The Wild Side of Life by viking cowboy

“The Wild Side of Life“ is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre’s history, spending 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard country chart,[1] solidified Thompson’s status as a country music superstar and inspired the answer song, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels“ by Kitty Wells The lyric, “I didn’t know God made honky tonk angels“, and the tune’s overall cynical attitude—Kingsbury noted the song “... just begged for an answer from a woman“[3]—inspired “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels“, which was also based on the same melody. Recorded by Kitty Wells and released later in 1952, that song, too, became a No. 1 country hit.[1][4] In “It Wasn’t God…“, Wells shifts the blame for the woman’s infidelity to the man, countering that for every unfaithful woman there is a man who has led her
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