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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Half as Much canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country song
song
composer Curley Williams
countryOfOrigin United States
era mid-20th century
firstRecordingArtist Curley Williams and His Georgia Peach Pickers
genre country
HankWilliamsVersionGenre honky-tonk
hasNotableVersion Hank Williams recording of Half as Much
Ray Charles recording of Half as Much
hasTitlePhrase Half as Much
influenced later country ballads about unequal love
influencedByGenre honky-tonk country
isStandardOf American popular songbook
classic country repertoire
language English
lyricist Curley Williams
madeFamousBy Hank Williams
Ray Charles
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
Connie Francis
Dean Martin
Don Gibson
Emmylou Harris
Faron Young
Glen Campbell
Hank Williams
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jim Reeves
Kitty Wells
Marty Robbins
Patsy Cline
Ray Charles
Rosemary Clooney
The Statler Brothers
Willie Nelson
theme emotional imbalance in relationships
heartbreak
unrequited love
writer Curley Williams

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