Tiny Broken Heart
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Tiny Broken Heart is a song written by Eddie Hill
, Charlie Louvin
, and Ira Louvin
. The Louvin Brothers recorded it in 1956
for their first album, Tragic Songs of Life
. It has since become a bluegrass standard.
Eddie Hill
Eddie Hill is a retired American drag racer who won numerous drag racing championships on land and water. Hill had the first run in the four second range , which earned him the nickname "Four Father of Drag Racing." His other nicknames include "The Thrill", "Holeshot Hill", and "Fast Eddie"...
, Charlie Louvin
Charlie Louvin
Charles Elzer Loudermilk , known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.-Biography:Born in Henagar, Alabama, Louvin was one of 7 children...
, and Ira Louvin
Ira Louvin
Ira Lonnie Loudermilk , known professionally as Ira Louvin, was an American country music singer, mandolinist and songwriter. He was a cousin of songwriter John D. Loudermilk.-Biography:...
. The Louvin Brothers recorded it in 1956
1956 in music
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for their first album, Tragic Songs of Life
Tragic Songs of Life
Tragic Songs of Life was the only album released by The Easy Hoes.Although this album is best known as being one of Art Alexakis pre-Everclear projects, Art was not a primary songwriter...
. It has since become a bluegrass standard.
Cover versions
- Hazel DickensHazel DickensHazel Jane Dickens was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining family in West Virginia. Her music was characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs...
& Alice GerrardAlice GerrardAlice Gerrard is an American bluegrass singer, banjoist, and guitar player. She performed in a duo with Hazel Dickens and as part of The Back Creek Buddies with Matokie Slaughter....
for one of their 1960s recordings. A remastered version appears on Pioneering Women of Bluegrass, (1996, Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways...
). - Doc WatsonDoc WatsonArthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded...
also recorded the song in the early sixties, but did not release it. Later it emerged on Songs From the Southern Mountains (1994, Sugar Hill) - The Bluegrass Cardinals, for their Home is Where the Heart Is (1984, Sugar Hill).
- Dan TyminskiDan TyminskiDaniel John "Dan" Tyminski is a bluegrass composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. He is a member of the band Alison Krauss and Union Station and has released two solo albums, Carry Me Across the Mountain , on the Doobie Shea Records label, and Wheels , on the Rounder Records label.He is best...
included it on his solo album, Carry Me Across the Mountain (2000, Doobie Shea) and performed it with Alison Krauss and Union Station for LiveLive (Alison Krauss album)Live is the eleventh album, and first all-live album, by Alison Krauss and Union Station. All of the songs except "Down to the River to Pray" were recorded at The Louisville Palace April 29–30, 2002...
(2002, RounderRounder RecordsRounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
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