DONAL2228 - Your Cheatin' Heart
DONAL2228
Sep 21, 2026 12:01am
<p>HANK WILLIAMS....YOUR CHEATIN' HEART....TURN IT UP! </p><p><br></p><p>THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO LINDA LOU, WHO IS AN AVID HANK WILLIAMS FAN! HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!</p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Your Cheatin' Heart</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is a song written and recorded by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country music</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> singer-songwriter </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hank Williams</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in 1952. It is regarded as one of country's most important </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">standards</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. Williams was inspired to write the song while driving with his fiancée from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nashville, Tennessee</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Shreveport, Louisiana</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. After describing his first wife </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Williams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Audrey Sheppard</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> as a "cheatin' heart", in minutes he dictated the lyrics to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billie Jean Jones</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. Produced by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rose_(songwriter)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Fred Rose</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, Williams recorded the song at his last session at </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Recording_Laboratory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Castle Studio</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nashville, Tennessee</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, on September 23.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"Your Cheatin' Heart" was released in January 1953. Propelled by Hank Williams' recent death during a trip to a New Year's concert in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canton, Ohio</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, the song became an instant success. It topped </span><em style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard's</a></em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> Country & Western chart for six weeks, with over a million records sold.</span></p><p><br></p>