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The Pale Horse and His Rider
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"'The Pale Horse and His Rider'" is a hymn written by Ervin Staggs, Johnnie Bailes, Zeke Clements, and M.D. Wright. It was recorded in 1951 as a duet by Hank Williams and his wife Audrey Williams and released as a single by MGM Records in 1956 as the B-side to "A Home in Heaven. It is likely that Williams learned the song from its co-writer Johnny Bailes when he worked with the Bailes Brothers in Shreveport in 1948 and 1949, but the song dated back to 1939 when Bailes was working with Molly O'Day and Ervin Staggs at WCHS in Charleston, West Virginia.Colin Escott, 'Hank Williams: The Biography', Little Brown, 2004, p.165 Hank and Audrey were backed on the session by Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), Sammy Pruett (electric guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), and Howard Watts or Ernie Newton (bass).Colin Escott, 'Hank Williams: The Biography', Little Brown, 2004, p.345
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Category:Hank Williams songs
Category:1939 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Fred Rose (songwriter)
Category:Songs written by Zeke Clements
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