" Cold, Cold Heart " is a country music and pop song written and first recorded by Hank Williams. This blues ballad is both a classic of honky-tonk and an entry in the Great American Songbook.

Music video by Hank Williams performing Cold Cold Heart. (C) 1998 Mercury Records

Cold, Cold Heart Lyrics: I tried so hard, my dear / To show that you're my every dream / Yet you're afraid each thing I do / Is just some evil scheme / A memory from your lonesome past /...

Aug 7, 2024 · One of the biggest hits of Williams' career was put on the B-side of "Dear John." Let's take a look at the story behind "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams.

Hank Williams "Cold, Cold Heart": I tried so hard,my dear,to show that you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just...

Dec 21, 2025 · Perhaps Hank Williams’ most covered song, “Cold, Cold Heart” also brought the singer/songwriter huge success soon after it was released in early 1951.

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Watch the music video for Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart", a country song (released in 1951) from the album "Memorial Album".

“Cold, Cold Heart” was composed by Hank Williams and first recorded on December 21, 1950, at Castle Studio in Nashville. The song was released on February 2, 1951, as the B-side to “Dear …

In Hank Williams: The Biography, authors Colin Escott, George Merritt and William MacEwen, detail the early history of "Cold, Cold Heart." It was originally intended to be the B-Side of …