THE BLACKBOARD Of MY HEART by HANK THOMPSON

[wotaman1]

god bless ur granpie brougt back thirty five year memories super

[mollysangelique]

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[MusicChannel44]

Here's the thing! I just heard this sone for the first time in my life, had it not been for youtube and people like you for uploading this one and others, I and others would never get to hear them. Yet certain record companies complain about us uploading songs that would otherwise never be heard, least purchased.  What do they think they have to lose I wonder. If there's a crime being committed, it's by the record companies that deny us hearing music from our past.

[AMCaldwell4]

My uncle was probably Hanks biggest fan, from the mid '50s. He had a guitar like the one Hank is holding in this picture, a Gibson super 400. He even had his name in the fretboard. Wish I knew what happened to it. I was always told the Hank and Merl Travis and my uncle had the only ones just like these.

[eleanorkerby]

My dad died in 2010. It was a favorite. I was born in 1956 and we sang it even to his last days -together. He loved it and I loved being a part of that

[gazzarussell1970]

a friend introduced me to this song...God bless you Johnny

[TheBanshee4302]

I was a twenty year old immigrant in the Marines in Parris Island. This and Crystal Chandeleirs were the top on WWVA Wheeling West Virginia. The songs are still with me todat--59+ years later

[glipzik]

@83lannie, There are more country songs that sound alike than there are patties in cowpasture.

Listen to I've got five dollars and it's saturday night by Faron Young and It's been so long by Webb Pierce.

[pastorgeorgem]

mike white sung this last night at the Oswego county Fair

[rte66byhd]

for over 50 years i wondered who sang this. now i know.thanks

[muffaraman]

MY favorite Hank Thompson song one of the first songs I played on my guitar as a

youngster you are terrific Hank real country.

[eleanorkerby]

I was born in 1956 when this came out. My daddy sang it often off-key and I sang it with him in-key..it was like our song...and he died 02/28/10 in a 14 year battle with emphesema. it made me feel like I was riding in the car and singing with him again. mom sometimes joined in, little brother never did :)

[LOATKN]

@eleanorkerby this song is wonderful my dad also past away and suffered with emphesema for years, i have never been able to come to terms with his passing, he died april 2007 and the only thing that helps is listening to all the music my dad loved, and i grew up with my dads music and love it so it makes me feel my dad is close

[LOATKN]

@eleanorkerby my dad also suffered with emphesema and were very ill, and listening to the music my dad likes makes me feel my dad is close, even though i have never got over my dads passing in april 2007, it has been 4 years this april and i still cannot get over it, i find it very hard, he were such a wonderful man

[peteykkk]

Hank was the King of Kings when I was growing up. Still is!

[daddydo60]

"I Luv" This Song It Remind's Me Of My Mum. My Mum Use 2 Play And Sing Along With This Song When I Was Only Little And Now Im 60 Thank's For Posting It

[loulours100]

Great song!!! I'd be proud too if he was my grampie and Hank does it well !!! Great

[DaveWollenberg]

Good song.

[gratulations]

this reminds me of my grandad he always used to sing it at weddings realy tugs at your heart string rip ganga xxxx

[ufuzzY58]

Hank was great. I grew up to Hank, and many others. Both kinds of music was played and my house county and western. I was lucky to get to see him one time in person. He was at the Ameristar in Kansas City. Man did he put on a good show. That was the best ten dollars that I ever spend.

Hank gone but not forgotten.

[mjane81054]

Wonderful memories of my teenage years! I loved Hank Thompson's songs. I cried when he passed away.

[ZIMWOW]

HE WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST--DAN

[DecayingDelovely]

I grew up listening to Hank Thompson, and even though I'm a city 16 year old, I still love the music Though all my friends have gotten sucked into rap and shit, Hank still calls me back.

(:

[mammie64]

my late husband was a steel player and we always loved Hanks music because he had the steel in his songs my husband liked him so good he named our youngest son after hank true country fans!

[emofreak1044]

this is my great grandmas fav song =)

[mskman83]

this music doesn't take me back to when it was made. it takes me back to my grand folks. i grew up on Hank T. and I love it.

ashmann53 can just eat a bullet... ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT .. RIP Ma and Pa Law

[gabrielle931]

HAVEN'T HEARD THIS in years, a very great song...MANY thanks for posting and sharing:-)5starplus

[bobbicon]

i first heard this about 35 yrs ago when a gf of mine played it on her guitar and i had to learn,,,,so this was the first song i ever learned to play

[Clivin52]

It was the first song I learn to dance to when i was 18 years old @ The Halfway House between Oxford, NY & Norwich, NY Love the old country music.

[1oldirishman]

I'm an old man now. It reminds me of an evening in a pub in Hounslow, Midddlesex, about 1958. I sat drinking with my younger brother, as we listened to an Irish guy sing this song, beautifully. My brother died of cancer a couple of years ago.

Thanks for posting.

[1oldirishman]

I think you may be missing the point, son. Many old tunes, not just Country, conjure up memories of pleasant times spent in pleasant company. I'm sure that even you, when you weren't vomiting, had nice things to remember.

[BigTeste]

I recall meeting Hank when I was 10 way back in 1968, At that time he called me his 'lil fan' I was 10. then. I still have his autograph from that night. Little did I know that the band that opened for HANK that night ended up playing at my wedding. :The Fabuolus HI- SPOTS.

Can we get a posting of ":Rockng in th e Congo"

And Sqaws along the Youkon>>

[hamberrama]

pls upload karaoke version of this song without the vocal by hank thompson . i like this very much my grandpa too thank u

[RVGrandpa]

What a joy to hear old Hank sing this one. I was just a kid stationed in southern Japan when this hit the market. Great memory.

John Henson

Lewisberry, PA

[OkeeKate]

Hi Melissa and Mark! I still miss my brothers Lyle and Mark. They both were so very talented. Good music. OkeeKate in Montana.

[chomie77]

I am now an old man in Bangkok, but how well I remember these tunes way back in the early 60's when I was at home in Grenada.

[promatic2008]

I just noticed soemthing cool. The guitar Hank is holding is a 1965 Guild Starfire. It has a very unique sound. It looked familiar, and then I realized why. It is the same guitar that Leslie Feist plays. She plays in the band Feist,who did the song made famous by the iPhone commercial. If you go to Wikipedia, it has a picture of her with her Starfire. Interesting connection between country and new-age rock! Interestingly, her Guild sounds JUST like Hank's, just different genre of music.

[Creaky1964]

Will someone post Hank Thompson singing Yesterday's Girl? Can't find it anywhere...

[sonnybill007]

my dad used to sing this song to me and my brothers and sisters when he was drunk lol

now i know what a good song it is now :-)

[speace78]

Just a great song...I miss this kind of country music.

[qcathy]

me to.

[KendanLovell]

My Dad used to play this song, to the chagrin of us kids. I have to say that now this song has so much sentimental value attached to it!

[harleyspoon]

What a great Waco Texan...He came to my college in the 60's to do a fraternity dance and let me ride on his plane back to Waco (home) with him. He was going home to see his Mama. That is a highlight in my life. He was one of the best as a person and as an entertainer.....

[BuickGirl1986]

My pap used to sing this when i was young, he died 2 years ago and boy does this song make me miss him. I remember the first time i heard hank sing it i thought my pap was better.

[bokusman]

Melisa, This song makes me sad. I have been a secondhand record dealer for over 30 years. I'm referring to pre internet days in Australia. Back then this lovely old cowboy looking fellow used to ask every week if I had come across this song. He was so keen to buy it but nobody had heard of it. I always wanted to hear it and now I have. The old guy stopped coming in to the shop(long ago)and I often wondered about him. Thank you to your Dad for writing it.

Per that old fellow.

[mmgdavis]

thank you sweetheart. i miss my dad very much. he(lyle gaston) died in 1993 from ear nose and throat cancer. heavy drinker and smoker. really who cares, we live we die. thank you for the very nice reply. take care. melissa gaston davis

[mmgdavis]

my dad wrote this. my name is melisa gaston davis. hank had no bearing with this song . but because of copywrite laws and do you want your family to eat. wll enough said. hank did not write this song my da did lyle gaston in about 1953. thank you

[gavsav85]

if your father wrote this song hank would not be able to release this song as his.....

[jerryg65]

It was a common practice for songwriters to sell their songs outright to established singers . Not only did it give the songwriter instant (usually needed ) cash , but word would get around in the music industry about who was the true author . Even then , it paid to advertise . There is no doubt that this song was the work of the great Lyle Gaston .

[gavsav85]

but if it was really the work of lyle gaston... y has nobody ever heard of him???

if he did make this song he would be worldwide known for his song writing...

so on this case i dont believe that some randomer called lyle gaston wrote this...

sorry but that is a made up story...

hank is the 1 and only owner of the song!!!

[jerryg65]

Just look at the label on the record ,It CLEARLY says Lyle Gaston-Hank Thompson right under the song title .

[mmgdavis]

snap out of it girls

[markcgaston]

my name is mark gaston. my uncle lyle gaston did indeed write this song. my dad mark gaston sr. also wrote songs for hank thompson however none were released to my knowledge. he and his brother lyle used to sing and play together. i surely miss those days with my cousins mellisa and others.

[mmgdavis]

cousin marky how r u???? i agree,i miss those great days with all the cousins no cell phones no worries just plain old fun. i wish daddy and uncle mark were still here of course they would not believe how this old world has gone to hell in a handbasket.

[mmgdavis]

i do not know who you are but you are very smart. thank you for your comment about my dad. he would be very amused about all the fuss.he wrote songs for roy clark ms. wells, and many others, but because of the times and the way the copywrights worked, well you did what you had to do. thanks for being a go buddy. melissa gaston davis

[machenderson]

BuickGirl1986 did not say her father wrote this song, she said , she loved to hear her father " SING" it, thats all she ment by her comment

[Ihatesnyder]

Back in the day we used to sing this in a pub in Dunmurray in Ireland.

Thanks for jogging the old memory.

[latykai]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh that country swing!! brazos valley boys, when C & W was music

[ginmillsinger]

Another little 'YouTube' Gem! Really enjoyed it, thanks! :c)

[bigrevkev]

I think I have this on a 78.......out in the shed......hafta have a look tomorrow.....but I thought it was by Hank Williams.

[jws54]

great song, thanks for posting and hail to the writer and singer

[jerryg65]

Great song Alan , thanks for posting , even the granddaughter of the Great Lyle Gaston surfs your channel.

[zulia2003]

My grampie wrote this song. :-) He wrote several songs that Hank Thompson recorded. Makes me proud.

[Lightia]

@zulia2003 Very nice comment thank you!

[83lannie]

@zulia2003

Whoever wrote this song also wrote "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" or

someone used someone else's music because the two songs have the same tune. See Johnny and Jack's "Let your conscience Be Your Guide".

[cathleen215]

@zulia2003

in 1967, a friend shared this song with me....It's odd to find this posting after all these years

[owlcatcher]

this is hank thompson's best song

thankyou for posting it

owl catcher

[thedartt65]

No body as brought up "Larry Nolan" SA. Tx......thedartt