"Honky-Tonk Girl" is a song co-written and originally recorded by Hank Thompson.[3][2][4] Released by him on Capitol Records in 1954,[2][5] it was a nationwide country hit in the United States that year (reaching country number nine on Billboard).[6]
| "Honky-Tonk Girl" | |
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| Single by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys | |
| A-side | "Honky-Tonk Girl" "We've Gone Too Far" |
| Released | 1954 (1954) |
| Genre | country |
| Label | Capitol 2823 |
| Songwriter(s) | Hank Thompson, Chuck Harding[1] |
| Music video | |
| "Honky-Tonk Girl" (audio only) on YouTube | |
| "Honky-Tonk Girl" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Cash | |
| from the album Now, There Was a Song! | |
| A-side | "Honky-Tonk Girl" "Second Honeymoon" |
| Released | 1960 (1960) |
| Genre | country |
| Label | Columbia 4-41707 |
| Songwriter(s) | Autry Inman[2] |
| Music video | |
| "Honky-Tonk Girl" (audio only) on YouTube | |
The song was notably covered by Johnny Cash.
Cash's version was released as a single by Columbia Records (Columbia 4-41707, with "Second Honeymoon" on the opposite side)[7][8][6][9][10] in June[11][12] or July 1960.[13]
The song evokes a barroom atmosphere.[14]
Johnny Cash version
| Chart (1960) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[15] | 92 |
Second Honky-Tonk Girl Columbia 41707.
June
Both Columbia and Sun Records release singles this month – “Second Honeymoon”/“Honky Tonk Girl” (Columbia 4-41707) and “Story Of A Broken Heart”/“Down The Street To 301” (Sun 343).
“The Wild Side of Life,” a William Warren composition that was a #1 for Thompson in 1952, is probably his best-known hit. It evoked the barroom atmosphere that Thompson would return to over and over again in songs like “Honky Tonk Girl,” ...
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