78 RPM - Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks - In Memory Of Hank Williams / I'm Richer Than You - MGM - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks
Label:	MGM
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	11433
Date:	Feb 1953
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks	In Memory Of Hank Williams	Smith	Rate
B	Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks	I'm Richer Than You	Smith	Rate

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A: Recitation by Sonny Smith

Billboard Feb. 7, 1953, p. 16 (Many Tributes To H. Williams)
Billboard Feb. 14, 1953, p. 40: C & W Record Reviews

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78-Ron 14th Dec 2015		One of the Vocalists on Side B is Don Reno, from the Bluegrass act Don Reno, Red Smiley And The Tennessee Cutups, although not credited.



slholzer 13th Dec 2015		Review I'm going to review this record, but I don't intend to rate it. Any rating I would give it would inevitably be very personal to me and might lead others who would actually like it to give it a pass when they shouldn't. In Memory of Hank Williams starts and ends with excerpts of Hank Williams' recording of I Saw The Light. You either like Hank Williams or you don't. The rest of the record is a rhyming tribute to Hank recited by Sonny Smith. This kind of thing used to be fairly common. I never much appreciated the genre. I'd rather hear Hank sing or Arthur Smith play a Williams tune with a dedication to Hank. If you like mawkish sentiment, it's here in abundance. I'm Richer Than You has a distinct feel to it. It is a religious song and both the song and the performance would have been right at home on a 1930's mail order record from Montgomery Ward or Sears. It would have been labelled old time singing even then. It is an anachronism on a 1950s MGM disc, but if you liked The Carter family or Jimmie Rodgers, you'll probably like this, too. There's a nice leisurely banjo solo in the middle that I thought was the best part. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



xiphophilos 13th Dec 2015		A Side: B Side:



Tailspin 26th Sep 2015		A side wax: 53 S 6012 / 2 / C B side wax: 53 S 6013 / 1 / D



45stalker 3rd Jul 2015		Added label scans