Hank Williams a fost un cântăreț, chitarist și compozitor american, legendă a muzicii country din secolul al XX-lea și pionier al genului. A înregistrat 55 de single-uri care au ajuns în top 10 al clasamentului country Billboard, dintre care 12 au ajuns pe locul 1.
Compilația The Complete Health & Happiness Recordings pe dublu CD în digipack adună înregistrările complete din emisiunile radio Health & Happiness Show din octombrie 1949. Setul cuprinde opt emisiuni complete cu piese clasice precum Lovesick Blues, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, I Saw The Light sau Mind Your Own Business, completate cu inserturi instrumentale ale violonistului Jerry Rivershuta și melodii tematice de deschidere. Înregistrările îl documentează pe Williams la apogeul puterii sale creative, cu un an înainte de moartea prematură la vârsta de 29 de ani.
Melodii
CD1
October 1949 - health and happiness Show One
1 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
2 Wedding Bells
3 Lovesick Blues
4 Old Joe Clark (feat. Jerry Rivers)
5 Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
6 Sally Goodin’ (feat. Jerry Rivers)
October 1949 - health and happiness Show Two
7 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
8 You’re Gonna Change (Or I’m Gonna Leave)
9 (There’s A Bluebird) On Your Windowsill
10 Fire On The Mountain (feat. Jerry Rivers)
11 Tramp On The Street
12 Sally Goodin’ (feat. Jerry Rivers)
October 1949 - health and happiness Show Three
13 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
14 I'm A Long Gone Daddy
15 I'm Telling You
16 Bill Cheatham (feat. Jerry Rivers)
17 When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels
18 Sally Goodin’ (feat. Jerry Rivers)
October 1949 - health and happiness Show Four
19 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
20 Lost Highway
21 I Want To Live And Love
22 Bile Them Cabbage Down (feat. Jerry Rivers)
23 I'll Have a New Body (I'll Have a New Life)
24 Fingers On Fire (feat. Bob McNett)
25 Sally Goodin’ (feat. Jerry Rivers)
CD2
October 1949 - health and happiness Show Five
1 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
2 Mansion On The Hill
3 Therell Be No Teardrops Tonight
4 Tennessee Wagner (feat.. Jerry Rivers)
5 The Prodigal Son
6 Sally Goodin’ (feat.. Jerry Rivers)
October 1949 - health and happiness Show Six
7 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
8 Pan American
9 Lovesick Blues
10 Arkansas Traveler (feat. Jerry Rivers)
11 I Saw The Light
12 Sally Goodin’ (feat. Jerry Rivers)
October 1949 - health and happiness Show Seven
13 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
14 Mind Your Own Business
15 Wedding Bells
16 Cotton Eyed Joe (feat. Jerry Rivers)
17 I’ve Just
18 Sally Goodin’ (feat. Jerry Rivers)
October 1949 - health and happiness Show Eight
19 Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (Theme) (with Grant Turner)
20 I Can't Get You Off My Mind
21 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
22 Fisherman’s Hornpipe (feat. Jerry Rivers)
23 Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
24 Sally Goodin’
