Howard Crockett
About the artist
CROCKETT, HOWARD (1925–1994). Singer and songwriter Howard Crockett was born Howard Hausey in Yellow Pine, Webster Parish, Louisiana, on December 25, 1925. He pitched in the Brooklyn Dodgers' farm system but turned to singing and songwriting after a shoulder injury ended his baseball career. Among the best known of the more than 200 songs he wrote are "Whispering Pines," "Slew Foot," and "Honky Tonk Man." These three, plus several others, were released and made famous by Johnny Horton.
Top songs
- The Big Wheel
- I've Been A Long Time Leaving
- Put Me In Your Pocket
- That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
- Spanish Lace And Memories
- Bringin' In The Gold
- My Lil's Run Off
- All The Good Times Are Gone
- The Miles
- The Great Titanic
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- Wishing Well
- If You'll Let Me
- I Got Stripes
- Spanish Lace & Memories
- I Love This Girl
- If You’ll Let Me
- Cross Eyed Mary
- Night Rider
- Trudy Brown
- Slue-Foot
- Wine-O From Chicago
- Honky Tonk Man
- Branded
- Out Of Bounds Again
- Your Messing Up My Mind
- Steamboat Bill
- Soap And Water
- That Old Jukebox
- Deep Elm Dave
- Strike A Match
- You've Got Me Lyin'
- Count The Many Ways
- Slewfoot The Bear
- Man With No Face
- The Great Titanic [1965]
- My Lil's Run Off [1964]
- Woman On My Mind
- I've Been A Long Time Leaving [1964]
- Johnny Reb
- All The Good Times Are Gone [1965]
- If Somebody Must Go
- Sleufoot The Bear
- All Grown Up
- The Big Wheel [1963]
- Put Me In Your Pocket [1964]
- Spanish Lace And Memories [1964]
- Sluefoot The Bear
- High Roller
- Ring Of Fire
- Seven Cards From Now
- Break Away Billy Boy
- That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine [1963]
- Tell Me Why
- The Miles [1964]
- Last Will And Testament Of A Drinking Man
- The Ballad Of Thunder Road
- If You'll Let Me - Remastered
- Going Down To Soldier
- Bringin’ In the Gold
- Gonna Find Me A Bluebird
- I've Got You Worried Too
- I'd Like To Be Everybody For Just One Day
- Bringin' In The Gold [1964]
- Trail Of Tears
- If You Ll Let Me
- Jessie and The Glendale Train
- I'm Gonna Try Again
- Honky-Tonk Man
- Mr. Heartache
- If Someone Must Go
- Polly Ann
- Tall Man
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Am I Losing You
- Just A Poor Man
- All For The Love Of A Girl
- The Times
- Green, Green Fire
- Last Will And Testimony (Of A Drinking Man)
- Break away Billy
- Dunkerque (Dunkerk)
- Miles
- The Big Day
- I’ve Been a Long Time Leaving
- Sunday Morning
- Bonnie Tree
- Please Answer The Phone
- Last Will And Testimony (For A Drunkard)
- Slue Foot
- My Day In Court (I Hate Dogs)
- If you`ll let me
- Sour Mash Whiskey & Red Texas Wine
- Green Green Fire
- If You Let Me
- You`ve got me lyin
- Love Ain't Straight
- Last will a testimony (of a drinking man)
- Whispering Pines
- Untamed Heart
- My Lil’s Run Off
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