I'm Moving On (Hank Snow song)

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"I'm Moving On"

Single by Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) and His Rainbow Ranch Boys^[1]

A-side

"With This Ring, I Thee Wed"^[2]

Released

May 5, 1950^[2]

Recorded

March 28, 1950^[1]

Studio

Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, Tennessee^[1]

Genre

Label

RCA Victor^[2]

Songwriter(s)

Clarence E. Snow a.k.a. Hank Snow

Producer(s)

Stephen Sholes

Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) and His Rainbow Ranch Boys^[1] singles chronology

"The Drunkard's Son"
(1950)

"I'm Moving On"
(1950)

"I Cried But My Tears Were Too Late"
(1950)

"I'm Moving On" is a 1950 country standard written by Hank Snow. It was a success in the record charts and has been recorded by numerous musicians in a variety of styles.

Recording and lyrics

According to Snow, he proposed the song for his first session for RCA Records in 1949, but recording director Stephen H. Sholes turned it down. "Later on, in the spring of 1950, in Nashville, Mr. Sholes had not remembered the song, so I recorded it," Snow recalled.^[3]

The song has four bars of verse followed by eight bars of chorus with the final lines referring back to the verse:

That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky so I'm movin' on

Charts and critical reception

The single reached number one on the Billboard country singles chart and stayed there for 21 weeks, tying a record for the most weeks atop the chart.^[4] It was the first of seven number-one Billboard country hits Snow scored throughout his career on that chart.^[4] The song's success led to Snow joining the Grand Ole Opry cast in 1950.^[5]

According to music writer John Morthland, "The chugging beat establishes that this is a train song, and the fiddle and steel push harder than is usual on Nashville records from this era ... There's real anger and determination in Snow's voice, which sometimes sounds too smooth for this type of song."^[6]

Charting versions

Ray Charles – In 1959, a version by Ray Charles reached number forty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number eleven on the R&B singles chart. Charles's version with his soul band featured congas and maracas, giving the Spanish tinge to a country and western blues. It was recorded on June 26, 1959, at his last recording session with Atlantic Records,^[7] months before he signed with ABC. Produced by Jerry Wexler, Charles provides the lead vocals, and is backed by the Raelettes. The Ray Charles Orchestra provided the instrumentation.
Don Gibson – reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart with a recording of the song in 1960.^[4]
Matt Lucas – In June 1963, his Smash Records single reached No. 56 on the Hot 100.^[8]
The Rolling Stones recorded the song for their EP Got Live If You Want It! in 1965. Their version charted in Sweden, reaching No. 3 on Tio i Topp and No. 7 on Kvällstoppen.^[9]^[10]
Emmylou Harris – Released an up-tempo live version on her album Last Date in 1982, which reached No. 5 on the Hot Country Singles chart.^[4]

Other recordings

Les Paul and Mary Ford – Les and Mary (1955)^[11]
Elvis Presley recorded and released a version in 1969, which was included on his album From Elvis in Memphis^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Victor matrix E0VB-4045. I'm moving on / Rainbow Ranch Boys; Hank Snow". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Victor 21-0328 (10-in. double-faced)". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
^ Horstman, Dorothy (1975). Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy (Third ed.). Country Music Foundation Press. p. 365. ISBN 0-915608-19-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs 1944 to 2005, Record Research, 2005
^ Malone, Bill C. (1968). Country Music U.S.A. (1985 paperback ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 238. ISBN 0-292-71096-8.
^ Morthland, John (1984). The Best of Country Music (First ed.). Doubleday Dolphin. p. 208. ISBN 0-385-19192-8.
^ Simons, Dave (2004). Studio Stories: How the Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles. New York: Backbeat Books. p. 72. ISBN 9781617745164. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 519.
^ Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (1998). Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74. Premium Publishing. p. 313. ISBN 919727125X.
^ Hallberg, Eric (1993). Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975. Drift Musik. ISBN 9163021404.
^ "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
^ Perone, James 2012, p. 221.

Perone, James (2012). The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations. Vol. 1. ABC-Clio. ISBN 978-0-313-37906-2.

v t e Hank Snow
Studio albums	Railroad Man (1963) Songs of Tragedy (1964) C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request (1969) Hello Love (1974)
Compilation albums	Hank Snow's Souvenirs (1961) More Hank Snow Souvenirs (1964) The Hits Of Hank Snow (1978)
Collaboration albums	Reminiscing (1964)
Notable singles	"I'm Moving On" "The Golden Rocket" "The Rhumba Boogie" "Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts" "Bluebird Island" "The Gold Rush Is Over" "Lady's Man" "I Went to Your Wedding" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "I Don't Hurt Anymore" "Let Me Go, Lover!" "Yellow Roses" "I've Been Everywhere" "Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" "Hula Love" "The Name of the Game Was Love" "(The Seashores) Of Old Mexico" "Hello Love"
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Ray Charles

Studio albums

Atlantic	Ray Charles (Hallelujah, I Love Her So) The Great Ray Charles Yes Indeed! Soul Brothers What'd I Say The Genius of Ray Charles The Genius Sings the Blues Soul Meeting The Genius After Hours True to Life Love & Peace
ABC	The Genius Hits the Road Dedicated to You Ray Charles and Betty Carter Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2 Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul Sweet & Sour Tears Have a Smile with Me Together Again / Country and Western Meets Rhythm and Blues Crying Time Ray's Moods Ray Charles Invites You to Listen A Portrait of Ray I'm All Yours Baby! Doing His Thing My Kind of Jazz Love Country Style Volcanic Action of My Soul Jazz Number II A Message from the People Through the Eyes of Love
Crossover	My Kind of Jazz Part 3
Columbia	Wish You Were Here Tonight Friendship From the Pages of My Mind Just Between Us
Warner Bros.	Would You Believe? My World Strong Love Affair
Other labels	Genius + Soul = Jazz Porgy and Bess Genius Loves Company

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Billboard Hot 100
top 10 singles

Other Billboard Charts
#1 singles

Grammy Awarded Works
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v t e Emmylou Harris singles
Albums Singles
Pieces of the Sky	"If I Could Only Win Your Love"
Elite Hotel	"Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams"
Luxury Liner	"You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)" "Making Believe"
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town	"To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Easy From Now On"
Blue Kentucky Girl	"Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters"
Roses in the Snow	"Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer"
Evangeline	"Mister Sandman" "I Don't Have to Crawl"
Cimarron	"If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run"
Last Date	"(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
White Shoes	"Drivin' Wheel" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love"
Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris	"Someone Like You"
The Ballad of Sally Rose	"White Line"
Thirteen	"Today I Started Loving You Again"
Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" "Telling Me Lies" "Those Memories of You" "Wildflowers"
Bluebird	"Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"
Brand New Dance	"Never Be Anyone Else But You"
Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)	"After the Gold Rush"
All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)	"All the Roadrunning"
Singles as a featured artist	"Wild Montana Skies" (featured with John Denver) "Thing About You" (featured with Southern Pacific) "We Believe in Happy Endings" (featured with Earl Thomas Conley)
Other songs	"Boulder to Birmingham" "A Love That Will Never Grow Old"