Beyond the Sunset (song)

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"Beyond the Sunset"
Single by Hank Williams aka "Luke the Drifter"
B-side "The Funeral"
Released1950
RecordedJanuary 9, 1950
Studio Castle Studio, Nashville
Genre Country, Country blues, Gospel
Length2:58
Label MGM 10630
Songwriter(s) Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell
Producer(s) Fred Rose
Hank Williams aka "Luke the Drifter" singles chronology
"Beyond the Sunset"
(1950)		"Everything's Okay/Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals"
(1950)

"Beyond the Sunset" is a song written by Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell. [1] It was released as a single by Hank Williams under the pseudonym Luke the Drifter in 1950.

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Background

The recitation in "Beyond the Sunset" was originally a poem called "Should You Go First" by Albert "Rosey" Rowswell, the voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates for more than twenty years, and later first put to the 1936 hymn "Beyond the Sunset" by West Virginian performer Chickie Davis. [2] Elton Britt released a version before Williams in February 1950. Country music historian Colin Escott calls the song "pure Victoriana caught out of time." [2] Williams recorded the song in Nashville at Castle Studio at the first Luke the Drifter session on January 9, 1950 with Fred Rose producing. He was backed on the session by Don Helms (steel guitar), Hillous Butrum (bass), and probably Owen Bradley or Rose (organ). [3] It was released as a single in 1950 as the B-side to "The Funeral" and also appeared on the 1953 posthumous LP, Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter [10"] - Hank Williams | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 139. ISBN   0-316-73497-7.
  3. ↑ Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 335. ISBN   0-316-73497-7.
  4. ↑ "Memory Songs - Jo Stafford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Lonnie Donegan - Virgin Mary". 45cat.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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