Hank Cochran [SEP] occupation
, Willie Nelson, giving Nelson a raise that was owed to him at the time.
Two of his fondest memories were working with Natalie Cole (among other artists) on a 2003 tribute album to Patsy Cline ("Remembering Patsy Cline"), because of his love for her father Nat King Cole, and his collaboration with Vern Gosdin for the 1988 album "Chiseled in Stone" (Gosdin's highest rated album at No. 7).
In 2008, he let singer Lea Anne Creswell come to
following the release of Burl Ives' version. Perhaps because of intertwining chart positions, Jackson's single version became a minor hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, only reaching the number eighty-four in early 1962. The song was then issued onto Jackson's studio LP entitled, "Wonderful Wanda".
Hank Cochran and Willie Nelson version.
With the release of his new studio album in 1980, Hank Cochran released his first official version of "A Little Bitty Tear". Cochran recorded the song with