Hank WilliamsMothers Best Flour Radio Shows
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| "I love to have that gal around |
| Her bicuits are so nice and brown |
| Her pies and cakes beat all the rest |
| Cause she makes them all with Mother's Best" |
| Hank was paid $100 a week for five shows. Often times, they were pre-recorded due to Hank's touring schedule. Though these shows have never been commercially released, they are among Hank Williams most popular, if not his best, work. Listed below are the shows, and the songs sang on each of them..... |
| Perhaps the most well known, most sought after and most "supposed to be released very soon" collection in the Hank Williams catalogue are the Mother's Best radio shows. This collection of radio shows is considered by many to be Hank's best work and were done at the peak of his career in 1951. |
| The show was broadcast live between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. on WSM out of Nashville, Tennessee. Some of the shows were pre-recorded to be played on the air when Hank was out on the road. Hank was paid $100 a week for recording the shows that usually consisted of one country song, one instrumental and a gospel song to close the show, but that's not all they have to offer. |
| The Mother's Best Shows capture Hank's personality better than anything else known to exist and they don't paint the picture of a sad, lonesome, forlorn man hell bent on drinking and death as many books and other publications try to portray him as. In fact, it is probably the in-between song chatter that makes these recordings so great, you get a glimpse of what Hank Williams was like as a person. |
| People, places & things in the news: January 24, 1998 |
| Hank Williams, Jr. music-reviewer.com interview excerpt: volume 5, number 4 February, 2002 |
| m-r.c: I'd like to ask you a couple of questions which relate to you through your legacy. Your father played a series of radio programs for Mother's Best Flour in 1950, and over 150 of the songs he played were recorded. These are still unreleased, due to legal difficulties. Those who have heard them, however, regard them as the Holy Grail of Country Music. Has there been any progress made toward releasing them? |
| HWJr: I've got to tell you, I don't know. I really need to start checking into that. Are there really that many of them? |
| m-r.c: Yeah, they're glass cased at the Country Music Hall of Fame, they won't even let you listen to them. |
| HWJr: I've never had much love for the court system, ever since I had all of my daddy's masters sold out from under me when I was a kid. Y'know, there was testimony, Sam, you know, Sun Records? |
| m-r.c: Sam Phillips. |
| HWJr: Yeah, Sam Phillips, they asked him what he would have paid for those masters and he said 'One million dollars,' and you could've heard a pin drop. And one of the lawyers there, he said in court, one of these days this young man here is gonna forget about hunting and the like and get serious about things and a whole lot of people here today are gonna be sorry for what they've done. (laughs) |
Here is the most detailed listing currently available of all 72 Mother's Best Radio Shows... |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTIONS |
| Mother's Best shows are first transcribed, most likely in batches (multiple shows recorded at once) to play on-air when Hank is on the road. The show airs during weekdays at 7:15 AM on WSM-AM. I have seen two different dates listed for the initial batch's recording-the 8th and 9th of January 1951, but considering 1/6/51 was a Saturday, I will assume they were recorded on Sunday, 1/7/51 for broadcast over the next few weeks. |
| One way to track the air dates of these (or the approximate air-dates) is when Hank actually mentions the date, as he does for the 1/12/51 show before the band plays an old fiddle tune called "The 8th of January." Hank mentions that it is the 12th of January, so that's close enough to play the song. Other means of surmising include paying attention to Hank's record release dates (when he first plays "Cold Cold Heart" on show 20, and then "Dear John" on show 21, and he announces those records have just been released on MGM, it's safe to assume the shows were aired soon after "Cold Cold Heart/Dear John" was released in early Feb. 1951.) |
| There are other instances when Hank tells the audience to have a good weekend, so I can assume that show aired on a Friday. It's also interesting to note the comings and goings of Audrey. I would assume when she is present, she's gonna appear-hence her appearance and exit may mark one batch of sessions. I have also tracked down significant weather events in Nashville for the period, as Hank mentions the weather every once in awhile on the shows. |
| There are some recordings missing. A series of transcriptions that Hank recorded for Mother's Best Flour in Nashville around 1951. Contrary to the Health and Happiness Shows, the instrumentals seems to be more complete and with all bandmembers - and Hank participating on his guitar. A few of the around 100 titles were once played during a tribute show and bootlegged off the air. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #01-A1:Show #01 - Monday, January 8, 1951 |
| THE BLIND CHILD MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BLUE STEEL BLUES (instrumental) - Don Helms WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART (Cleavant Derricks) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| Hank talks about how bad he is at Bird Hunting during this show. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #01-A2:Show #02 - Tuesday, January 9, 1951 |
| WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) MOONLIGHT WATERS (instrumental) - Don Helms HOW CAN YOU REFUSE HIM NOW (Hank Williams) |
| Hank mentions Carl Smith is present in the studio-but he can't do anything on air because the budget won't allow it. Carl is referred to as "Carl Overlooked an Orchid" Smith. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #01-B1:Show #03 - Wednesday, January 10, 1951 |
| LOVESICK BLUES (Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (partly) MOANIN' THE BLUES (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) HONKY TONKIN' (Hank Williams) - Audrey Williams I'LL HAVE A NEW BODY (I'LL HAVE A NEW LIFE) (Traditional) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| Hank mentions "Moanin' the Blues" is one of the "Top Tunes in the Country" |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #01-B2:Show #04 - Thursday, January 11, 1951 |
| THE ALABAMA WALTZ (Hank Williams) FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN (IN THE CORNER OF GLORYLAND) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| When introducing "Alabama Waltz" Hank mentions he wrote the song, and if anyone "wants it" to let him know-he acknowledges the song has been written inspired by the "Tennessee Waltz". |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #02-A1: Show #05 - Friday, January 12, 1951 |
| NOBODY'S LONESOME FOR ME (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) TWIN GUITAR POLKA - Sammy Pruett & Don Helms GATHERING FLOWERS FOR THE MASTER'S BOUQUET EIGHTH OF JANUARY (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers |
| During the shows Audrey doesn't appear, the band plays a short instrumental. The instrumental on this show is "The 8th of January," an old fiddle tune-Hank mentions that it is "the 12th of January, so we're close enough." |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #02-A2:Show #06 - Monday, January 15, 1951 |
| MANSION ON THE HILL MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) I LIKE THAT KIND - Audrey Williams HOW CAN YOU REFUSE HIM NOW - Audrey Williams |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #02-B1:Show #07 - Tuesday, January 16, 1951 |
| EVERYTHING'S OKAY (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) WHY SHOULD I CRY(Hank Williams) - Audrey Williams I HEARD MY MOTHER PRAYING FOR ME - with Audrey Williams |
| Before Audrey sings Hank's "Why Should I Cry," he mentions "I wrote this back in 1941 or 1942. My good friend Braxton Schufort recorded it back a short time ago." |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #02-B2:Show #08 - Wednesday, January 17, 1951 |
| NOBODY'S LONESOME FOR ME (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) TIGHT-WAD DADDY - Audrey Williams I'LL HAVE A NEW BODY (I'LL HAVE A NEW LIFE) (Traditional) |
| Special guest Joe Rumore, an announcer from Birmingham Alabama that also does a Mother's Best show on a different station. During Audrey's performance of "Tight Wad Daddy" Hank can be heard making wisecracks off mic in answer to the song's lyrics. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #03-A1:Show #09 - Thursday, January 18, 1951 |
| MOVE IT ON OVER (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) I'M SATISFIED WITH LIFE (DON'T WORRY ME) - Audrey Williams I SAW THE LIGHT (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| Hank wishes everyone a good weekend. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #03-A2:Show #10 - Friday, January 19, 1951 |
| THE SEAMAN'S BLUES MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BLUES IN MY MIND - Audrey Williams SOMETHING GOT A HOLD ON ME(A.P.Carter) - with Audrey Williams MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| Hank complains about his out of tune guitar that he says he told the guitar salesman "wasn't worth 2 and a half." |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #03-B1:Show #11 |
| BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BONAPARTE'S RETREAT - Audrey Williams I'VE JUST TOLD MAMA GOODBYE (Slim Sweet/Curley Kinsey) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #03-B2:Show #12 |
| ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONCHARTRAIN (Hank Williams/Ramona Vincent) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BLUE LOVE (IN MY HEART) - Audrey Williams CALLING YOU (Hank Williams) |
| Hank mentions "Calling You" was written "7 years ago" putting it's date of origin at 1944 |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #04-A1:Show #13 |
| MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) MODEL T LOVE - Audrey Williams WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES (Wayne Raney o.b.o. William M. Golden) - with Audrey Williams MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| Audrey dedicates "Model-T Love" to Cedric-Hank seems surly the rest of the show. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #04-A2:Show #14 |
| PINS AND NEEDLES IN MY HEART MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) FOUR FLUSHER - Audrey Williams I HEARD MY MOTHER PRAYING FOR ME - with Audrey Williams MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #04-B1:Show #15 |
| MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) I LIKE THAT KIND - Audrey Williams WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART (Cleavant Derricks) |
| Hank mentions it's Friday-so one of the previous shows is most likely out of sequence. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #04-B2:Show #16 |
| MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) MY LOVE FOR YOU HAS TURNED TO HATE (Hank Williams) - Audrey Williams DEAR BROTHER (Hank Williams) - with Audrey Williams MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) LOVESICK BLUES (Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (partly) |
| Announcer asks Hank if he still has that $2.00 guitar-making me believe this show is out of sequence and should actually be Tuesday the 22nd. Before Audrey sings her song on this show Hank mentions he's going to "go sit down," probably relating to his back hurting. After she sings her song and Hank mentions he wrote it, the announcer mentions Hank doesn't hate things as much as he did when he wrote the song, Hank disagrees. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #05-A1:Show #17 |
| THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME (Leon Payne) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) LAST NIGHT I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP - Audrey Williams WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE (Fred Rose) WHISTLIN' RUFUS (instrumental)- Jerry Rivers |
| "They'll Never Take Her Love" mentioned as a song he "recorded here not too long ago." |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #05-A2:Show #18 |
| COOL WATER (Bob Nolan) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers LONELY TOMBS (William M. Golden) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #05-B1:Show #19 |
| I JUST DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVING (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BABY TO CRY - Audrey Williams JESUS REMEMBERED ME (Hank Williams) - with Audrey Williams MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| Hank plugs his and Audrey's duet before the sing it, mentions "Joe Lockard (sp?) sitting in the studio-apparently a WSM engineer. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #05-B2:Show #20 - Monday, February 5, 1951 |
| COLD, COLD HEART (Hank Williams) HONKY TONKIN'(Hank Williams) - Audrey Williams SALLY GOODIN' - the band, vocal by Hank & Louie Buck (call a square dance) - Jerry Rivers |
| Hank makes frequent mentions to the cold and snow, also mentions "I go to texas and I come home and I been froze out." He was in Texas 1/30/51. Announces "Cold Cold Heart" as just being released-the record was released Feb 3rd. He also mentions touring the Mother's Best Mill in Alabama-he appeared in Birmingham in early Feb. as well. This detective work leads me to believe this show was from the first Monday in Feb. |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #06-A1:Show #21 |
| DEAR JOHN (Aubry Gass) I'M SATISFIED WITH LIFE (DON'T WORRY ME) - Audrey Williams SOMETHING GOT A HOLD ON ME (A.P.Carter) - with Audrey Williams MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #06-A2:Show #22 |
| LOVESICK BLUES(Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (partly) AT THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW (Lorene Rose) I LIKE THAT KIND - Audrey Williams WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART (Cleavant Derricks) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #06-B1:Show #23 |
| WEDDING BELLS (Claude Boone) TIGHT-WAD DADDY - Audrey Williams WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES (Wayne Raney o.b.o. William M. Golden) - with Audrey Williams & the band MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #06-B2:Show #24 |
| WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME (Hank Williams) BLUE LOVE (IN MY HEART) - Audrey Williams DEAR BROTHER (Hank Williams) - with Audrey Williams |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #07-A1:Show #25 |
| FADED LOVE AND WINTER ROSES (Fred Rose) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers I HEARD MY SAVIOUR CALL |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #07-A2:Show #26 |
| JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU I CAN'T TELL MY HEART THAT - Johnny & Jack FARTHER ALONG MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #07-B1:Show #27 |
| LOVESICK BLUES (Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (partly) MOVE IT ON OVER (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (instrumental) - Sammy Pruett THY BURDENS ARE GREATER THAN MINE (Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #07-B2:Show #28 |
| THERE'S NOTHING AS SWEET AS MY BABY (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) TURKEY IN THE STRAW (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE (Fred Rose) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #08-A1:Show #29 |
| I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) (Hank Williams) PANHANDLE RAG (instrumental) - Don Helms GATHERING FLOWERS FOR THE MASTER'S BOUQUET MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BILL CHEATHAM (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #08-A2:Show #30 |
| WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BLUE STEEL BLUES (instrumental) - Don Helms THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #08-B1:Show #31 |
| ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY COLUMBUS STOCKARD BLUES (instrumental) - Sammy Pruett A PRODIGAL SON (Floyd D. Jenkins a.k.a. Fred Rose) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #08-B2:Show #32 |
| MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) ARKANSAS TRAVELLER (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers I'LL HAVE A NEW BODY (I'LL HAVE A NEW LIFE) (Traditional) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #09-A1:Show #33 |
| NEXT SUNDAY DARLING IS MY BIRTHDAY MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) OLD JOE CLARK (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers DECK OF CARDS |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #09-A2:Show #34 |
| TENNESSEE BORDER (Jimmie Work) BLUE BONNET RAG (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers DEAR BROTHER (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) WHISTLIN' RUFUS (instrumental) - Don Helms |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #09-B1/B2:Shows #35-36 |
| PICTURES FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) JUST WAITIN' (Hank Williams) SALLY GOODIN' (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers (I'M GONNA) SING, SING, SING (Hank Williams) PARADISE ISLAND (instrumental) - Don Helms WHEN THE FIRE COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #10-A1/A2:Shows #37-38 |
| MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) I CAN'T TELL MY HEART THAT - Jimmie Skinner WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES (Wayne Raney o.b.o. William M. Golden) - with the band I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) (Hank Williams) PANHANDLE RAG (instrumental) - Don Helms DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE (Charles Moody) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #10-B1/B2:Shows #39-40 |
| JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) STEEL GUITAR STOMP (instrumental) - Don Helms I'LL FLY AWAY COLD, COLD HEART (Hank Williams) DANCE ALL NIGHT (instrumental) a.k.a. BALLAD OF SALLY ANNE - Jerry Rivers THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH (W.S.Stevenson o.b.o. John Whitfield Vaughn) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #11-A1:Show #41 |
| MOANIN' THE BLUES (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BLUE STEEL BLUES (instrumental) - Don Helms I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT (Fred Rose) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #11-A2:Show #42 |
| I HANG MY HEAD AND CRY MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) TENNESSEE WAGONER (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers AT THE CROSS |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #11-B1/B2:Shows #43-44 |
| I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT (Fred Rose) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers I HEARD MY SAVIOUR CALL LOW AND LONELY FOOLISH QUESTIONS - Big Bill Lister THE FUNERAL (words, Public Domain; music, Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #12-A1/A2:Shows #45-46 |
| WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers WHERE HE LEADS ME, I WILL FOLLOW IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU (Hank Williams) - with recitation by Louie Buck MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) PANHANDLE RAG (instrumental) - Don Helms WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE (Fred Rose) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #12-B1/B2:Shows #47-48 |
| I JUST DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN' (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) TENNESSEE WAGONER (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers THE PALE HORSE AND HIS RIDER (Ervin Staggs/Johnny Bailes) HEY GOOD LOOKIN' (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) ALABAMA JUBILEE (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers SEARCHING FOR A SOLDIER'S GRAVE |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #13-A1/A2:Shows #49-50 |
| LOVESICK BLUES(Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (partly) I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE (Hank Williams) LITTLE ANNIE (instrumental) - Don Helms & Jerry Rivers ONE WAY TICKET TO THE SKY MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) DOWN YONDER (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers SOFTLY AND TENDERLY |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #13-B1/B2:Shows #51-52 |
| (I HEARD THAT) LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW (Hank Williams/Jimmie Davis) ROADSIDE RAG (instrumental) - Don Helms I'M BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) I CAN'T TELL MY HEART THAT MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) GEORGIA STEEL GUITAR (instrumental) - Don Helms OH DEAR LORD, TAKE MY HAND |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #14-A1/A2:Shows #53-54 |
| JUST WAITIN' (Hank Williams) EIGHTH OF JANUARY (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO LOVESICK BLUES (Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (partly) CHEROKEE BOOGIE MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES (instrumental) - Don Helms BEAUTIFUL HOME |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #14-B1/B2:Shows #55-56 |
| (I HEARD THAT) LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW (Hank Williams/Jimmie Davis) I DON'T LOVE NOBODY (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers THE GREAT JUDGEMENT MORNING MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) LITTLE ANNIE (instrumental) - Don Helms & Jerry Rivers I'LL HAVE A NEW BODY (I'LL HAVE A NEW LIFE) (Traditional) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #15-A1/A2:Shows #57-58 |
| DEAR JOHN (Aubry Gass) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) ROADSIDE RAG (instrumental) - Don Helms I'LL FLY AWAY MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) BONAPARTE'S RETREAT (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers COLD, COLD HEART (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers FARTHER ALONG |
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| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #15-B1:Show #59 |
| STARS IN HER EYES (a series of songs) - from Health Department Nationwide campaign against VD |
| (PSA For Veneral Disease Hank Sings and Tells The Story Radio Drama) |
| "15 minutes devoted to the prevention of venereal disease" |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION #16-A1:Show #60 |
| Quaker Oats Audition Show |
| WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME (Hank Williams) |
| SAN ANTONIO ROSE (instrumental) - Owen Bradley Quartet |
| HONEY BE MY HONEY BEE (instrumental) - Beasley Smith Twins COLD, COLD HEART (Hank Williams) |
| Last Show, Was an audition for Quaker Oats |
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| Additional Shows By Date: |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION - Feb. 12, 1951:Show #61 |
| MOVE IT ON OVER (Hank Williams) WALTZ OF THE WIND - Audrey Williams I'LL HAVE A NEW BODY (I'LL HAVE A NEW LIFE) (Traditional) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION - Feb. 13, 1951:Show #62 |
| FADED LOVE AND WINTER ROSES (Fred Rose) FOUR FLUSHER - Audrey Williams I SAW THE LIGHT (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION - Feb. 21, 1951:Show #63 |
| WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE (Hank Williams) LOW AND LONELY - Audrey Williams JESUS DIED FOR ME (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION - Feb. 22, 1951:Show #64 |
| LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES (Hank Williams) LAST NIGHT I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP - Audrey Williams LONELY TOMBS (William M. Golden) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) TURKEY IN THE STRAW (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION - Feb. 23, 1951:Show #65 |
| DEAR JOHN (Aubry Gass) IF YOU WANT SOME LOVIN' - Audrey Williams I HEARD MY MOTHER PRAYING FOR ME - with Audrey Williams |
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| Additional Shows By Numbers: |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION 146:Show #66 |
| MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG(Hank Williams) OLD JOE CLARK (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT(Fred Rose) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION 147:Show #67 |
| I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (Hank Williams) CORRINA, CORRINA (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers I HEARD MY SAVIOUR CALL MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION 150:Show #68 |
| MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND (Hank Williams) FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers I SAW THE LIGHT (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION 151:Show #69 |
| I BLOTTED YOUR HAPPY SCHOOL DAYS MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers DUST ON THE BIBLE |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION 156:Show #70 |
| HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) SALLY GOODIN' (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION 157:Show #71 |
| HEY GOOD LOOKIN' (Hank Williams) SILVER BELLS (instrumental) - Don Helms (I'M GONNA) SING, SING, SING (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) TURKEY IN THE STRAW (instrumental) - Jerry Rivers |
| MOTHER'S BEST TRANSCRIPTION 158:Show #72 |
| LOVESICK BLUES(Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (partly) I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) (Hank Williams) MOTHER'S BEST THEME SONG (Hank Williams) NOT STAY ALL NIGHT (STAY A LITTLE LONGER) (instrumental) LONELY TOMBS (William M. Golden) |
