Sings Hank Williams
| Sings Hank Williams | ||||
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| Studio album by Johnny Cash | ||||
| Released | Original: September 15, 1960 Re-issued: June 17, 2003 |
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| Recorded | July 30, 1955 - May 15, 1958 | |||
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| Length | 27:59 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Sun | |||
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| Johnny Cash chronology | ||||
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Sings Hank Williams is the seventh album by American country and rock and roll singer Johnny Cash, released under Sun Records on September 15, 1960. The album was reissued on Varèse Sarabande on June 17, 2003 as Sings Hank Williams and Other Favorites with five bonus tracks, two of them being alternate recordings of numbers already available on the album.
Only the first four of the twelve tracks on the album were written by Williams, with most of the others being written by Cash. (Additional songs composed by Williams are included in the 2003 reissue.) About half of the songs on the album had previously been issued on LP by Sun. Making their album debut are the tracks "Straight A's in Love", "Come in Stranger", "Give My Love to Rose", "Mean-Eyed Cat" and "I Love You Because".
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Johnny Cash, except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Can't Help It" | Hank Williams | 1:45 |
| 2. | "You Win Again" | Williams | 2:18 |
| 3. | "Hey, Good Lookin'" | Williams | 1:41 |
| 4. | "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" | Williams | 2:14 |
| 5. | "Next in Line" | 2:48 | |
| 6. | "Straight A's in Love" | 2:15 | |
| 7. | "Folsom Prison Blues" | 2:49 | |
| 8. | "Give My Love to Rose" | 2:45 | |
| 9. | "I Walk the Line" | 2:46 | |
| 10. | "I Love You Because" | Leon Payne | 2:26 |
| 11. | "Come In Stranger" | 1:42 | |
| 12. | "Mean Eyed Cat" | 2:30 |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 13. | "Cold, Cold Heart" | Williams | 2:22 |
| 14. | "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" | Williams, Jimmie Davis | 2:26 |
| 15. | "Come In Stranger" | 2:01 | |
| 16. | "Wide Open Road" | 1:49 | |
| 17. | "I Love You Because" (with the Gene Lowery Singers) | Leon Payne | 2:26 |
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Total length:
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36:41 | ||
Charts
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1959 | "Straight A's in Love" | Country Singles | 16 |
| 1959 | "Straight A's in Love" | Pop Singles | 84 |
| 1959 | "I Love You Because" | Country Singles | 20 |
| 1960 | "Give My Love to Rose" | Country Singles | 13 |
| 1960 | "Come In Stranger" | Country Singles | 6 |
| 1960 | "Come In Stranger" | Pop Singles | 66 |
| 1960 | "Mean Eyed Cat" | Country Singles | 30 |
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