A recording session occurred on September 23, 1952 at Citadel Studio in Nashville that was each productive and poignant. It marked the ultimate studio reserving for Hank Williams, somewhat over three months earlier than his loss of life on the age of simply 29.
It was an engagement that may yield no fewer than three nation No.1s, together with the tune that, posthumously, grew to become his final, “Take These Chains From My Heart.” The session additionally noticed Williams tape “Kaw-Liga” and “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” either side of which topped the nation chart, individually and consecutively, in addition to “I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You.” That appeared because the B-side of the one with which Hank was charting on the time of his loss of life, the eerily-titled “I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive.”
Eleven No.1s in 4 years
“Take These Chains From My Heart” was launched by MGM because the follow-up to “Kaw-Liga” and “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” and shortly grew to become one other nation bestseller. It was his eleventh in a span of some 4 years. Hank had three additional High 10 nation hits after his loss of life, two extra in 1953 and one remaining one in 1955.
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It’s additionally fairly apt that “Take These Chains” was recorded on what was the twenty second birthday of a person who grew to become virtually as carefully related to the tune as Williams, the good Ray Charles. At the very least 60 different artists have additionally lined it over time, together with nation stars from George Jones to Ernest Tubb, Glen Campbell to Sonny James, and Ray Worth to Dottie West. Others who had been compelled to chop a model included Rick Nelson, Dean Martin, Anne Murray, and Raul Malo.
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