PUBLISHED: Jun 27, 2011
DESCRIPTION:
"Lonesome 7-7203"~ Hawkshaw Hawkins (1962) King #45-5712 -
The flip side of, "Everything Has Changed" -
Recorded at the end of 1962 and released on March 2, 1963. LONESOME-77203 was composed by Justin Tubb.
Hawkshaw Hawkins was born Harold Franklin Hawkins on December 22, 1921 in Huntington, West Virginia and on died March 5, 1963 in same the airplane accident that claimed the lives of Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline. His wife was female C&W singer, Jean Shepard, who was pregnant with their child at the time of the crash. His "Lonesome 7-7203" became a hit record, but Hawkins never knew it.