HALF AS MUCH

Created on 20/11/2002
Latest update on 17/12/2023

Artist: Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers
Author: Curley Williams
Label: Columbia
Year: 1951

Reissued on Cattle Call cd Swing And Boogie Time With. No relation with Hank Williams, although they knew each other well.

Covers:

1952:

Hank Williams [n°2 C&W; released later but the first version recorded]

1952:

Rosemary Clooney [n°1 US & n°3 UK; produced by the same Mitch Miller after helping Tony Bennett to the top with Hank's Cold Cold Heart, the first time one of his songs hit nationally]

1952:

Dinah Washington

1954:

Norman Petty Trio

1959:

Connie Francis

1960:

George Jones

1962:

Ray Charles [on his US hit album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music]

1962:

Patsy Cline

1967:

Charlie Rich

1969:

Marty Robbins

1973:

Glen Campbell

1974:

Petula Clark

1992:

Emmylou Harris

2006:

Van Morrison

2013:

BR5-49

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