Sun LP-1245

Released   Original: September 15, 1960

                   Re-issued: June 17, 2003

Recorded  In Sun Studios, Memphis from July 1955 through May 1958

Genre        Country

Length       Original: 27:59

Label         Sun Records

Producer   Sam Phillips and Jack Clement

Track listing:

1. 1.I Can’t Help It (Hank Williams) - 1:45
   

2. 2.You Win Again (Hank Williams) - 2:18
   

3. 3.Hey, Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams) - 1:41
   

4. 4.I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You (Hank Williams) - 2:14
   

5. 5.Next In Line (Johnny Cash) - 2:48
   

6. 6.Straight A’s In Love (Johnny Cash) - 2:15
   

7. 7.Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - 2:49
   

8. 8.Give My Love To Rose (Jonny Cash) - 2:45
   

9. 9.I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) - 2:46
   

10. 10.I Love You Because (Leon Payne) - 2:26
    

11. 11.Come In Stranger (Johnny Cash) - 1:42
    

12. 12.Mean Eyed Cat (Johnny Cash) - 2:30
    

The LP was re-issued on June 17, 2003 with five bonus tracks:

1. 1.Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams)
   

2. 2.(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Hank Williams, Jimmie Davis)
   

3. 3.Come In Stranger (Johnny Cash)
   

4. 4.Wide Open Road (Johnny Cash)
   

5. 5.I Love You Because (Leon Payne)
   

The re-issue was released by a small label called Varese Sarabande. The five bonus tracks consist of two original record songs in different versions and three other songs.

The title of the record says “Sings Hank Williams”, but in fact only four of the songs on the album were written by the country legend Williams!

The LP contains many big hits. Underneath you can see how the songs turned out on the billboards.

Year    Single                                     Chart                    Position

1959:   Straight A’s In Love                Country Singles        16

1959:   Straight A’s In Love                Pop Singles              84

1959:   I Love You Because              Country Singles         20

1960:   Give My Love To Rose          Country Singles        13

1960:   Come In Stranger                  Country Singles          6

1960:   Come In Stranger                  Pop Singles              66

1960:   Mean Eyed Cat                      Country Singles        30

Personell:

1. •Johnny Cash - Guitar, Vocals
   

2. •Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
   

3. •Marshall Grant - Bass
   

4. •Al Casey - Guitar
   

5. •Sam Phillips - Producer
   

6. •Jack Clement - Producer
   

7. •Cary E. Mansfield - Re-issue producer
   

8. •Bill Dahl - Liner Notes, re-issue producer
   

9. •Dan Hersch - Digital Remastering
   

10. •Bill Pitzonka - Art Direction