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The Online 78-rpm Discographical Project shows that Doc Hopkins recorded BAD COMPANIONS in 1941; it was released as Decca 5983, as the B side of KITTY WELLS. Furthermore, it says Leslie Beacon wrote it.

Other 78-rpm recordings by Doc Hopkins:

DOWN ON THE OLD PLANTATION b/w LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE, Broadway 8305, 1931.
SUGAR BABE b/w SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE, Broadway 8306, 1931
BARBARA ALLEN b/w GOOSEBERRY PIE, Broadway 8307, 1931
METHODIST PIE b/w LITTLE JOE, Broadway 8337, 1932
MOTHER, QUEEN OF MY HEART b/w THE PAL THAT IS ALWAYS TRUE, Conqueror 8748, 1936
GREAT JUDGMENT MORNING b/w THE CHURCH OF LONG AGO, Conqueror 8749, 1936
WRECK OF OLD 31 b/w WRECK BETWEEN NEW HOPE & GETHSEMANE, Decca 6039, 1941
FATE OF THE BATTLESHIP MAINE b/w MY LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE, Decca 5945, 1941