He didn’t have many hits as a singer, but Howard Crockett wrote Honky Tonk Man, Ole Slew Foot, Whispering Pines, and All Grown Up. All Johnny Horton hits. On the strength of Honky Tonk Man, he signed a contract with Dot Records, and this CD includes all his Dot/Hamilton recordings together with the legendarily rare Manco singles, as well as the never-reissued-until-now Smash recordings. Serious rockabilly collectors have long been aware of Howard Crockett. With this CD everyone can now appreciate a true original talent in the same vein as Johnny Horton and Johnny Cash but with a style all his own.