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3/24/51 Hank appears on The Grand Ole Opry
3/25/51 Hank appears in Evansville Indiana at the Coliseum.
3/27/51 Hank appears in West Frankfort/Decatur, Illinois at Kintner Gymnasium. Writes 2 sets of lyrics on Hotel Dimmick, West Frankfort Ill. Stationary-"My Head Ran off With My Heart" and an untitled one that begins with "I'm gonna go get me a lawyer."
3/28/51 Hank appears in Centralia Illinois at the Community Center
3/29/51 Hank appears in Paducah Kentucky at the Arena Theater.
3/30/51 Hank appears in Mount Vernon Illinois at the high school auditorium.
3/31/51 Hank appears at the Grand Ole Opry.
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MAR 1951 I CANT HELP IT IF IM STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
MAR 1951 GATHERING FLOWERS FOR THE MASTERS BOUQUET
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MAR 1951 WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS
MAR 1951 THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
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MAR 1951 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY
MAR 1951 PRODIGAL SON
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April 2 1951- A rare late-season winter weather event produces an inch of snow at Nashville. The high of 43 is the lowest high temperature ever recorded on this date.
4/4/51 TONY BENNET COLD COLD HEART
SPRING 1951 JESUS IS CALLING DEMO -
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APR 1951 MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE
APR 1951 I'LL HAVE A NEW BODY
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APR 1951 NEXT SUNDAY IS MY BIRTHDAY
APR 1951 DECK OF CARDS
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APR 1951 DEAR BROTHER
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APR 1951 PICTURE FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE
APR 1951 SING SING SING
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APR 1951 JUST WAITIN
APR 1951 WHEN THE FIRE COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN
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APR 1951 MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND
APR 1951 WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES
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-4/1/51-4/6/51 tours with Lefty Frizzell. According to Lefty's father, Naamon, Hank asks Lefty to "swap songs" with him. Lefty apparently gives Hank "I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time," a song Lefty listed in an earlier publishing contract-but subsequently dissapeared. Hank only demos the song.
4/1/51-Hank and Lefty play 2 shows in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Robinson Memorial Audororium. 3 PM and 8 PM shows.
4/2/51 Hank and Lefty play Monroe, Louisiana Neville Auditorium
4/3/51-Baton Rouge, Louisiana Hank and Lefty play a show at a high school auditorium.
4/4/51-Hank and Lefty play Shreveport, Louisiana at the Municipal Auditorium, showtime 8 PM
4/5/51-Hank and Lefty play Corpus Christi, Texas. Lefty invites Hank to have a shot of whiskey with him. Hank declines. Schepps Palms Baseball Park
4/6/51-Hank and Lefty play in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Municipal Auditorium. Also appearing-Callahan Brothers.
4/7/51 Hank appears on the Grand Ole Opry.
4/11/51-"There's Nothing as Sweet as My Baby" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams -
-4/51 I AIN'T GOT NOTHING BUT TIME DEMO
4/16/51 GEORGE MORGAN STRANGER IN THE NIGHT
4/23/51-"Howlin at the Moon" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
4/23/51-"Wearin' Out Your Walkin' Shoes" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
4/23/51-"I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
4/24/51 BILL LISTER COUNTRYFIED
4/24/51 BILL LISTER THE LITTLE HOUSE WE BUILT
4/26/51-Hank appears in Birmingham, Alabama Price $1.20, .60 cents for kids under 12
4/27/51 Hank appears in Canton, Ohio
SPRING 1951 WHEN THE BOOK OF LIFE IS READ
1951 10 LITTLE NUMBERS DEMO
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5/5/51 COLD COLD HEART LIVE ON GOO
5/5/51 DEAR JOHN LIVE ON GOO
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5/6/51 CHARLIE MONROE JESUS IS CALLING
5/51 MGM 10961 HOWLIN' AT THE MOON/I CAN'T HELP IT IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU RELEASED
1951 THE ANGEL OF DEATH -
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MAY 1951 I CAN'T HELP IT
MAY 1951 WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE
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MAY 1951 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU
MAY 1951 I'LL FLY AWAY
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MAY 1951 COLD COLD HEART
MAY 1951 THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH
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-5/12/51-"Cold Cold Heart" hits #1
5/21/51-5/24/51-Hank in North Louisiana Sanitorium for back treatment and to dry out
5/26/51 "Howlin' at the Moon" charts in Billboard, peaks at #3
5/27 though end of Month-Hank in Nashville
5/31/51-Tony Bennett records "Cold Cold Heart"
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Castle Studio, Nashville
Hank Williams-Vocal, Guitar Jerry Rivers-Fiddle Don Helms-Steel Guitar Sammy pruett-Electric Guitar Harold Bradley-Rhythm Guitar Ernie Newton or Howard Watts-Bass Possibly Owen Bradley-Organ
6/1/51 RAMBLIN MAN (Hank Williams)
6/1/51 I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE (Hank Williams)
6/1/51 A PICTURE FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE (Hank Williams)
6/1/51 I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT (Fred Rose)
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-6/2/51 COUSIN BENNY INTERVIEW
6/8/51 CARL SMITH RECORDS ME AND MY BROKEN HEART
6/8/51-"A Home in Heaven" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
6/9/51 "I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You" charts in Billboard, peaks at #2
6/16/51-Hank and Audrey's Corrall opens in Nashville-Hank pictured singing with Lefty Frizzell, Roy Acuff, Hank Snow, Red Foley
6/20/51-"A Stranger in the Night" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams and Bill Morgan
6/20/51-"Hey Good Lookin'" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
6/51-Hank plays several dates with Moon Mullican
6/23/51-Hankbroadcasts opry segment from Corrall
6/25/51-"My Heart Would Know" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
6/30/51-Hank broadcasts Opry segment from Corall
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7/51 WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME
7/51 COLD COLD HEART
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1951 THY BURDENS ARE GREATER THAN MINE DEMO
7/51 MGM I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT/I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE RELEASED
7/2/51-"The Little House we Built" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams and Don Helms
7/9/51-"I've Been Down That Road Before" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
7/12/51 JIMMIE DICKENS RECORDS I WISH YOU DIDN'T LOVE ME SO MUCH
7/14/51 "hey Good Lookin'" charts in Billboard, peaks at #1
7/15/51-Hank Williams Homecoming Celebration in Montgomery Alabama. Hank Snow, Carter Family appear-Braxton Schuffert performs "Teardrop on a Rose" and "Rockin' Chair Daddy." Hank allows little boy to sing at the show, he later marries Lycretia.
1951 WEARY BLUES FROM WAITIN DEMO
1951 I CAN'T ESCAPE FROM YOU DEMO
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JUL 1951 MOANIN THE BLUES
JUL 1951 I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT
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JUL 1951 I HANG MY HEAD AND CRY
JUL 1951 AT THE CROSS
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JUL 1951 I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT
JUL 1951 I HEARD MY SAVIOR CALL
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JUL 1951 LOW AND LONELY
JUL 1951 BILL LISTER FOOLISH QUESTIONS
JUL 1951 THE FUNERAL/I STEAL AWAY AND PRAY
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JUL 1951 WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS
JUL 1951 WHERE HE LEADS ME I WILL FOLLOW
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7/20/51-Hank Williams plays the Palm Isle in Longview Texas, a club owned by Jack Starnes who at that time is Lefty Frizzell's manager. Perhaps heads back to Nashville for the Opry with Lefty Frizzell
7/21/51 Lefty Frizzell joins Opry for 8 months-he and Hank share a dressing room
7/22/51 Hank makes 2nd appearance at Sunset Park in West Grove, PA
7/23/51-"Countryfied" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
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Castle Studio, Nashville
7/25/51 I'D STILL WANT YOU #1
7/25/51 LONESOME WHISTLE
7/25/51 CRAZY HEART
7/25/51 CRAZY HEART ALTERNATE TAKE
7/25/51 BABY WE'RE REALLY IN LOVE #1 (LOST)
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1951 A FOOL ABOUT YOU DEMO
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JUL 1951 IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU
JUL 1951 WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE
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JUL 1951 I JUST DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVING
JUL 1951 THE PALE HORSE AND HIS RIDER
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JUL 1951 IVE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE
JUL 1951 ONE WAY TICKET TO THE SKY
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JUL 1951 CALIFPORNIA ZEPHYR
JUL 1951 SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
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JUL 1951 CHEROKEE BOOGIE
JUL 1951 THE BEAUTIFIL HOME
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Castle Studio, Nashville
8/10/51 IM SORRY FOR YOU MY FRIEND #1
8/10/51 HALF AS MUCH
8/10/51 I'D STILL WANT YOU
8/10/51 BABY WE'RE REALLY IN LOVE
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8/10/51-"How to Write Folk and Western Music to sell" copyrighted by Jimmy Rule and Hank Williams
8/11/51-"Hey Good Lookin'" hits #1
8/11/51 Lefty Frizzell served papers backstage at Opry for incidents that supposedly inspired Hank to write "I'm Sorry for You My Friend" which he had recorded the day before.8/14/51 Hank's book "How to Write Country and Folk Music to Sell" reviewed in Nashville Banner
8/14/51-Hank begins appearing on the Hadacol Caravan in Lafayette, Louisiana
8/15/51-"Me and My Broken Heart" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
8/16/51-Caravan plays in New Iberia Louisiana
8/17/51-Caravan plays in Thibodeaux Louisiana
8/18/51-Caravan plays in New Orleans
8/19/51-Caravan plays in Hammond
8/24/51-Hadacol Caravan in Macon, GA
8/27/51-"a Picture from Life's Other Side" copyrighted arrangment: Hank Williams
8/28/51-Hadacol Caravan stops in Charlotte, NC
9/1/51-Hank buys farm outside of Nashville
9/5/51-Hadacol Caravan in Columbus, OH
9/7/51-"Ramblin' Man" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
9/7/51-"The Blues Come Around" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
9/13/51 Caravan inKansas City
9/13/51 DAL STALLARD INTERVIEW (?)
9/14/51 Caravan in Wichita Kansas
9/15/51 Hank plays Grand Ole Opry
9/51 MGM 11054 LONESOME WHISTLE/CRAZY HEART RELEASED
9/16/51 Caravan in Oklahoma City
9/17/51 Caravan in Dallas at Sugar Bowl. Caravan ends.
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