HANK THOMPSON
born Henry Williams Thompson on September 3, 1925 in Waco, TX
died November 6, 2007 in Keller, TX
(-/-)= Billboard chart position: Top Country albums/ Top Pop albums
(-/-)= Billboard chart position: Top Country singles/ Top Pop singles
lyrics inside
| Capitol (1952 - 1970) | ||
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| FAVORITES |
Capitol H-9111 | 1952 |
Wild Side Of Life, Today, Tomorrow Night, Whoa Sailor, Green Light, Love Thief, Humpty Dumpty Heart, Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart.
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| SONGS OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY |
Capitol T-418 | 1955 |
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, Simple Simon Simple Heart, Letter Edged In Black, Mother The Queen Of My Heart, You Don't Have The Nerve, At The Rainbow's End.
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| NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE |
Capitol T-618 | 1955 |
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.
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| NEW RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME HITS |
Capitol T-729 | 1956 |
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.
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| HANK |
Capitol T-826 | 1957 |
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.
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| DANCE RANCH |
Capitol T-975 | 1958 |
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 (For A Memory), Summit Ridge Drive, I Wouldn't Miss It For The World, Lawdy What A Gal.
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| FAVORITE WALTZES |
Capitol T-1111 | 1958 |
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 Next Monday, Gold And Silver Waltz.
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| DANCE RANCH SONGS FOR ROUNDERS |
Capitol T-1111 | 1959 |
Three Times Seven, I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die, Drunkard's Blues, Teach 'em How To Swim, Dry Bread, Cocaine Blues, Deep Elem Blues, Bummin' Around, Little Blossom, Roving Gambler, Left My Gal In The Mountains, May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister.
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| MOST OF ALL |
Capitol T-1360 | 1960 |
Most Of All(6/-), Blackboard Of My Heart(4/-), Tears Are Only Rain(14/-), Wake Up Irene, Breakin' The Rules, Squaws Along The Yukon(2/-), Green Light, We've Gone Too Far, I Was The First One(13/-), Girl In The Night, Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart, Rockin' In The Congo(13/-).
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| THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE |
Capitol ST-1469 | 1960 |
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.
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| AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR |
Capitol ST-1544 | 1961 |
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.
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| AT THE GOLDEN NUGGET |
Capitol ST-1632 | 1961 |
Honky Tonk Girl, I Guess I'm Getting Over You, I'll Step Aside, Orange Blossom, I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love(22/-), John Henry, Nine Pound Hammer, She's Just A Whole Lot Like You(14/99), Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, Steel Guitar Rag, Just One Step Away, Lost Highway, Six Packs To Go(10/-).
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| NO. 1 COUNTRY AND WESTERN BAND |
Capitol DT-1741 | 1962 |
Gathering Flowers From The Hillside, Jersey Bounce, Westphalia Waltz, Weeping Willow, Cocoanut Grove, Give The World A Smile, Wildwood Flower(5/-), Johnson Rag, Blue Skirt Waltz, Red Skin Gal, Tuxedo Junction, Under The Double Eagle.
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| CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS | Capitol ST-1775 | 1962 |
Annie Over(13/-), Drop Me Gently (so Many Heart Won't Break), Forgive Me, Rose City Chimes, You're Walking On My Heart, Oklahoma Hills(7/-), Cowboy's Prayer, That's The Recipe For A Heartache, Darling What More Can I Say, Hangover Tavern(12/-), I'll Sign My Heart Away, Teach Me How To Lie(25/-), Cincinnati Lou.
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| THE BEST | Capitol ST-1878 | 1963 |
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.
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| AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS | Capitol ST-1955 | 1963 |
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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, Simple Simon Simple Heart, There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas.
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| GOLDEN COUNTRY HITS(6/-) |
Capitol ST-2089 | 1964 |
San Antonio Rose, Pick Me Up On Your Way Down, Wild Side Of Life(1/-), Shotgun Boogie, Back Street Affair, Detour, Wabash Cannonball, You Nearly Lose Your Mind, Yesterday's Girl(8/-), I'll Keep On Loving You, I Don't Hurt Anymore, Beer Barrel Polka.
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| IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME | Capitol ST-2154 | 1964 |
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.
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| BREAKIN' IN ANOTHER HEART(18/-) | Capitol ST-2274 | 1965 |
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(11/-), I'd Have Never Found Somebody New, Don't Take It Out On Me(5/-), Breakin' In Another Heart(7/-).
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| LUCKIEST HEARTACHE IN TOWN(17/-) | Capitol ST-2342 | 1965 |
Luckiest Heartache In Town, Just To Ease The Pain, Then I'll Start Believing In You(42/-), Whatever Happened To Mary, There My Future Goes, I Wasn't Even In The Running(23/-), Stirring Up The Ashes, In The Back Of Your Mind, You're Going Back To Your Old Ways Again(26/-), Twice As Much(1/-), What Made Her Change, Total Strangers(25/-).
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| SIX PACK TO GO(19/-) | Capitol DT-2460 | 1966 |
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(13/-), Warm Red Wine, Broken Heart And A Glass Of Beer.
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| BREAKIN' THE RULES | Capitol DT-2575 | 1966 |
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(14/-), Back Street Affair, Teach Me How To Lie, You Were The Cause (Of It All), I Find You Cheatin' On Me, Standing On The Outside (Looking In Now), Don't Flirt With Me.
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| THE BEST 2(34/-) | Capitol DT-2661 | 1967 |
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.
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| JUST AN OLD FLAME | Capitol ST-2826 | 1967 |
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.
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| COUNTRY BLUES | Tower DT-5120 | 1968 |
Bummin' Around, Lost John, Roving Gambler, I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die, I've Run Out Of Tomorrows(7/-), Two Hearts Deep In The Blues, Three Times Seven, Dry Bread, Cocaine Blues, Drunkard's Blues.
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| NEW ROVIN' GAMBLER | Hilltop JS-6057 | 1968 |
Roving Gambler, Hangover Heart, Squaws Along The Yukon, If I Cry, Too In Love(22/-), Blue Skirt Waltz, How Do You Feel, Oklahoma Hills, Love Thief, At The Rainbow's End.
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| SIMPLE SIMON SIMPLE HEART | Hilltop JS-6065 | 1969 |
Simple Simon Simple 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.
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| YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE | Hilltop JS-6085 | 1970 |
You Always Hurt The One You Love, Will We Start It All Over Again, You Were The Cause (Of It All), Drop Me Gently, Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder, I Cast A Lonesome Shadow, How Many Teardrops (Will It Take), Mary Had A Little Lamb, Don't Make Me Cry Again, I'd Look Forward To Tomorrow.
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| Warner Brothers (1966 - 1967) | ||
| WHERE IS THE CIRCUS(6/-) | Warner Bros WS-1664 | 1966 |
Where Is The Circus(15/-), 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(7/-), Most Of All(6/-), Blackboard Of My Heart, Breakin' The Rules, Humpty Bumpty Heart, Squaws Along The Yukon(2/-).
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| COUNTRYPOLITAN SOUNDThe Brazos Valley Boys | Warner Bros WS-1679 | 1967 |
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.reissued DLP-25978
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| GOLD STANDARD COLLECTION(42/-) | Warner Bros WS-1686 | 1967 |
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.
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| Dot / ABC / MCA (1968 - 1992) | ||
| SINGS THE GOLD STANDARDS | Dot DLP-25864 | 1968 |
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.
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| ON TAP IN THE CAN OR IN THE BOTTLE(42/-) |
Dot DLP-25894 | 1968 |
On Tap In The Can Or In The Bottle(7/-), He's Got A Way With Women(16/-), 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 (Here Comes The Clown), If I Lose You Tomorrow, I've Got A Date With A Teardrop, Great Society, Let The Four Winds Choose, Lend Me A Dollar.
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| SMOKY THE BAR(16/-) | Dot DLP-25932 | 1969 |
Smoky The Bar(5/-), 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(47/-), Drunkard's Blues, What's Made Milwaukee Famous, Girl In The Night, Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women, Pop A Top.
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| SALUTES OKLAHOMA(38/-) | Dot DLP-25971 | 1969 |
Oklahoma Hills, Dusty Skies, Dear Okie, Oklahoma Home Brew(60/-), 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.
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| INSTRUMENTAL SOUND | Dot DLP-25978 | 1969 |
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.prev released on WS-1679
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| NEXT TIME I FALL IN LOVE(22/-) | Dot DOS-25991 | 1971 |
Next Time I Fall In Love (I Won't)(15/-), At Certain Times, Pathway Of My Life, But That's All Right, I'm Afraid I Lied, Cozy Inn, Mark Of A Heel(18/-), One Of The Fortunate Few, Everybody Loves A Pretty Baby, Take It All Away, Promise Her Everything.
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| 25TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM | Dot DOS2-2000 | 1971 |
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.
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| CAB DRIVER(10/-) | Dot DOS-25996 | 1972 |
Glow Worm(52/-), Lazy River, Paper Doll, Be My Life's Comp, Across The Alley Of The Alamo, Cab Driver(16/-), I'll Be Around, You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Till Then, You Always Hurt The One You Love.
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| GREATEST HITS(34/-) | Dot DOS-26004 | 1972 |
I've Come Awful Close(11/-), 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 (I Won't), Wildwood Flower, Blackboard Of My Heart.sampler
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| KINDLY KEEP IT COUNTRY(22/-) | Dot DOS-26015 | 1973 |
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(8/-), 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.
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| MOVIN' ON(37/-) | Dot DOSD-2003 | 1974 |
Who Left The Door To Heaven Open(10/-), When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In), I Recall A Gypsy Woman, Mama Don't Allow(29/-), Wait A Little Longer Baby, Lovin' On Backstreets, Whatever's Left, Fair Weather Love, Rednecks White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer, Country Bumpkin.
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| SINGS NAT KING COLE | Dot DOSD-2032 | 1975 |
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.
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| BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS(48/-) | Dot DOSD-2060 | 1976 |
Big Band Days, Forgive Me, Annie Over, I'll Sign My Heart Away, Three Little Swigs, Honky Tonk Girl(91/-), Hangover Tavern, Yesterday's Girl, Another Shot Of Toddy, Bring Back The Waltzes, Play For Me One Polka.
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| THE THOMPSON TOUCH | Dot DO-2069 | 1977 |
Don't Get Around Much Anymore, She's Just A Whole Lot Like You, Simple Simon Simple Heart, It Gets More Like Monday Everyday, Just An Old Flame(92/-), Bummin' Around, Just One Step Away, When You've Seen One Broken Heart, Absent Minded Me, Comin' In For Rye.
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| DOIN' MY THINGS | Dot DO-2091 | 1977 |
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.
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| BRAND NEW HANK | ABC AY-1095 | 1978 |
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(29/-), 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'.reissued MCA-689
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| TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA | MCA 3250 | 1980 |
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.
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| HALL OF FAME | MCA 10545 | 1992 |
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, Simple Simon Simple Heart, Just An Old Flame, Wounds All Heels Money Trouble And Love.
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| Other recordings | ||
| VINTAGE COLLECTIONS | Capitol 113073 | 1996 |
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.
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| HANK THOMPSON AND HIS BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS | Bear Family BCD-15904 | 1996 |
complete Capitol recordings, 12 CD box
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