You Win Again (Hank Williams song)

Background

Cover versions

• Pop singer Tommy Edwards released the song for MGM on the same day as Williams and it rose to #13 on the pop charts in the fall of 1952.
• Williams' friend and rival Lefty Frizzell covered the song for Columbia.
• Late in 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis released the song as the B-side to "Great Balls of Fire". His version of the song peaked at number four on the country chart.
• Johnny Cash recorded this song May 13, 1958 for Sun Studio.
• On October 25, 1958, Gene Vincent recorded this song on his album Live At Town Hall Party.
• Jeanne Black released a version of the song on her 1960 debut album A Little Bit Lonely.
• In 1960, Mark Dinning covered the song on his Teen Angel album. It was also released as the B-side to his "A Star Is Born " single that same year.
• The song appears on the 1962 Ray Charles album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.
• George Jones recorded it for his 1962 album My Favorites of Hank Williams.
• Wanda Jackson recorded the song in 1966 on Capitol Records.
• In 1967, Bob Dylan and The Band recorded the song and released it in 2014 on their album .
• Stonewall Jackson included the song on his 1969 LP A Tribute to Hank Williams.
• Gram Parsons with members of the Flying Burrito Brothers performed this song at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco in 1969.
• During filming for their movie "Let It Be," The Beatles played this song, sung by John Lennon.
• In the early 1970s, Mason Proffit recorded a slow, country rock version of the song on their album Rockfish Crossing.
• Roy Orbison recorded it for his Hank Williams tribute LP in 1970.
• The Grateful Dead played the song numerous times on tour during 1971 & 1972. A live version recorded May 24, 1972 at Lyceum Theatre, London appears on the album Europe 72.
• Glen Campbell recorded it for his 1973 album I Remember Hank Williams.
• In 1978, Del McCoury recorded the song with his Dixie Pals for the album Our Kind of Grass.
• In 1980, Charley Pride had his twenty-fourth number one country hit with his version.
• Moe Bandy recorded the song for his 1983 tribute Sings the Songs of Hank Williams.
• Townes Van Zandt performs the song on the album Road Songs.
• Mike Ness released this song on his album Cheating At Solitaire in 1999 on Time Bomb Recordings. He has played this song numerous times with Social Distortion.
• Keith Richards covered this song for the Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute album, which won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Album. The song was also included as a bonus track on the reissue of the Rolling Stones' 1978 album Some Girls, featuring Mick Jagger on vocals.
• In 2005, Martina McBride covered the song for her album Timeless.
• In 1959, Conway Twitty covered the song on his album ‘Saturday Night with Conway Twitty’, side 2.