On November 9, 1951, “MGM” label released “Hank Williams Sings”, the debut Hank Williams album. It was recorded in December 1946, April – November 1947, March – August 1949, and was produced by Fred Rose.
Personnel:
- Hank Williams -vocals, guitar
- Zeb Turner – lead guitar
- Zeke Turner – lead guitar
- Jerry Byrd – steel guitar
- Don Davis – steel guitar
- Dale “Smokey” Lohman – steel guitar
- Louis Innis – bass, rhythm guitar
- Jack Shook – rhythm guitar
- James “Guy” Willis – guitar
- Tommy Jackson – fiddle
- Dale Potter – fiddle
- Charles “Skeeter” Willis – fiddle
- Chubby Wise – fiddle
- Ernie Newton – bass
- Bronson “Brownie” Reynolds – bass
- Velma Williams Smith – bass
- Charles “Indian” Wright – bass
Track listing:
- Lost Highway – Leon Payne
- I’ve Just Told Mama Goodbye – Slim Sweet, Curley Kinsey
- I Saw the Light – Hank Willians
- Six Miles (To the Graveyard) – Hank Williams
- A Mansion on the Hill – Hank Williams
- Wealth Won’t Save Your Soul – Hank Williams
- Wedding Bells – Claude Boone
- A House Without Love – Hank Williams
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