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Hank Thompson

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Aliases
Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys
Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys
Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys Orchestra
Hank Thompson's Brazos Valley Boys
Hank Thompson with The Brazos Valley Boys
Real name
Henry William Thompson
Born
September 3, 1925
Died
November 6, 2007
Country
United States
IPI
00030568301 22 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Country, honky tonk, and Western swing guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
August 1980 Mel McDaniel
January 1960 (5 artists)
April 1955 Buster Keene with Ray Gunter and His Rhythm
March 1954 Wynn Stewart & Jackie Burns
November 1949 (4 artists)
July 1962 (2 artists)
April 1953 Merle Haggard
1971 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 1947 (2 artists)
Kindly Keep It Country Hank Thompson July 16, 1973 Unverified
July 1955 (2 artists)
July 1983 Ferlin Husky
April 1953 (4 artists)
1986 G. Thomas
August 1946 (2 artists)
February 1956 (23 artists)
October 1952 Gisele MacKenzie
July 16, 1973 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 1947 (3 artists)
June 1949 (2 artists)
April 1952 Dick Todd and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five
1953 (3 artists)
August 1946 (5 artists)
Who Left the Door to Heaven Open Hank Thompson September 1974 Unverified
August 1953 (2 artists)

Covers by Hank Thompson

Title Performer Release date Originally by
July 18, 2000 Frank Crumit
1975 Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra
December 1950 Alan Flatt and The Nite Owls
1969 Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers
i May 1957 Woody Herman accompanied by The Four Chips
November 18, 1977 Gene Autry
1975 Rudi Schuricke mit Kinderchor - Alfred Hause mit seinem Tanz-Streichorchester, Frankie Laine, (unknown)
August 1953 The Chuck Wagon Gang
May 1964 Billy Wallace [US1]
i April 1958 Smith's Garage Fiddle Band
i May 1964 Benešova dechová hudba
July 16, 1973 Charlie Rich
June 1972 Mills Brothers with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
June 1955 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
October 1964 Doye O'Dell
i May 1962 Jiřina Salačová a Máša Allanová - R. A. Dvorský se svým orchestrem
1969 Tennessee Ernie and The Starlighters with Orchestra
April 1958 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
August 1959 Jimmy Dean
May 1971 Jim Ed Brown
March 1972 Carson and Gaile
  September 1963 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
November 1962 Tin Ear Tanner and His Back Room Boys
August 1959 "Buddy" Baker, (unknown)
i January 1959 Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra
1967 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1982 Vernon Dalhart
September 1974 Cal Smith
May 1971 Leon McAuliff
1978 Roger Bowling
November 1962 Gene Autry
November 1969 Doye O'Dell
August 1959 The Georgia Crackers, Lone Star Cowboys
September 1963 Alvino Rey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bill Schallen and Skeets Herfurt
May 1964 Jimmy Walker accompanied by Paul Westmoreland and His Pecos River Boys
July 18, 2000 Jay Wilbur and His Band
i May 1957 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
  May 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
May 1957 Ernest Tubb
April 1958 Jerry Irby
August 1959 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
August 1959 Merle Travis
June 1955 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
September 1974 Arlene Harden
i January 1959 Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy
November 1962 Irving Kaufman
June 1955 Bob Hayward with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
June 1972 Cäcilie Carola, Emma Malkowsky & Kathi Herold, Mills Brothers and Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
September 1948 Bob Manning and His Riders of the Silver Sage - Vocal by Billy Gray
May 1957 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
  September 1961 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
April 1958 Ted Daffan's Texans
1967 Billy Brown
October 1964 Gene Autry
June 1954 Chuck Harding and The Colorado Cowhands
July 16, 1973 Webb Pierce
August 1950 Stove Pipe No. 1 (Sam Jones)
July 1961 Curtis Gordon
May 1964 Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and The Rainbow Ranch Boys
July 1961 Jimmie Davis
1975 Nat "King" Cole and The Four Knights with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1987 Gene Watson with The Farewell Party Band
July 1961 Jimmie Davis
August 1959 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
  July 1961 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
May 1964 Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
September 1961 Idaho Call and His Sun Valley Cowboys
August 1970 Jeannie Seely
1967 Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
July 18, 2000 Whistler acc. by His Jug Band, Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
January 1959 George Hall and The Hotel Taft Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Glenn Cross
September 1974 Don Williams
1975 Claire Carleton
i 1967 Arthur Fields
i May 1954 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
August 1953 Fiddlin' John Carson
Lawdy, What A Gal Hank Thompson April 1958 Unverified
August 1959 Bud and Joe Billings (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
January 1959 Arthur C. Clough
August 1959 (unknown)
September 1961 Leon Payne
September 1974 Mel Street
September 1974 Riley Puckett
August 1959 Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
1975 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
July 1961 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1969 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
September 1961 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
February 1953 The Carlisles
1975 Fisk University Male Quartette
November 1962 Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans
i   September 1961 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
i June 1955 Leon McAuliffe and His Western Swing Band
February 1965 Mills Brothers
May 1964 Charlie Walker
1982 Al Dexter and His Troopers
1969 Nat Stuckey
1975 Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra, (unknown)
i May 1957 Kessinger Brothers
1975 Nat King Cole with Music conducted by Belford Hendricks
September 1974 Johnny Russell
August 1980 Dottie West - Vocal Accompaniment by The Nashville Edition
i November 1962 Bobby Garrett and The Comanches
August 1959 Samantha Bumgarner
October 1964 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
i May 1964 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
October 1964 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
July 18, 2000 (unknown), The Kingston Trio
  February 1965 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
1982 Spade Cooley and His Orchestra - Vocal by “Tex” and “Oakie”
January 1959 Clyde Moody
1967 George Jones
May 1964 Tennessee Ernie
January 1959 Cowboy Copas
1978 Sonny James
  October 1964 Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
July 1961 Marty Robbins
1967 Paul Davis [US2]
1967 Merle Travis
Sixty Minute Man Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys 1997 Unverified
i January 1959 (unknown)
1967 Floyd Tillman
1967 Tex Williams and His Western Caravan
July 16, 1973 Jim Ed Brown
July 1958 Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys
1982 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan with Inst. Acc.
i September 1961 Sylvester Weaver, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i May 1957 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i Summit Ridge Drive Hank Thompson April 1958 Unverified
i May 1954 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
November 1969 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
i 1967 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
February 1965 Dinah Shore with Harry Zimmerman and His Orchestra
January 1973 Warren Smith [US2]
i January 1959 Bing Crosby with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
July 16, 1973 Bill Anderson [US1]
The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma Hank Thompson November 1969 Unverified
May 1957 Jack Payne with His Orchestra (Vocalist: Jane Lee)
  August 1953 May C. Hyers REL, Hattie Nevada REC
June 1955 Ernest Thompson
July 16, 1973 Cal Smith
i 1967 (unknown), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
September 1974 Troy Seals
September 1963 Ernest Tubb
February 1965 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
January 1952 Vernon Dalhart, Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters - Vocal by Perk Williams
June 1955 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
March 1951 Allen Flatt and The Nite Owls
August 1959 Merle Travis with Cowboy Band
1978 The Seldom Scene
February 1965 Mills Brothers
1967 Buck Owens
1975 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louanne Hogan
i January 1959 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i August 1957 (unknown)
May 1964 (unknown), Hugh Cross
1967 Ernest Tubb
1986 Kenny Price
  January 1959 Ernest Tubb REL, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys REC
i January 1959 Leake County Revelers
i September 1955 Lone Star Playboys
October 1964 (unknown)
September 1974 Faron Young
1969 Jerry Lee Lewis
September 1974 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
March 1951 Benny Martin
  October 1964 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i April 1955 (unknown)
i 1967 (unknown), Carter Family
i Woodchopper's Ball Hank Thompson April 1958 Unverified
February 1965 Mills Brothers
May 1964 Ernest Tubb
August 1980 Donnie Norris

Songs written by Hank Thompson

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Six Pack to Go Hank Thompson, Johnny Lowe, Dick Hart Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 16, 1958 Covered by (5 artists)
Blackboard of My Heart Hank Thompson, Lyle Gaston Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys January 6, 1956 Covered by (23 artists)
Breakin' in Another Heart Hank Thompson, Billy Gray Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 13, 1954 Covered by Buster Keene with Ray Gunter and His Rhythm
Breakin' the Rules Hank Thompson, Billy Gray, Al Blasingame Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys June 8, 1953 Covered by Wynn Stewart & Jackie Burns
Give a Little, Take a Little Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys August 8, 1949 Covered by (4 artists)
Green Light Hank Thompson Bob Manning and His Riders of the Silver Sage - Vocal by Billy Gray 1948 Covered by (7 artists)
Honky Tonk Girl Hank Thompson, Chuck Harding Chuck Harding and The Colorado Cowhands 1947 Covered by (9 artists)
I Cast a Lonesome Shadow Hank Thompson, Lynn Russwurm Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 13, 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
I'd Like to Tell You Hank Thompson Curtis Gordon February 22, 1954 Covered by Hank Thompson with The Brazos Valley Boys
I'll Sign My Heart Away Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys April 1953 Covered by Merle Haggard
(I've Got a) Humpty Dumpty Heart Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys October 10, 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
Kindly Keep It Country Hank Thompson, Paul Gailley Hank Thompson July 16, 1973 Unverified
Most of All Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 13, 1954 Covered by (2 artists)
Rub-A-Dub-Dub Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 16, 1952 Covered by (4 artists)
Stars over San Antone Hank Thompson, Billy Gray Tommy Duncan and The Miller Brothers March 16, 1953 Covered by Billy Mata & The Texas Tradition
Swing Wide Your Gate of Love Hank Thompson, Syd Nathan Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys August 1946 Covered by (2 artists)
The New Wears Off Too Fast Hank Thompson, Billy Gray Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys May 13, 1952 Covered by Gisele MacKenzie
Today Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys October 10, 1947 Covered by (3 artists)
Tomorrow Night Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys April 5, 1949 Covered by (2 artists)
Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart Hank Thompson, Billy Gray Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 11, 1951 Covered by Dick Todd and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five
Whoa Sailor! Hank Thompson Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys August 1946 Covered by (5 artists)
Yesterday's Girl Hank Thompson, Billy Gray Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 17, 1952 Covered by (2 artists)
You Can't Have My Love Hank Thompson, Billy Gray, Chuck Harding, Marty Robertson Wanda Jackson and Billy Gray March 24, 1954 Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
1000 and One Nighters Hank Thompson 1982 Churchill Records & Video Ltd.
An Old Love Affair Hank Thompson with The Brazos Valley Boys July 1961 Capitol Records
At the State Fair of Texas Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys September 1963 Capitol Records
Brand New Hank Hank Thompson 1978 ABC Records [US]
Breakin' in Another Heart Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys February 1965 Capitol Records
Cab Driver (A Salute to The Mills Brothers) Hank Thompson June 1972 Dot Records
Cheyenne Frontier Days Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys November 1962 Capitol Records
Dance Ranch Hank Thompson April 1958 Capitol Records
Doin' My Thing Hank Thompson November 18, 1977 Dot Records
Favorite Waltzes by Hank Thompson Hank Thompson with The Brazos Valley Boys January 1959 Capitol Records
Golden Country Hits Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys May 1964 Capitol Records
Hank! Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys May 1957 Capitol Records
Hank Thompson Hank Thompson 1986 MCA Records
Hank Thompson at the Golden Nugget Hank Thompson September 1961 Capitol Records
Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma Hank Thompson November 1969 Dot Records
Hank Thompson Sings the Hits of Nat "King" Cole Hank Thompson 1975 ABC Dot
Here's to Country Music Hank Thompson 1987 Step One Records
It's Christmas Time with Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys October 1964 Capitol Records
Kindly Keep It Country Hank Thompson July 16, 1973 Dot Records
Movin' On Hank Thompson September 1974 ABC Dot
Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't) Hank Thompson May 1971 Dot Records
North of the Rio Grande Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys June 1955 Capitol Records
Seven Decades Hank Thompson July 18, 2000 HighTone Records
Smoky the Bar Hank Thompson 1969 Dot Records
Songs for Rounders Hank Thompson August 1959 Capitol Records
Songs of the Brazos Valley Hank Thompson August 1953 Capitol Records
Take Me Back to Tulsa Hank Thompson August 1980 MCA Records
The Countrypolitan Sound of Hank Thompson's Brazos Valley Boys Hank Thompson's Brazos Valley Boys 1967 Warner Bros. Records
The Gold Standard Collection of Hank Thompson Hank Thompson 1967 Warner Bros. Records
The No. 1 Country and Western Band! Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys May 1962 Capitol Records

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys December 1950 Capitol Records
A Cat Has Nine Lives Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys November 1949 Capitol Records
A Fooler, a Faker Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys March 1954 Capitol Records
A Six Pack to Go Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys January 1960 Capitol Records
Cab Driver Hank Thompson March 1972 Dot Records
Cocoanut Grove Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys January 1959 Capitol Records
Don't Make Me Cry Again Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys April 1952 Capitol Records
Green Light Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys September 1948 Capitol Records
Honky-Tonk Girl Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys June 1954 Capitol Records
I Cast a Lonesome Shadow Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys July 1962 Capitol Records
I've Come Awful Close Hank Thompson 1971 Dot Records
(I've Got a) Humpty Dumpty Heart Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys November 1947 Capitol Records
Jersey Bounce Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys Orchestra May 1954 Capitol Records
Most of All Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys July 1955 Capitol Records
No Help Wanted Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys February 1953 Capitol Records
Once in a Blue Moon Hank Thompson July 1983 Churchill Records Ltd.
One of the Fortunate Few Hank Thompson August 1970 Dot Records
Red Skin Gal Hank Thompson September 1955 Capitol Records
Roses in the Wine Hank Thompson January 1973 Dot Records
Rub-A-Dub-Dub Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys April 1953 Capitol Records
Squaws Along the Yukon Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys July 1958 Capitol Records
Swing Wide Your Gate of Love Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys August 1946 Globe [US1]
The Blackboard of My Heart Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys February 1956 Capitol Records
The New Wears Off Too Fast Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys October 1952 Capitol Records
The Wild Side of Life Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys January 1952 Capitol Records
Tomorrow Night Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys June 1949 Capitol Records
Under the Double Eagle Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys August 1957 Capitol Records
Wake Up, Irene Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys 1953 Capitol Records
When God Calls His Children Home Hank Thompson August 1950 Capitol Records
Where Is Your Heart Tonight Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys March 1951 Capitol Records
Wildwood Flower Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys with Merle Travis April 1955 Capitol Records
Yesterday's Girl Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys August 1953 Capitol Records