Bobby Helms "Long Gone Daddy"

One of the popular American Country & Western shows of the 1950s was Town Hall Party, a barn dance program put off every Saturday night in Compton, California. The West Coast's answer to the Louisiana Hayride and the Grand Ole Opry, it was broadcast first on radio and then went to TV in the Los Angeles area. The cast of Town Hall Party came to include Tex Ritter as MC, Joe Maphis and Rose Lee Maphis, Johnny Bond, Merle Travis, and Larry & Lorrie Collins ('The Collins Kids')Here is Bobby Helms singing Hank Williams' "Long Gone Daddy" before his "My Special Angel" success