Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals

"Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals"
Single by Hank Williams aka Luke the Drifter
A-side"Everything's Okay"
Released1950
RecordedJanuary 10, 1950[1]
StudioCastle Studio, Nashville
GenreCountry, country blues, gospel
Length2:58
LabelMGM 10718
Songwriter(s)Billy Rose, Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
Producer(s)Fred Rose
Hank Williams aka Luke the Drifter singles chronology
"Beyond the Suset"
(1950)
"Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals"
(1950)
"No, No, Joe"
(1950)

"Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals" is a song released by Hank Williams under the pseudonym Luke the Drifter. The song dates back to at least 1926 when it was recorded by a number of artists including the Bar Harbor Society Orchestra.[2] It had also previously been recorded and released in 1948 by Bill Haley as Bill Haley and the 4 Aces of Western Swing; this was Haley's first professionally released single.[3]

  1. ^ "Hank Williams 78rpm Issues". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  2. ^ "The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra / Fred Rich and His Hotel Astor Orchestra - Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals / In the Middle of the Night". Discogs. 1926.
  3. ^ "Bill Haley and the 4 Aces of Western Swing - Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals / Four Leaf Clover Blues". Discogs. August 1948.