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Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

A Mansion on the Hill

1948 · via Kitty Wells

Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys’ 1948 recording of “A Mansion on the Hill” is the earliest release on file. Hank Williams shares the writing credit with Fred Rose. Also recorded by George Jones (released 1962), Lynn Anderson (released 1983) and Roy Orbison (released 1970), among 88 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Hank had this one on record earlier with His Drifting Cowboys, years before Kitty's 1956 cut. Play his first, then hers, and you'll hear exactly why everybody kept going back to his songbook.

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Credited writers: Fred Rose and Hank Williams.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1948.

Other recordings on file · first release year

88 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 16, 2026.

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Kitty Wells recorded "A Mansion on the Hill," and Fred Rose shares its writing credit with one other name. Who co-wrote it with him?Hank Williams
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