Hank Fort

Eleanor  Alma Louise Middleton Hankins Fort, *14-06-1908, + 14-01-1973
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson, David Epstein
SESSIONS
1950 Nashville, TN – Hank Fort
001 DLG-50166 I NEVER TOOK A LESSON IN MY LIFE London 667 /BACM CC 001
002 DLG-50167 (I GOT THIS WAY FROM EATIN') SOUTHERN COOKIN' London 667 /BACM CC 001
1950 Nashville, TN – Hank Fort with The Homesteaders
003 DLG-50374 NO SPRING CHICKEN  London 758/BACM CC 001
004 DLG-50375 YOU CAN'T HURT ME NOW CAUSE I'M DEAD 758
1951 unknown – Hank Fort with Buddy Weed Quartet
005 SAVE YOUR CONFEDERATE MONEY Gemini 100
006 GET IT AT THE GENERAL STORE Gemini 100
007 GRAY FLANNEL SHIRT Gemini 100
008 SOUTHERN COOKIN' Gemini 100
009 PROTOCOL Gemini 100
010 KISSIN' KIN Gemini 100
011 PUT YOUR SHOES ON LUCY Gemini 100
012 SOMETHIN' OLD, SOMETHIN' NEW  Gemini 100
1958 unknown – Hank Fort
013 PUT YOUR SHOES ON LUCY LN 3500 BACM CC 001  
014 GRAY FLANNEL SHIRT LN 3500  BACM CC 001
015 I DIDN'T KNOW THE GUN WAS LOADED LN 3500 BACM CC 001
016 IN ARKANSAS LN 3500  BACM CC 001
017 HONEY PIE/ SUGAR LAMB LN 3500
019 SAVE YOUR CONFEDERATE MONEY, BOYS LN 3500 BACM CC 001
020 I NEVER TOOK A LESSON IN MY LIFE LN 3500
021 YOU CAN'T HURT ME NOW CAUSE I'M DAID LN 3500  BACM CC 001
022 TALL TALES OF TEXAS LN 3500  BACM CC 001
023 KISSIN' KIN LN 3500  BACM CC 001
024 FLORIDA SHORE LN 3500  BACM CC 001
025 SOUTHERN COOKIN' LN 3500 BACM CC 001
026 I LOVE CONNECTICUT LN 3500  
027 MY ONE TRACK HEART LN 3500 BACM CC 001
1964 Nashville, TN – Hank Fort feat. Bill McAuliffe (Producer: Jerry Crutchfield)
028 MY FAVORITE FRIEND GLP-6951  
029 HERE WE ARE GLP-6951  
030 NO MORE DRINKIN' GLP-6951
031 WHEN EV'RYTHING IS RIGHT GLP-6951
032 FOR YOU AND ME GLP-6951  
033 THEY ONLY WANT YOUR GOLD GLP-6951 BACM CC 001  
034 THANKS TO YOU GLP-6951  
035 RUTH GLP-6951
036 CLOUD NUMBER NINE GLP-6951  
037 WITH YOU ON MY MIND GLP-6951
038 TWO HEARTS GLP-6951
039 PEARL HANDLED POCKET KNIFE GLP-6951 BACM CC 001







ALBUMS
Gemini 100 Hank Fort with Buddy Weed Quartet: Save Your Confederate Money; Get It At The General Store; Gray Flannel Shirt; Southern Cookin'; Protocol; Kissin' Kin; Put Your Shoes On Lucy; Somethin' Old, Somethin' New – 55 (10“ LP)
Epic LN 3500 Hank Fort Sings Her Own Great Songs: Put Your Shoes On Lucy; Gray Flannel Shirt; I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded; In Arkansas; Honey Pie;  Sugar Lamb; Save Your Confederate Money, Boys; Never Took A Lesson In My Life; You Can't Hurt Me Now Cause I'm Daid; Tall Tales Of Texas; Kissin' Kin; Florida Shore; Southern Cookin'; I Love Connecticut; My One Track Heart – 59
Gemini GLP-6951 My Favorite Friend: My Favorite Friend; Here We Are; No More Drinkin'; When Ev'rything Is Right; For You And Me; They Only Want Your Gold; Thanks To You; Ruth; Cloud Number Nine; With You On My Mind; Two Hearts; Pearl Handled Pocket Knife. – 64 w. Bill McAuliffe
BACM [UK]  CD CC 001 Country Cabaret: Hank Fort and Dottie Dillard: [Hank Fort:] (I Got This Way By Eatin’) Southern Cookin’; I Never Took A Lesson In My Life;  Pearl-Handled Pocket Knife; They Only Want Your Gold;  Put Your Shoes On’ Lucy; I Didn’t Know The Gun Was Loaded; In Arkansas; You Can’t Hurt Me Now Cause I’m Daid; Tall Tales Of Texas;  Florida Shore; Grey Flannel Shirt; One Track Heart; Southern Cookin’; Kissin’ Kin;  Save Your Confederate Money Boys; [Us Army Transcription:*] A) Stay All Night, Stay A Little Longer /B) Put You Shoes On, Lucy / No More Drinkin’ (While The Island Is In Motion); Sittin’ On A Suitcase*; [Dottie Dillard:] Save Your Confederate Money Boys;  Put Your Shoes On’ Lucy; I Didn’t Know The Gun Was Loaded; Let The Good Things Happen;  Nashville’s Such A Friendly Place; [Hank Fort:] No Spring Chicken. - 04-21 (*US Army transcriptions, rec. 1960)

SINGLES
London (1950)
667 I Never Took A Lesson In My Life / (I Got This Way From Eatin') Southern Cookin' – 50
758 No Spring Chicken / You Can't Hurt Me Now Cause I'm Dead - 50

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
United States Air Force - Country Music Time No. 180: Southern Cooking;  Honey Pie – Sugar Lamb;  New Maple Leaf Rag [Del Wood]; Sit Down And Tell Me Where I Stand – 61 (airdate early 1961)