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Hank Thompson

Person · male · United States · Waco · born 1925 · died 2007 · recording since 1950

American country musician (1925-2007)

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Also known as Henry William Thompson · ハンク・トンプソン

Debut: 1950
Recording span: 57 years
Release groups: 59
Awards: 3
Timeline events: 26
Wiki language versions: 12

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Timeline

26 events▣ Album 22◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1† Death 1

1920s
1. 3 September 1925 · Birth
  Born 1925-09-03
  source: wikidata
1950s
1. May 1950 · Debut release
  Debut release: She's a Girl Without Any Sweetheart / Take a Look at the Broken Heart
  First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. June 1952 · Album
  Album: Favorites
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1955 · Album
  Album: Songs of the Brazos Valley
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. August 1959 · Album
  Album: Songs for Rounders
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1960s
1. 1960 · Album
  Album: Most of All
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1967 · Album
  Album: The Gold Standard Collection
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1968 · Album
  Album: Country Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. August 1968 · Album
  Album: On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1969 · Album
  Album: Smoky the Bar
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1969 · Album
  Album: Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1971 · Album
  Album: Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1972 · Album
  Album: Cab Driver: A Salute to the Mills Brothers
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1973 · Album
  Album: Kindly Keep It Country
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1974 · Album
  Album: Movin' On
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1975 · Album
  Album: Sings the Hits of Nat "King" Cole
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1976 · Album
  Album: Back in the Swing of Things
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1977 · Album
  Album: The Thompson Touch
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1977 · Album
  Album: Doin' My Thing
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1978 · Album
  Album: Brand New Hank
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: Take Me Back to Tulsa
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1 February 1991 · Album
  Album: Here's to Country Music
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 28 March 1995 · Album
  Album: Greatest Songs, Vol. 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 28 March 1995 · Album
  Album: Greatest Songs, Vol. 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2002 · Award
  Honoured: Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
  source: wikidata
2. 6 November 2007 · Death
  Died 2007
  source: wikidata

Biography

English biography737 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373112467

Biography

Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, the Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played; the primary difference between his music and that of Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged; however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw until a month before he died in 2007.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.

Life

Born in Waco, Texas, United States, Thompson was interested in music from an early age, and won several amateur harmonica contests. He decided to pursue his musical talent after serving in the United States Navy in World War II as a radioman and studying electrical engineering at Princeton University before his discharge. He had intended to continue those studies on the GI Bill following his 1946 discharge, and return to Waco. Later that year, after having regional hits with his first single "Whoa Sailor" for Globe Records, Dallas (Globe 124) and almost simultaneously "California Women" for another Dallas label (Blue Bonnet 123), he chose to pursue a full-time musical career.
In 1952, he brought his first number-one single, "The Wild Side of Life", which contained the memorable line, "I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels". (This line inspired songwriter J. D. "Jay" Miller to write the 1952 answer song "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which became the first hit single for pioneer female country vocalist Kitty Wells.) Other hits for Thompson followed in quick succession in the 1950s and 1960s.
Thompson began singing in a plaintive honky-tonk style similar to that of Ernest Tubb, but desiring to secure more engagements in the dance halls of the Southwest, he reconfigured his band, the Brazos Valley Boys, to play a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others made famous, emphasizing the dance beat and meticulous arrangements.
From 1947 to 1964, he recorded for Capitol Records, then joined Warner Bros. Records, where he remained from 1966 through 1967. From 1968 through 1980, he recorded for Dot Records and its successors, ABC Dot and MCA Records. In 1997, Thompson released Hank Thompson and Friends, a collection of solo tracks and duets with some of country music's most popular performers. In 2000, he released a new album, Seven DecadesSeven DecadesAlbum · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Sting in This Ole Bee2:332In the Jailhouse Now2:213Condo in Hondo2:364Triflin' Gal2:275Dinner for One, Please James2:516The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down3:347I'll Start Believing in You3:118Abdul Abulbul Amir2:539Lobo the Hobo2:4910New Wine in Old Bottles3:1711Medicine Man2:4712Scotch and Soda2:4013Wreck of the Old '972:41, on the Hightone label. The title reflected his recording history from the 1940s to 2000s.
Thompson was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. He continued touring throughout the U.S. until shortly before he became ill. Often, he worked with a reconstituted version of the Brazos Valley Boys that included a few original members.

Retirement and death

Thompson's last public performance was on October 8, 2007, in Waco, Texas, his birthplace. A smoker for most of his adult life, Thompson was admitted into a Texas hospital in mid-October for shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of lung cancer. On November 1, 2007, two days after being released, Thompson cancelled the rest of his 2007 Sunset Tour and retired from singing. He went into hospice care at his home in Keller, Texas, and died five days later, on November 6, 2007, aged 82.
According to Thompson's spokesman, Tracy Pitcox, president of Heart of Texas Records, Thompson requested that no funeral be held. On November 14, a "celebration of life", open to both fans and friends, took place at Billy Bob's Texas, a Ft. Worth country and western nightclub that bills itself as the World's Largest Honky-Tonk.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

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Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	12	64.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	59	95.4th
Studio albums	22	97th
Awards recorded	3	95.4th
Timeline events	26	95.9th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	7	93th

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Discography (59 release groups · 22 studio albums)

Albums · 22

Favorites
1952 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Wild Side of Life
A2Today
A3Tomorrow Night
A4Whoa Sailor
B1Green Light
B2Love Thief
B3Humpty Dumpty Heart
B4Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart
Songs of the Brazos Valley
1955 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Wild Side of Life
A2Yesterday’s Girl
A3When You’re Lovin’ You’re Livin’
A4John Henry
A5I Saw My Mother’s Name
A6Letter Edged in Black
B1Mother the Queen of My Heart
B2You Don’t Have the Nerve
B3At the Rainbow’s End
B4Green Light
B5Rub‐A‐Dub‐Dub
B6Simple Simon Simple Heart
Songs for Rounders
1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Three Times Seven
A2I'll Be a Bachelor Till I Die
A3Drunkards' Blues
A4Teach 'em How to Swim
A5Dry Bread
A6Cocaine Blues
B1Deep Elm Blues
B2Bummin' Around
B3Little Blossom
B4Rovin' Gambler
B5Left My Gal in the Mountains
B6May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister?
Most of All
1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1New Green Light
2Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart
3Squaws Along the Yukon
4Wake Up Irene
5Blackboard of My Heart
6Rockin' in the Congo
7Girl in the Night
8I Was the First One
9Tears Are Only Rain
10We've Gone Too Far
11Most of All
12Breakin' the Rules
The Gold Standard Collection
1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:19
A1Six Days on the Road2:42
A2She Thinks I Still Care2:41
A3Slipping Around2:03
A4Whoa Sailor2:03
A5He'll Have to Go2:20
A6Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)2:58
B1Walking the Floor Over You2:37
B2Together Again2:42
B3I'm Movin' On2:25
B4Cold, Cold Heart3:11
B5Sixteen Tons2:37
B6Steel Guitar Rag2:00
Country Blues
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 25:26
A1Bummin' Around2:38
A2Lost John2:15
A3Rovin' Gambler2:48
A4I'll Be a Bachelor Til I Die2:12
A5I've Run Out of Tomorrows2:23
B1Two Hearts Deep in the Blues2:28
B2Three Times Seven2:05
B3Dry Bread2:38
B4Cocaine Blues3:00
B5Drunkard's Blues2:59
On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:50
A1On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle2:23
A2He's Got a Way With Women2:46
A3No. 1 on the Hurt Parade2:20
A4Love Walked Out Before She Did2:16
A5I'll Set My Teardrops to Music2:37
A6The Big One Got Away1:55
B1Where Is the Circus (Here Comes the Clown)2:28
B2If I Love You Tomorrow2:55
B3I've Got a Date With a Teardrop2:20
B4The Great Society1:57
B5Let the Four Winds Choose2:45
B6Lend Me a Dollar2:08
Smoky the Bar
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:26
A1Smoky the Bar2:26
A2Ace in the Hole2:35
A3Let's Get Drunk and Be Somebody2:27
A4New Records on the Jukebox2:41
A5My Rough and Rowdy Ways2:19
A6Cocaine Blues2:59
B1I See Them Everywhere2:05
B2Drunkard's Blues3:44
B3What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)2:09
B4Girl in the Night3:03
B5Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women2:38
B6Pop a Top2:20
Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:53
A1Oklahoma Hills2:27
A2Dusty Skies2:53
A3Dear Okie2:09
A4Oklahoma Home Brew1:53
A5The Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma2:35
A6Take Me Back to Tulsa2:26
B1Guthrie3:27
B2Happy Oklahoma2:11
B3O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A2:15
B4Homesick, Lonesome, Hillbilly Okie2:10
B5Big Boat Across Oklahoma2:37
B6Oklahoma Stomp2:50
Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:51
A1Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)2:42
A2At Certain Times2:43
A3The Pathway of My Life4:14
A4But That's All Right2:11
A5I'm Afraid I Lied2:30
A6Cozy Inn2:40
B1The Mark of a Heel3:27
B2One of the Fortunate Few2:33
B3Everybody Loves a Pretty Baby3:24
B4Take It All Away2:05
B5Promise Her Everything2:22
Cab Driver: A Salute to the Mills Brothers
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:15
A1Glow Worm2:37
A2Lazy River2:37
A3Paper Doll2:39
A4Be My Life's Companion3:00
A5Gloria2:53
A6Across the Alley From the Alamo2:16
B1Cab Driver2:21
B2I'll Be Around2:49
B3You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You2:48
B4Till Then2:30
B5You Always Hurt the One You Love2:45
Kindly Keep It Country
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:09
A1Kindly Keep It Country2:33
A2Jill's Jack in the Box2:38
A3Southern Loving2:15
A4It's Four in the Morning3:04
A5I Ain't Never1:57
B1The Older the Violin, the Sweeter the Music2:33
B2The Corner of My Life3:20
B3Little Red Wagon2:40
B4Behind Closed Doors2:55
B5The Lord Knows I'm Drinking2:50
B6A Six Pack to Go2:24
Movin' On
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:13
A1Who Left the Door to Heaven Open2:25
A2When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again2:24
A3There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll take Me Back in)2:34
A4I Recall a Gypsy Woman2:50
A5Mama Don't 'Low3:49
B1Wait a Little Longer Baby2:35
B2Lovin' on Back Streets2:50
B3Whatever's Left2:39
B4Fair Weather Love2:23
B5Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer2:27
B6Country Bumpkin3:17
Sings the Hits of Nat "King" Cole
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 27:14
A1Too Young2:22
A2It's Only a Paper Moon2:11
A3A Blossom Fell2:29
A4Pretend2:27
A5Ramblin' Rose2:15
B1Gypsy2:39
B2That's All There Is, There Isn't Any More2:02
B3Answer Me, My Love2:53
B4Oh Mary Don't You Weep2:10
B5Mona Lisa3:08
B6If I May2:38
Back in the Swing of Things
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:05
A1Big Band Days2:47
A2Forgive Me2:51
A3Annie Over2:49
A4I'll Sign My Heart Away2:35
A5Three Little Swigs2:08
A6Honky Tonk Girl2:25
B1Hangover Tavern2:34
B2Yesterday's Girl2:59
B3Another Shot of Toddy2:34
B4Bring Back the Waltzes2:12
B5Play for Me One Polka2:11
The Thompson Touch
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 26:21
A1Don't Get Around Much Anymore2:32
A2She's Just a Whole Lot Like You2:35
A3Simple Simon, Simple Heart2:14
A4It Gets More Like Monday Everyday2:35
A5Just an Old Flame3:09
B1Bummin' Around2:48
B2Just One Step Away2:35
B3When You've Seen One Broken Heart2:50
B4Absent Minded Me2:35
B5Comin' in for Rye2:28
Doin' My Thing
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 27:31
A1Cheaters Never Win2:31
A2Window in My Heart2:44
A3If I Had One Ounce of Sense2:46
A4Time Wounds All Heels2:45
A5It's Five O'Clock Somewhere2:40
B1We Don't Love There Anymore2:53
B2If Worst Comes to Worst2:57
B3She Loves the One She's With2:35
B4Ages and Ages Ago3:05
B5Johnny on the Spot2:35
Brand New Hank
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:04
A1I'm Just Gettin' By2:43
A2Dance With Me Molly2:44
A3Sings of Love2:13
A4Through the Bottom of the Glass2:30
A5Have a Good Time2:29
B1I Hear the South Callin' Me2:18
B2Point of No Return2:22
B3Tony's Tank-Up, Drive-In Cafe2:29
B4That Want You, Need You, Got to Have You Feelin'2:00
B5World's Greatest Feelin'2:16
Take Me Back to Tulsa
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:59
A1Rollin' in Your Sweet Sunshine2:22
A2Take Me Back to Tulsa2:19
A3Texas and Okies2:25
A4Gettin' Down, Gettin' Together, Gettin' in Love3:02
A5One Hell of a Weekend2:37
B1The King of Western Swing2:04
B2You're Poppin' Tops2:35
B3Star of the Startlight Saloon2:28
B4A Little More Country2:28
B5If I Were in Your Shoes2:39
Here's to Country Music
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:28
1If I Were You I'd Fall in Love with Me2:55
2Here's to Country Music2:12
3If You Got the Money2:14
4The Hand I'm Holding Now2:42
5Walkin' Back to San Antonio2:32
6You Can't Teach an Old Heart New Tricks2:23
7Drownin' My Troubles (Till They've Learned How to Swim)3:15
8There's a Woman Waitin' in Nogales3:12
9You're Gettin' Love All over Me2:15
10Cowgirl Cutie2:53
11We Almost Had Texas Skies Today3:00
12Love on the Rocks2:55
Greatest Songs, Vol. 1
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 25:54
1Wild Side of Life2:51
2Most of All3:09
3A Fooler, a Faker2:14
4A Six Pack to Go2:12
5Green Light2:23
6Yesterday's Girl3:16
7Squaws Along the Yukan2:29
8Honky-Tonk Girl2:23
9Humpty Dumpty Heart2:27
10Find Her Keep Her2:30
Greatest Songs, Vol. 2
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 27:46
1Oklahoma Hills (Re-Recorded In Stereo)2:42
2Rub-A-Dub-Dub (Re-Recorded In Stereo)2:21
3Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart (Re-Recorded In Stereo)2:36
4The Blackboard Of My Heart (Re-Recorded In Stereo)2:27
5Whoa Sailor (Re-Recorded In Stereo)2:15
6Breakin' The Rules (Re-Recorded In Stereo)2:58
7Anybody's Girl (Re-Recorded In Stereo)2:35
8That's What Sells The Wine (Re-Recorded In Stereo)3:26
9Tears Are Only Rain (Re-Recorded In Stereo)3:04
10A Girl In The Night (Re-Recorded In Stereo)3:22

Single · 10

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1950	She's a Girl Without Any Sweetheart / Take a Look at the Broken HeartSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1She's a Girl Without Any Sweetheart 2Take a Look at the Broken Heart	May 1950
1950	Cat Has Nine Lives / My Front Door Is OpenSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1Cat Has Nine Lives 2My Front Door Is Open	July 1950
1950	Soft Lips / Give a Little Take a LittleSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1Soft Lips 2Give a Little Take a Little	July 1950
1950	You Remembered Me / I Find You Cheatin' on MeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1You Remembered Me 2I Find You Cheatin' on Me	July 1950
1950	Rock in the Ocean / Grass Looks GreenerSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1Rock in the Ocean 2Grass Looks Greener	July 1950
1950	Green Light / Mary Had a Little LambSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1Green Light 2Mary Had a Little Lamb	July 1950
1950	Second Hand Girl / Don't Flirt With MeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1Second Hand Girl 2Don't Flirt With Me	July 1950
1950	Today / Whoa SailorSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1Today 2Whoa Sailor	July 1950
1950	Tomorrow Night / Swing Wide Your Gate of LoveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1Tomorrow Night 2Swing Wide Your Gate of Love	July 1950
1950	California Women / Humpty Dumpty HeartSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1California Women 2Humpty Dumpty Heart	July 1950

Album · 27

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1961	At the Golden NuggetSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 36:19 A1Honky Tonk Girl3:01 A2Guess I'm Getting Over You2:34 A3I'll Step Aside2:31 A4Orange Blossom Special2:45 A5I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love3:06 A6John Henry3:03 B1Nine Pound Hammer2:58 B2She's Just a Whole Lot Like You2:44 B3Have I Told You Lately That I Love You2:59 B4Steel Guitar Rag2:15 B5Just One Step Away2:22 B6Lost Highway2:46 B7A Six Pack to Go3:15	Live	September 1961
1970	You Always Hurt the One You LoveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:11 A1You Always Hurt the One You Love2:49 A2Will We Start It All Over Again2:15 A3You Were the Cause of It All2:29 A4Drop Me Gently2:18 A5The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder2:14 B1I Cast a Lonesome Shadow2:35 B2How Many Teardrops (Will It Take)2:03 B3Mary Had a Little Lamb2:36 B4Don't Make Me Cry Again2:21 B5I'd Look Forward to Tomorrow2:31	Compilation	1970
1971	25th Anniversary AlbumSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:00:56 Disc 112 tracks · 28:58 A1Whoa! Sailor2:03 A2Tomorrow Night2:28 A3Swing Wide Your Gate of Love2:08 A4Most of All2:50 A5We've Gone Too Far2:48 A6Green Light2:05 D1Where Is the Circus2:28 D2On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle2:22 D3Oklahome Home Brew1:53 D4Smoky the Bar2:25 D5Teardrops on the Rocks2:39 D6I've Come Awful Close2:49 Disc 212 tracks · 31:58 B1(I've Got a) Humpty Dumpty Heart2:38 B2Today2:55 B3Waiting in Your Lobby of Your Heart2:42 B4New Blackboard of My Heart2:19 B5It's Better to Have Loved a Little2:45 B6Where My Sweet Baby Used to Walk2:28 C1Wild Side of Life2:55 C2Oklahoma Hills2:27 C3Breakin' the Rules2:33 C4Squaws Along the Yukon2:25 C5I'd Do It Again3:03 C6Wildwood Flower2:48	Compilation	1971
1972	Greatest Hits, Volume 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:00 A1I've Come Awful Close2:49 A2Oklahoma Hills2:27 A3The Mark of a Heel3:27 A4(I've Got a) Humpty Dumpty Heart2:38 A5Green Light2:05 A6Smoky the Bar2:25 B1Squaws Along the Yukon2:25 B2Wild Side of Life2:55 B3Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)2:42 B4Wildwood Flower2:48 B5New Blackboard of My Heart2:19	Compilation	1972
1987	Hank Thompson 20 Greatest HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 51:32 1Squaws Along The Yukon2:31 2Rub -A - Dub - Dub2:14 3Blackboard Of My Heart3:07 4The New Green Light2:24 5The Older The Violin The Sweeter The Music2:25 6A Six Pack To Go2:13 7Who Left The Door To Heaven Open2:40 8I've Come Awful Close2:43 9Anybody's Girl2:53 10Tears Are Only Rain2:44 11Wild Side Of Life2:50 12Humpty Dumpty Heart2:15 13Wake Up Irene2:21 14Smokey The Bar2:36 15Okahoma Hills2:29 16On Tap, In The Can Or In The Bottle2:31 17Yesterday's Girl3:04 18Honky Tonk Girl2:26 19We've Gone Too Far2:56 20Cab Driver2:10	Compilation	1987
1989	Collectors SeriesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 50:23 1(I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart2:26 2Whoa, Sailor2:22 3The Wild Side Of Life2:58 4Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart2:26 5Rub-A-Dub-Dub2:15 6Yesterday's Girl3:07 7Wake Up, Irene2:17 8Breakin' The Rules2:45 9Honky Tonk Girl2:27 10We've Gone Too Far2:46 11The New Green Light2:10 12Breakin' In Another Heart2:31 13Don't Take It Out On Me2:30 14The Blackboard Of My Heart2:17 15Rockin' In The Congo2:25 16Squaws Along The Yukon2:31 17A Six Pack To Go2:09 18She's Just A Whole Lot Like You2:40 19Oklahoma Hills2:46 20Hangover Tavern2:35	Compilation	1989
1989	Hall of Fame ClassicsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:01:56 1The Wild Side of Life2:53 2Fooler a Faker2:15 3Most of All3:10 4Six Pack to Go2:14 5Yesterday's Girl3:17 6Green Light2:23 7Today2:50 8Squaws Along the Yukon2:30 9Honky-Tonk Girl2:23 10Humpty Dumpty Heart2:27 11Oklahoma Hills2:41 12Whoa Sailor2:17 13Girl in the Night3:26 14Blackboard of My Heart2:27 15Breakin' the Rules2:58 16I've Convinced Everybody2:40 17A Lonely Heart Knows2:59 18Swing Wide Your Gate of Love2:45 19Tears Are Only Rain3:03 20Rub-A-Dub-Dub2:22 21Waiting in the Lobby of My Heart2:36 22Anybody's Girl2:35 23Tomorrow Night2:45	Compilation	1989
1990	All-Time Greatest HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:27 1The Wild Side of Life2:47 2Humpty Dumpty Heart2:28 3Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart2:29 4Rub-A-Dub-Dub2:18 5Yesterday's Girl3:09 6Wake Up Irene2:20 7Honky-Tonk Girl2:30 8Hangover Tavern2:38 9The Blackboard of My Heart2:19 10Squaws Along the Yukon2:33 11A Six Pack to Go2:11 12Oklahoma Hills2:45	Compilation	1990
1992	The Country Music Hall of Fame: Hank ThompsonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 43:12 1On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle2:27 2Smoky the Bar2:30 3Mutiny on the Monotony1:56 4Most of All2:56 5It's Better to Have Loved a Little (Than to Never Have Loved at All)2:46 6Tomorrow Night (You'll Have Another Sweetheart)2:53 7Swing Wide Your Gate of Love2:11 8The Mark of a Heel3:34 9Across the Alley From the Alamo2:19 10The Older the Violin, the Sweeter the Music2:35 11I'll Sign My Heart Away2:38 12Annie Over2:51 13Simple Simon, Simple Heart2:20 14Just an Old Flame3:15 15Time Wounds All Heels2:49 16Money, Trouble and Love3:12	Compilation	1992
1997	Hank Thompson & FriendsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:43 1Six Pack to Go2:12 2Get the Hell Out of Dodge3:16 3Gotta 'Sell Them Chickens2:58 4I Picked a San Antonio Rose2:51 5Sobering Up2:30 6Green Light2:16 7I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow2:44 8Hooked on Honky Tonk3:02 9Hey George, Hey Hank2:45 10Total Stranger2:25 11The Wild Side of Life / It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels4:31 12Dry Bread3:13	Compilation	1997
1998	Sound of the Brazos ValleySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 32 tracks · 1:02:22 1Whoa Sailor2:07 2Home in San Antone1:52 3Boogie-Oo Drag1:35 4Green Light1:46 5A Good Man Is Hard to Find2:37 6Down Yonder1:59 7The Tramp on the Street2:15 8Crying in the Deep Blue Sea2:03 9Farther on Down the Road2:53 10Sagebrush Shuffle1:24 11That Beautiful Picture1:59 12I Ain't Cryin' Over You1:27 13The Devil's Dream2:23 14When God Dips His Love in My Heart1:42 15Always Late2:59 16The Grass Looks Greener Over There2:17 17Silver Bells1:24 18Heart Full of Love2:24 19Piano Boogie1:25 20Foggy River2:00 21Beaumont Rag0:51 22Easy to Please1:54 23Uvalde Polka1:50 24Panhandle Rag1:32 25This World Is Not My Home1:52 26I'll Step Aside1:48 27Draggin' the Bow1:14 28I'll Take You to the Picture Show2:07 29Right or Wrong1:59 30I'll Be Your Sweetheart for a Day2:35 31Baca's Boogie2:07 32A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer2:02	Compilation	1998
1999	Famous Country Music MakersSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 50:58 1There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)2:40 2I Recall A Gypsy Woman2:51 3Mama Don't 'low3:54 4Wait A Little Longer Baby2:40 5Lovin' On Back Streets2:55 6Whatever's Left2:45 7Fair Weather Love2:27 8Red Necks, White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer2:31 9Country Bumpkin3:22 10I've Come Awful Close2:53 11Oklahoma Hills2:33 12The Mark Of A Heel3:36 13Humpty Dumpty Heart2:47 14Green Light2:11 15Smokey The Bar2:35 16Squaws Along The Yukon2:29 17The Wild Side Of Life3:01 18Next Time I Fall In Love (I Won't)2:48	Compilation	1999
1999	Dance Ranch / Songs for RoundersSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:02:10 1Beaumont Rag2:13 2Headin’ Down the Wrong Highway2:28 3After All the Things I’ve Done2:49 4Woodchopper’s Ball2:33 5Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin2:18 6Klishama Klingo2:45 7Bartender’s Polka2:32 8Bubbles in My Beer2:18 9Make Room in Your Heart2:31 10Summit Ridge Drive2:35 11I Wouldn’t Miss It for the World2:32 12Lawdy, What a Gal2:25 13Three Times Seven2:10 14I’ll Be a Bachelor Till I Die2:14 15Drunkards’ Blues3:00 16Teach ’em How to Swim2:35 17Dry Bread2:41 18Cocaine Blues3:05 19Deep Elm2:31 20Bummin’ Around2:39 21Little Blossom2:49 22Rovin’ Gambler2:53 23Left My Gal in the Mountains2:20 24May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister3:14	Compilation	1999
1999	Hank WorldSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 47:03 1New Deal of Love2:06 2A Lonely Heart Knows2:07 3Don’t Take It Out on Me2:27 4Rub-A-Dub-Dub2:01 5Simple Simon2:02 6If Lovin’ You Is Wrong1:59 7When You’re Lovin’ You’re Livin’2:11 8Westphalia Waltz2:00 9I’m Tired of Pretending2:45 10I’m a Fool to Fool Around With You2:04 11My Front Door Is Open1:46 12California Women1:50 13I’ll Be Your Sweetheart for a Day1:43 14Don’t Be That Way1:54 15Yesterday’s Mail2:10 16I Find You’re Cheatin’ on Me2:08 17Standin’ on the Outside2:07 18Hangover Heart2:04 19Tippin’ In2:05 20The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder1:49 21Texas Playboy Rag2:06 22Humpty Dumpty Heart1:55 23When God Calls His Children Home1:44	Compilation	1999
2004	Drinkin’ SongsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 44:15 1Six Pack to Go2:08 2Honky Tonk Town2:27 3On Tap, In the Can, and In the Bottle2:25 4Smokey the Bar2:30 5Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer2:28 6Girl in the Night3:03 7Bubbles in My Beer2:17 8Oklahoma Home Brew1:55 9That's What Sells the Wine3:23 10A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer2:35 11Scotch and Soda2:38 12Sobering Up2:30 13Warm Red Wine2:34 14New Wine in Old Bottles3:15 15Hangover Tavern2:35 16Drunkard's Blues2:58 17Beer Barrel Polka2:34	Compilation	2004
2006	Country LegendSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 50:45 1Rub-A-Dub-Dub2:16 2Humpty Dumpty Heart2:26 3The Wild Side of Life2:44 4Wake Up Irene2:17 5Don't Take It Out on Me2:31 6Breakin' the Rules2:45 7The New Green Light2:09 8Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart2:27 9The New Wears Off Too Fast2:41 10No Help Wanted2:00 11Yesterday's Girl3:07 12A Fooler, a Faker2:14 13Honky Tonk Girl2:27 14We've Gone Too Far2:46 15If Loving You Is Wrong2:20 16Annie Over2:37 17Wildwood Flower3:07 18Breakin' in Another Heart2:32 19Most of All2:47 20Green Light2:32	Compilation	2006
2007	Country Music LegendsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 40 tracks · 1:39:42 Disc 120 tracks · 51:47 1The Wild Side of Life2:45 2California Women2:53 3Humpty Dumpty Heart (1948 version)2:26 4Yesterday's Mail2:48 5The Green Light2:34 6What Are We Gonna Do About the Moonlight2:43 7Whoa Sailor2:21 8Tomorrow Night2:41 9Soft Lips2:48 10A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer2:37 11She's a Girl Without a Sweetheart2:35 12If I Cry2:33 13Daddy Blues2:10 14Hangover Heart2:34 15Cryin' in the Deep Blue Sea2:32 16The New Wears Off Too Fast2:41 17How Cold Hearted Can You Get2:34 18Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart2:27 19No Help Wanted2:01 20Yesterday's Girl3:04 Disc 220 tracks · 47:55 1Rub-A-Dub-Dub2:16 2Wake Up, Irene2:18 3When You're Lovin', You're Livin'2:24 4A Fooler, a Faker2:15 5Breakin' the Blues2:45 6Honky Tonk Girl2:28 7We've Gone Too Far2:47 8The New Green Light2:10 9If Lovin' You Is Wrong2:21 10Annie Over2:38 11Breakin' in Another Heart2:32 12Most of All2:48 13Don't Take It Out on Me2:32 14Swing Wide Your Gate of Love2:27 15Standing on the Outside Looking in Now2:11 16My Front Door Is Open2:16 17The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder (1956 version)2:06 18Humpty Dumpty Heart (1956 version)2:08 19I'm Not Mad Just Hurt2:18 20The Blackboard of My Heart2:15	Compilation	2007
2008	A Six Pack To GoSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:20:30 1How Cold Hearted Can You Get2:30 2John Henry2:57 3No Help Wanted1:58 4If Lovin' You Is Wrong2:17 5This Train2:26 6The Green Light2:30 7Red Skin Girl2:25 8Don't Flirt With Me2:29 9Whoa, Sailor2:46 10The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder2:15 11Rockin' in the Congo2:21 12Drivin' Nails in My Coffin2:16 13Klishama Klingo2:43 14If I'm Not Too Late2:29 15Deep Elem2:29 16Rovin' Gambler2:51 17I'll Be a Bachelor Till I Die2:12 18Three Times Seven2:08 19I Left My Gal in the Mountains2:17 20Dry Bread2:38 21Lost John2:14 22Cryin' in the Deep Blue Sea2:30 23A Fooler, a Faker2:10 24A Six Pack to Go2:07 25Too in Love2:07 26It's Got to Be a Habit2:19 27Nine Pound Hammer2:47 28I Cast a Lonesome Shadow2:37 29Shotgun Boogie2:32 30You Nearly Lose Your Mind2:35 31I Wasn't Even in the Running2:19 32How Many Teardrops Will It Take2:18 33Drunkard's Blues2:58	Compilation	2008
2008	TreasuresSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 49:15 1You're Too Young to Cry Now2:16 2Harbour of Love2:36 3Could You Love Me Like You Used To2:26 4Dial L.O.V.E. for Me2:51 5I Know Exactly How You Feel2:52 6Mission of Love2:30 7Whipporwill Lane2:29 8I Could Love the Devil Out of You2:11 9Eula Prisana3:11 10Meet Me on the Corner2:45 11A Fool and His Dreams2:47 12Love Is Where You Find It1:46 13Born to Lose3:01 14Everybody's Crazy1:48 15Desert Jewels2:55 16Somewhere in Between1:58 17Okie Blondie2:07 18My Buddy2:36 19Maple on the Hill2:19 20You Can't Put That Monkey on My Back1:51	Compilation	2008
2009	The Quintessential Hank Thompson 1948-1979Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:15:07 1Humpty Dumpty Heart2:25 2Whoa Sailor2:21 3Wild Side Of Life2:43 4Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart2:26 5Rub A Dub Dub2:15 6Wake Up Irene2:16 7A Fooler, A Faker2:14 8Breakin' The Rules2:44 9Honky-Tonk Girl2:27 10We've Gone Too Far2:45 11The New Green Light2:08 12Wildwood Flower2:56 13Breakin' In Another Heart2:31 14Most Of All2:46 15Don't Take It Out On Me2:30 16The Blackboard Of My Heart2:16 17Rockin' In The Congo2:23 18Squaws Along The Yukon2:30 19I've Run Out Of Tomorrows2:31 20Anybody's Girl2:25 21Cocaine Blues3:04 22A Six Pack To Go2:09 23Oklahoma Hills2:45 24Hangover Tavern2:36 25On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle2:25 26Smoky The Bar2:30 27I've Come Aweful Close2:49 28The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music2:30 29Who Left The Door To Heaven Open2:29 30I Hear The South Calling Me2:18	Compilation	2009
2009	The Very Best of Hank ThompsonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 48 tracks · 2:00:57 1No Help Wanted2:00 2A Cat Has Nine Lives2:07 3Honet, Honey Bee Ball2:07 4The New Green Light2:09 5A Fooler, a Fake2:14 6Rub-A-Dub-Dub2:15 7The Blackboard of My Heart2:15 8Wake Up, Irene2:16 9I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt2:16 10The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder2:17 11If Lovin' You Is Wrong2:19 12Whoa Sailor2:20 13When You're Lovin', You're Livin'2:22 14Swing Wide Your Gate of Love2:22 15Humpty Dumpty Heart2:24 16What Are We Gonna Do About the Moonlight2:26 17Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart2:27 18Honky-Tonk Girl2:27 19All That Goes Up Must Come Down2:28 20I'd Never Found Somebody New2:30 21Don't Take It Out on Me2:30 22Breakin' in Another Heart2:30 23Cryin' in the Deep Blue Sea2:31 24How Cold Hearted Can You Get2:31 25The Green Light2:32 26Where Is Your Heart Tonight2:33 27Hangover Heart2:33 28Go Cry Your Heart Out2:34 29She's a Girl Without Any Sweetheart2:34 30Annie Over2:36 31California Women2:37 32You Broke My Heart in Little Pieces2:37 33It's Better to Have Loved a Little2:37 34Tomorrow Night2:39 35I Find You Cheatin' on Me2:40 36The New Wears Off Too Fast2:40 37Those Things Money Can't Buy2:41 38I'll Sign My Heart Away2:42 39The Wild Side of Life2:43 40Brakin' the Rules2:44 41We've Gone Too Far2:46 42Most of All2:46 43Humpty Dumpty Boogie2:46 44Yesterdays Mail2:46 45Soft Lips2:47 46Wildwood Flower2:56 47John Henry2:59 48Yesterday's Girl3:06	Compilation	2009
2014	Songs For Rounders \| At The Golden NuggetSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:17:45 1Three Times Seven2:09 2I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die2:13 3Drunkards' Blues2:58 4Teach 'em How To Swim2:34 5Dry Bread2:40 6Cocaine Blues3:03 7Deep Elm2:29 8Bummin' Around2:37 9Little Blossom2:48 10Rovin' Gambler2:51 11Left My Gal In The Mountains2:18 12May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister3:16 13Honky-Tonk Girl3:00 14I Guess I'm Getting Over You2:33 15I'll Step Aside2:29 16Orange Blossom Special2:44 17I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love3:04 18John Henry3:07 19Nine Pound Hammer2:47 20She's Just A Whole Lot Like You2:35 21Steel Guitar Rag2:13 22Just One Step Away2:20 23Lost Highway2:44 24A Six Pack To Go3:17 25Detour2:38 26Teach Me How To Lie2:32 27I Don't Hurt Anymore2:48 28Pick Me Up On Your Way Down2:21 29I Cast A Lonesome Shadow2:37	Compilation	20 May 2014
2020	On Tap, in the Can or in the Bottle / Smoky the BarSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:03:16 1On Tap, in the Can or in the Bottle2:27 2He’s Got a Way With Women2:50 3Number One on the Hurt Parade2:26 4Love Walked Out Before She Did2:22 5I’ll Set My Teardrops to Music2:43 6The Big One Got Away2:02 7Where Is the Circus (Here Comes the Clown)2:33 8If I Lose You Tomorrow2:56 9I’ve Got a Date With a Teardrop2:28 10The Great Society1:58 11Let the Four Winds Choose2:51 12Lend Me a Dollar2:44 13Smoky the Bar2:32 14Ace in the Hole2:43 15Let’s Get Drunk and Be Somebody2:34 16New Records on the Jukebox2:48 17My Rough and Rowdy Ways2:26 18Cocaine Blues3:08 19I See Them Everywhere2:12 20Drunkard’s Blues3:53 21What Made Milwaukee Famous (live)2:16 22Girl in the Night3:10 23Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women2:47 24Pop a Top2:27	Compilation	1 April 2020
—	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys #9Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 59:50 1That's the Recipe for a Heartache2:22 2Blue Skirt Waltz2:27 3I Cast a Lonesome Shadow2:42 4San Antonio Rose3:08 5Detour2:40 6I Don't Hurt Anymore2:51 7Pick Me Up on Your Way Down2:24 8Beer Barrel Polka2:39 9Wild Side of Life2:43 10Yesterday's Girl3:03 11Wabash Cannon Ball2:39 12Then I'll Keep on Loving You2:35 13Shotgun Boogie2:36 14Back Street Affair2:36 15You Nearly Lose Your Mind2:40 16More in Love Your Heart Is2:31 17I Wasn't Even in the Running2:23 18Luckiest Heartache in Town2:19 19Whatever Happened to Mary2:55 20Twice As Much2:13 21Just to Ease the Pain2:50 22Reaching for the Moon2:16 23Stirring Up the Ashes2:18	Compilation	—
—	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys #2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:18:17 1Take a Look at This Broken Heart of Mine2:35 2Give a Little Take a Little2:46 3Cat Has Nine Lives2:09 4Beautiful Texas2:55 5Daddy Blues2:12 6How do You Feel2:19 7New Rovin' Gambler2:24 8Humpty Dumpty Boogie2:50 9Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore2:53 10When God Calls His Children Home2:25 11If I Cry2:35 12Broken Heart & a Glass of Beer2:39 13Devil in My Angel's Eyes2:29 14Playin' Possum2:41 15Where Is Your Heart Tonight2:35 16Those Things Money Can't Buy2:44 17Hangover Heart2:35 18I Ain't Cryin' Over You3:08 19You Were the Cause (Of It All)2:35 20I'll Be Your Sweetheart for a Day2:40 21Love Thief2:43 22Teardrops on the Tea Leaves2:48 23Wild Side of Life2:45 24Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart2:29 25Don't Make Me Cry Again2:27 26Cryin' in the Deep Blue Sea2:33 27New Wears Off Too Fast2:43 28You're Walking on My Heart2:28 29It's Better to Have Loved a Little2:40 30How Cold Hearted Can You Get2:32	Compilation	—
—	Seven DecadesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 36:40 1Sting in This Ole Bee2:33 2In the Jailhouse Now2:21 3Condo in Hondo2:36 4Triflin' Gal2:27 5Dinner for One, Please James2:51 6The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down3:34 7I'll Start Believing in You3:11 8Abdul Abulbul Amir2:53 9Lobo the Hobo2:49 10New Wine in Old Bottles3:17 11Medicine Man2:47 12Scotch and Soda2:40 13Wreck of the Old '972:41	Compilation	—
—	The Best of Hank Thompson 1966-1979Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 42:41 1Where Is the Circus2:32 2He's Got a Way With Women2:48 3On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle2:25 4Next Time I Fall in Love2:46 5The Mark of a Heel3:31 6Smoky the Bar2:30 7I'Ve Come Awful Close2:53 8Most of All2:56 9I See Them Everywhere2:08 10Oklahoma Home Brew1:56 11Wildwood Flower2:51 12Who Left the Door to Heaven Open2:30 13The Older the Violin, the Sweeter the Music2:33 14Mama Won't 'low3:53 15I Hear the South Callin' Me2:23 16The King of Western Swing2:06	Compilation	—

Stats & PK

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Hank Thompson metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	12	64.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	59	95.4th
Studio albums	22	97th
Awards recorded	3	95.4th
Timeline events	26	95.9th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	7	93th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Result
2002	Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame	lifetime
2002	Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame	lifetime
2002	Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame	lifetime

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
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aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/80f22a87-7a82-4aff-a60d-8ef0d025ce96
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/80f22a87-7a82-4aff-a60d-8ef0d025ce96
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706422
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706422
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Thompson_%28musician%29
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Thompson_%28musician%29

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Timeline

1920s

Born 1925-09-03

1950s

Debut release: She's a Girl Without Any Sweetheart / Take a Look at the Broken Heart

Album: Favorites

Album: Songs of the Brazos Valley

Album: Songs for Rounders

1960s

Album: Most of All

Album: The Gold Standard Collection

Album: Country Blues

Album: On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle

Album: Smoky the Bar

Album: Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma

1970s

Album: Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)

Album: Cab Driver: A Salute to the Mills Brothers

Album: Kindly Keep It Country

Album: Movin' On

Album: Sings the Hits of Nat "King" Cole

Album: Back in the Swing of Things

Album: The Thompson Touch

Album: Doin' My Thing

Album: Brand New Hank

1980s

Album: Take Me Back to Tulsa

1990s

Album: Here's to Country Music

Album: Greatest Songs, Vol. 1

Album: Greatest Songs, Vol. 2

2000s

Honoured: Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame

Died 2007

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Discography (59 release groups · 22 studio albums)

Albums · 22

Single · 10

Album · 27

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