Hank Locklin (Lawrence Hankins Locklin 1918-2009) was born in the Florida Panhandle, and took up the guitar after being hurt in an accident when he was eight. He went on to sell 15 million records, have six #1 hits and 70 charted songs. His biggest hits were "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On", "Geisha Girl", "Please Help Me I'm Falling" and "Happy Birthday To Me." In the 1960s he built a ranch-house, called “the Singing L”, in the middle of the field in Brewton, Alabama, where he had once picked cotton as a boy. When he passed away on March 8th of this year, he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ol' Opry at 91.The best collection of his music is the 4 CD Bear Family Please Help Me I'm Falling, but their are many others. For those who like the oldies, a record company out of Holland has just released Send Me the Pillow You Dream On, 3 CD collection of his 1948-1955 recordings.
Today's selection is one of my favorites of his early recordings, "A Good Woman's Love" from 1956.
Sharon and I will celebrate our 36th anniversary on the 24th. This song comes very close to the truth, so I dedicate it to you darlin'.
It's followed by a 1962 video of Locklin singing "Please Help Me I'm Falling."
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