Song · Hank Williams
“Lost Highway” by Hank Williams
From the album Hank Williams Sings (1949)
“Lost Highway” by Hank Williams appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2009. It was first released in 1949 on the album Hank Williams Sings. Its best result is #500 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009).
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Hank Williams didn't write "Lost Highway". Leon Payne did, the blind country singer-songwriter whose own version came out in 1948, and Williams took it on for a recording that dates from 1949 and appears on Hank Williams Sings. Payne wrote it by the side of the road: hitchhiking from California to Alba, Texas, to see his sick mother, he couldn't get a ride, finally got help from the Salvation Army, and put the song together while he waited.
Payne turned out hundreds of songs over a career that ran from 1941 until his death in 1969, and he's perhaps best remembered for a couple of his own hits and for the two songs Hank recorded, this one and "They'll Never Take Her Love from Me".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 500 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
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