Honky-Tonk Girl (Hank Thompson song) explained
| Honky-Tonk Girl |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys |
| A-Side: | "Honky-Tonk Girl"
"We've Gone Too Far" |
| Recorded: | 1954 |
| Genre: | country |
| Label: | Capitol 2823 |
| Prev Title: | A Fooler, A Faker |
| Prev Year: | 1954 |
| Next Title: | We've Gone Too Far |
| Next Year: | 1954 |
| Honky-Tonk Girl |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| Album: | Now, There Was a Song! |
| A-Side: | "Honky-Tonk Girl"
"Second Honeymoon" |
| Genre: | country |
| Label: | Columbia 4-41707 |
| Url: | https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Cash-Second-Honeymoon-Honky-Tonk-Girl/master/654194 |
| Johnny Cash - Second Honeymoon / Honky-Tonk Girl |
| Website: | Discogs |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Accessdate: | 2019-01-20 |
"Honky-Tonk Girl" is a song co-written and originally recorded by Hank Thompson.[1] [2] Released by him on Capitol Records in 1954,[4] it was a nationwide country hit in the United States that year (reaching country number nine on Billboard).
The song was notably covered by Johnny Cash.
Cash's version was released as a single by Columbia Records (Columbia 4-41707, with "Second Honeymoon" on the opposite side)[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] in June[11] [12] or July 1960.[13]
Composition
The song evokes a barroom atmosphere.[14]
Charts
Johnny Cash version
Notes and References
- Web site: Cover versions of Honky-Tonk Girl by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys. SecondHandSongs. 2019-01-25.
- Book: Nat Shapiro. Bruce Pollock. Popular music, 1920-1979: a revised cumulation. 1985-09-01. Gale Research Co.. 978-0-8103-0847-3.
- [2]
- Book: Thurston Moore. The Country Music Who's who. 1971. Heather Publications.
- [4]
- Book: John L. Smith. Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. 1 January 1999. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-3629-7.
- Book: Joel Whitburn. Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. 2002. Record Research. 978-0-89820-151-2.
Book: Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. 2005. Record Research. 978-0-89820-165-9.
- Book: Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. 2007. Record Research. 978-0-89820-172-7.
- Book: Tim Neely. Goldmine Records & Prices. registration. Second Honky-Tonk Girl Columbia 41707.. 2004-05-01. Krause Publications. 978-0-87349-781-7.
- Book: George Albert. The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. 1984-01-01. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-1685-5.
- Book: Peter Lewry. I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. 2001. Helter Skelter. 978-1-900924-22-1.
June
Both Columbia and Sun Records release singles this month – “Second Honeymoon”/“Honky Tonk Girl” (Columbia 4-41707) and “Story Of A Broken Heart”/“Down The Street To 301” (Sun 343)..
- Book: The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. 1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29506-5. 21–.
- Book: Steve Turner. The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. 2005-10-30. Thomas Nelson. 978-1-4185-7809-1. 245–.
- Book: Country: The Music and the Musicians : from the Beginnings to the '90s. 1994. Country Music Foundation. 9781558598799. “The Wild Side of Life,” a William Warren composition that was a #1 for Thompson in 1952, is probably his best-known hit. It evoked the barroom atmosphere that Thompson would return to over and over again in songs like “Honky Tonk Girl,” ....
