1953 Hank Williams - Take These Chains From My Heart (#1 C&W hit for 4 weeks)

Posthumously released, and unlike some other of Hank’s record hits, there were no successful pop cover versions at the time. We waited until 1963 for this Top 10 Ray Charles offering: https://youtu.be/_TOADWjN5QA Billboard C&W chart peaks: 1 (sales), 2 (juke box), 3 (radio play) From digital audio source, original single issued on MGM 11479 - Take These Chains From My Heart (Heath-Rose) by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1985. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/@the78prof ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf