Half as Much

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"Half as Much" is a classic country song, popularized by artists like Hank Williams and later Ray Charles, that became a standard of mid-20th-century American music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country song
song
composer Curley Williams NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era mid-20th century
firstRecordingArtist Curley Williams and His Georgia Peach Pickers NERFINISHED
genre country
HankWilliamsVersionGenre honky-tonk
hasNotableVersion Hank Williams recording of Half as Much
Ray Charles recording of Half as Much
hasTitlePhrase Half as Much NERFINISHED
influenced later country ballads about unequal love
influencedByGenre honky-tonk country
isStandardOf American popular songbook
classic country repertoire
language English
lyricist Curley Williams NERFINISHED
madeFamousBy Hank Williams NERFINISHED
Ray Charles NERFINISHED
notableFor being recorded by both country and R&B artists
crossing over from country to pop audiences
partOf mid-20th-century American music standards
popularizedIn 1950s
publicationYear 1951
RayCharlesVersionGenre rhythm and blues
soul
recordedBy Alabama NERFINISHED
Connie Francis NERFINISHED
Dean Martin NERFINISHED
Don Gibson NERFINISHED
Emmylou Harris NERFINISHED
Faron Young NERFINISHED
Glen Campbell NERFINISHED
Hank Williams NERFINISHED
Jerry Lee Lewis NERFINISHED
Jim Reeves NERFINISHED
Kitty Wells NERFINISHED
Marty Robbins NERFINISHED
Patsy Cline NERFINISHED
Ray Charles NERFINISHED
Rosemary Clooney NERFINISHED
The Statler Brothers NERFINISHED
Willie Nelson NERFINISHED
theme emotional imbalance in relationships
heartbreak
unrequited love
writer Curley Williams NERFINISHED

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