Sailor / Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love / Wild Side Of Life / Wake Up Irene / Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea / Fooler A Faker / Wildwood Flower / Honky Tonk Girl / How Cold Hearted Can You Get / This Train / Yesterday's Girl / Green Light / Big Beaver / Total Stranger / Six Pack To Go / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / I Cast A Lonesome Shadow / Too In Love / Oklahoma Hills | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | 12 + 1 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15904 (D) |
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HANK THOMPSON AND HIS BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS
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| 09/1997 | CD CURB 77925(US) |
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REAL THING - Six Pack To Go (with Vince GILL) / Get The Hell Out Of Dodge (with David BALL) / Gotta' Sell Them Chickens (with Junior BROWN) / I Picked A San Antonio Rose (with Bekka BRAMLETT) / Sobering Up / Green Light (with Marty STUART) / I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow / Hooked On Honky Tonk (with BROOKS & DUNN) / Hey George, Hey Hank (with George JONES) / Total Stranger (with Lyle LOVETT) / Wild Side Of Life - It Wasn't God / Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (with Kitty WELLS & Tanya TUCKER) / Dry Bread (with DELANEY & BONNIE) | |||||||||||||
| 07/2000 | CD HIGHTONE 8121 (US) |
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SEVEN DECADES - String In This Ole Bee / In The Jailhouse Now / Condo In Hondo / Triflin' Gal / Dinner For One, Please, James / The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls Burned Down / I'll Start Believing In You / Abdul Abulbul Amir / Lobo The Hobo / New Wine In Old Bottles / Medicine Man / Scotch And Soda / Wreck Of The Old '97 | |||||||||||||
| 02/2006 | CD DISKY 903656 (NL) |
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COUNTRY LEGEND - | |||||||||||||
| 05/2007 | 2 CD CASTLE PULSE 685 (UK) |
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COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS :
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| 01/2008 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16803 (D) |
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A SIX PACK TO GO - How Cold Hearted Can You Get / John Henry / No Help Wanted / If Lovin' You Is Wrong / This Train / The New Green Light / Red Skin Girl / Don't Flirt With Me / Whoa Sailor / The Looks Greener Over Yonder / Rockin' In The Congo / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Klishama Klingo / If I'm Not Too Late / Deep Elem / Rovin' Gambler / I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die / Three Times Seven / I Left My Gal In The Mountainns / Dry Bread / Lost John / Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea / A Fooler, A Faker / A Six Pack To Go / Too In Love / It's Got To Be A Habit / Nine Pound Hammer / I Cast A Lonesome Shadow / Shot-Gun Boogie / You Nearly Lose Your Mind / I Wasn't Even In The Running / How Many Teardrops Will It Take / Drunkard's Blues | |||||||||||||
| 04/2008 | 3 CD GOLDEN STARS 5472 (NL) |
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MOST OF ALL - 48 GREATEST
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| 07/2008 | CD CURB 79075 (US) |
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| 08/2009 | CD RAVEN 300 (AUS) |
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THE QUINTESSENTIAL HANK THOMPSON 1948-1979 - Humpty Dumpty Heart / Whoa Sailor / The Wild Side Of Life / Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart / Rub-A-Dub-Dub / Wake Up Irene / A Fooler, A Faker / Breakin' The Rules / Honky-Tonk Girl / We've Gone Too Far / The New Green Light / Wildwood Flower (with Merle TRAVIS) / Breakin' In Another Heart / Most Of All / Don't Take It Out On Me / The Blackboard Of My Heart / Rockin' In The Congo / Squaws Along The Yukon / I've Run Out Of Tomorrows / Anybody's Girl / Cocaine Blues / A Six Pack To Go / Oaklahoma Hills / Hangover Tavern / On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle / Smoky The Bar / I've Come Awful Close / The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music / Who Left The Door To Heaven Open / I Hear The South Callin' Me | |||||||||||||
| 03/2010 | 2 CD EL TORO 1030 (S) |
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HANK THE HIRED HAND :
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