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RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2013
- 50 track 2CD set contains the A and B sides of Hank Locklin’s biggest hit singles plus the best-selling album ‘Irish Songs, Country Style’.
- Key tracks include ‘Please Help Me, I’m Falling’, ‘Geisha Girl’, ‘It’s A Little More Like Heaven’, ‘We’re Gonna Go Fishin’’, ‘The Country Hall Of Fame’ and the self-penned classic ‘Send Me The Pillow You Dream On’.
- With vocal accompaniment on ‘Irish Songs, Country Style’ by The Jordanaires.
- Recordings produced by Steve Sholes, Bob Ferguson or Chet Atkins.
When the New York Times published its obituary of Hank Locklin, whose 60 year career ended in 2009, it highlighted the fact that he was one of the first to travel the globe playing country music and is particularly credited with helping to popularise the genre in Ireland.