Honky Tonkin'

"Honky Tonkin'"
Single by Hank Williams And His Drifting Cowboys
A-side"Pan American"
PublishedNovember 16, 1948 (1948-11-16) Acuff-Rose Publications,[1] 2002 SONY/ATV Acuff-Rose Music
ReleasedMay 1947 (1947-05)
RecordedFebruary 13, 1947 (1947-02-13)[2]
StudioWSM Radio Station Studio, Nashville
GenreHillbilly, Honky-tonk, Country blues
Length2:45
LabelSterling 210
Songwriter(s)Hiram Williams
Producer(s)Fred Rose
"Honky Tonkin'"
Single by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
B-side"I'll Be a Bachelor 'Til I Die"
ReleasedApril 1948 (1948-04)
RecordedNovember 6, 1947 (1947-11-06)[2]
StudioCastle Studio, Nashville
GenreHillbilly, Honky-tonk, Country blues
Length2:42
LabelMGM 10171
Songwriter(s)Hiram Williams
Producer(s)Fred Rose
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys singles chronology
"My Sweet Love Ain't Around"
(1948)
"Honky Tonkin'"
(1948)
"I'm a Long Gone Daddy"
(1948)

"Honky Tonkin'" is a 1947 country music song, written and recorded by Hank Williams. His song went to #14 on the Billboard country music chart in 1948. In 1982, it became the sixth chart topping single for Williams' son, Hank Williams Jr.

  1. ^ "U.S. Copyright Office Virtual Card Catalog 1946-1954 .0410". vcc.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. ^ a b Escott, Merritt & MacEwen 2004, p. 60.