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| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Hank Williams]] aka [[Luke the Drifter]]
| artist = [[Hank Williams]] aka "Luke the Drifter"
| album =
| album =
| A-side = [[The Funeral (Hank Williams song)|The Funeral]]
| B-side = [[The Funeral (Hank Williams song)|The Funeral]]
| released = 1950
| released = 1950
| format =
| format =
| recorded = January 9, 1950
| recorded = January 9, 1950
| studio = [[Castle Recording Laboratory|Castle Studio]], [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| studio = [[Castle Recording Laboratory|Castle Studio]], Nashville
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]], [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]], [[Country blues]], [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=58}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=58}}
| label = [[MGM]]
| label = [[MGM Records|MGM 10630]]
| writer = Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell
| writer = Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell
| producer = [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
| producer = [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
| prev_title =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Everything's Okay/[[Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals]]
| next_title =
| next_year =
| next_year = 1950
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==Background==
==Background==
The recitation in "Beyond the Sunset" was originally a poem called "Should You Go First" by Albert "Rosey" Rowswell, the voice of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] for more than twenty years, and later first put to the 1936 hymn "Beyond the Sunset" by [[West Virginia]]n performer Chickie Davis.<ref name=escott>{{cite book |last=Escott |first=Colin |title=Hank Williams: The Biography |publisher=Back Bay |year=2004 |isbn=0-316-73497-7 |page=139}}</ref> [[Elton Britt]] released a version before Williams in February 1950. Country music historian Colin Escott calls the song "pure Victoriana caught out of time."<ref name=escott/> Williams recorded the song in [[Nashville]] at [[Castle Recording Laboratory|Castle Studio]] at the first Luke the Drifter session on January 9, 1950 with [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]] producing. He was backed on the session by [[Don Helms]] (steel guitar), Hillous Butrum (bass), and probably [[Owen Bradley]] or Rose (organ).<ref>{{cite book |last=Escott |first=Colin |title=Hank Williams: The Biography |publisher=Back Bay |year=2004 |isbn=0-316-73497-7 |page=335}}</ref> It was released as a single in 1950 as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to "The Funeral" and also appeared on the 1953 posthumous LP, ''[[Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter]]''.<ref name="Drifter"/>
The recitation in "Beyond the Sunset" was originally a poem called "Should You Go First" by Albert "Rosey" Rowswell, the voice of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] for more than twenty years, and later first put to the 1936 hymn "Beyond the Sunset" by [[West Virginia]]n performer Chickie Davis.<ref name=escott>{{cite book |last=Escott |first=Colin |title=Hank Williams: The Biography |publisher=Back Bay |year=2004 |isbn=0-316-73497-7 |page=139}}</ref> [[Elton Britt]] released a version before Williams in February 1950. Country music historian [[Colin Escott]] calls the song "pure Victoriana caught out of time."<ref name=escott/> Williams recorded the song in [[Nashville]] at [[Castle Recording Laboratory|Castle Studio]] at the first Luke the Drifter session on January 9, 1950 with [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]] producing. He was backed on the session by [[Don Helms]] (steel guitar), [[Hillous Butrum]] (bass), and probably [[Owen Bradley]] or Rose (organ).<ref>{{cite book |last=Escott |first=Colin |title=Hank Williams: The Biography |publisher=Back Bay |year=2004 |isbn=0-316-73497-7 |page=335}}</ref> It was released as a single in 1950 as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to "The Funeral" and also appeared on the 1953 posthumous LP, ''[[Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter]]''.<ref name="Drifter"/>


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
* [[Jo Stafford]] and [[Gordon MacRae]] included the song on their album ''[[Memory Songs]]'' (1955).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/memory-songs-mw0000859017|title=Memory Songs - Jo Stafford &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|access-date=3 May 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
* [[Jo Stafford]] and [[Gordon MacRae]] included the song on their album ''[[Memory Songs]]'' (1955).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/memory-songs-mw0000859017|title=Memory Songs - Jo Stafford &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|access-date=3 May 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
* [[Pat Boone]]'s version was issued in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/4516006|title=Pat Boone - Beyond The Sunset|access-date=3 May 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref>
* [[Pat Boone]]'s version was issued in 1959 on the EP "Hymns We Love".<ref>{{cite web |title=45cat.com |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/dep1081 |website=45cat.com |access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Lonnie Donegan]] - recorded the song in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/7n15315|title=Lonnie Donegan - Virgin Mary|access-date=3 May 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref>
* [[Lonnie Donegan]] - recorded the song in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/7n15315|title=Lonnie Donegan - Virgin Mary|access-date=3 May 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref>
* [[Ernie Haase & Signature Sound]] version on George Younce with Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2011) with [[George Younce]] recitation of "Should you go first and I remain."


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 13:44, 4 September 2023

"Beyond the Sunset"
Single by Hank Williams aka "Luke the Drifter"
B-side"The Funeral"
Released1950
RecordedJanuary 9, 1950
StudioCastle Studio, Nashville
GenreCountry, Country blues, Gospel
Length2:58
LabelMGM 10630
Songwriter(s)Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell
Producer(s)Fred Rose
Hank Williams aka "Luke the Drifter" singles chronology
"Beyond the Sunset"
(1950) 		"Everything's Okay/Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals"
(1950)

"Beyond the Sunset" is a song written by Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell.[1] It was released as a single by Hank Williams under the pseudonym Luke the Drifter in 1950.

Background

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The recitation in "Beyond the Sunset" was originally a poem called "Should You Go First" by Albert "Rosey" Rowswell, the voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates for more than twenty years, and later first put to the 1936 hymn "Beyond the Sunset" by West Virginian performer Chickie Davis.[2] Elton Britt released a version before Williams in February 1950. Country music historian Colin Escott calls the song "pure Victoriana caught out of time."[2] Williams recorded the song in Nashville at Castle Studio at the first Luke the Drifter session on January 9, 1950 with Fred Rose producing. He was backed on the session by Don Helms (steel guitar), Hillous Butrum (bass), and probably Owen Bradley or Rose (organ).[3] It was released as a single in 1950 as the B-side to "The Funeral" and also appeared on the 1953 posthumous LP, Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter.[1]

Other versions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter [10"] - Hank Williams | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 139. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
  3. ^ Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 335. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
  4. ^ "Memory Songs - Jo Stafford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "Lonnie Donegan - Virgin Mary". 45cat.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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