Hank Thompson - The Wild Side Of Life (1951) & Answer Song.

(Written by Arlie Carter & William Warren ...From A Traditional Tune "Thrills That I Can't Forget" by Welby Toomey and Edgar Boaz in 1925 and "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes" by the Carters in 1929 and "Great Speckled Bird" in 1936).
1st. Recorded Circa February 1951 by Jimmy Heap and His Melody Makers (not a hit)

CHARTED 1952 #1 for FIFTEEN Weeks

Recorded 11 December 1951 [no. 2401, 18:00-21:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Hank Thompson [vcl/gt], Billy Gray [gt/leader], Curly Chalker [steel gt], Billy Briggs Stewart [bass], William Wayne Foster [drums], Joe Herman "Big Red" Hayes [fiddle], Kenneth Allen, "Little Red" Hayes [fiddle], Gilbert "Gil" Baca [piano]. Producer: Dee Kilpatrick.

HANK THOMPSON (Born Henry William Thompson in Waco,TEXAS 1925 - 2007)... Country Music Hall Of Fame 1989 and Nashville Songwriter's Hall Of Fame 1997

ANSWER SONG "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Recorded 3 May 1952 - (CHARTED 1952 #1 Country & #27 Pop) - Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Kitty Wells [vcl], Joseph Zinkan [harmony vcl], Eddie Hill [gt/], Shot Jackson [steel gt], Johnnie Wright [bass], Dorris Warren [fiddle]. Producer: Paul Cohen.


(Written by J.D.Miller...Sequel to "The Wild Side Of Life" by Hank Thompson...From A Traditional Tune "Thrills That I Can't Forget" by Welby Toomey and Edgar Boaz in 1925 and "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes" by the Carters in 1929 and "Great Speckled Bird" in 1936).

KITTY WELLS (Born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville TN (1919 - 2012).
aka "THE QUEEN of COUNTRY MUSIC.

Active from 1936 to 2000.

Inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976