“When I was about eight years old, I got my first git-tar. A second-hand $3.50 git-tar my mother bought me.”
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Hank Williams
Hiram "Hank" Williams was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An early pioneer of country music, he is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of the 20th century. Williams recorded 55 singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, 5 of which were released posthumously, and 12 of which reached No.1.
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entertainment · American singer, songwriter, and musician (1923–1953) · singer-songwriter · singer · street artist · country musician · yodeler · guitarist · recording artist · composer · also Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter, Hank Senior, Luke The Drifter, Hank Williams, Sr., Hiram King Williams, Sr.
Born 17 September 1923 · Died 1 January 1953 · Q206181
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2026· 20 entries
Idaho Press: Boise Weekly Events - Country Royalty: A Salute to Hank Williams and Patsy Cline
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WOWK 13 News: Hilary Williams, granddaughter of Hank Williams Sr., to be guest of honor at Oak Hill festival
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TicketNews: Hank Williams Jr. tickets on sale in Alpharetta at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
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Yahoo: Hank Williams Jr. Finally Takes the Stage After Wildfire Smoke Delayed Concert
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BroadwayWorld: Photo Review: Mary Kutter and Junior Brown, Special Guest for Hank Williams, Jr.
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BroadwayWorld: Photo Review: Hank Williams, Jr.
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Boise State Public Radio: Country Royalty: A salute to Hank Williams and Patsy Cline
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Local Spins: Live Music Circus: Five Finger Death Punch, Breakaway Day 2, Hank Williams Jr., Emo Fest
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Yellowhammer News: Moe Bandy to headline Hank Williams 103rd birthday celebration in Montgomery
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Mshale: Willie Nelson, John Denver, Tim McGraw, Johnny Cash, Brad Paisley, Hank Williams, Country Song 2025 Mortgage Broker (oAI6rXLjVl)
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American Songwriter: On This Day in 1951, Hank Williams Was at No. 1 With a Song He Recorded After Deciding It Was “Too Good” for Little Jimmy Dickens
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Whiskey Riff: Watch The Late, Great Chris Farley Unleash His Wild Hank Williams Jr. Impression on SNL
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American Songwriter: 18 Years Ago Today, Country Music Lost the Last of Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys, Who Played Steel Guitar for Dozens of Hall of Famers
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Public attention spiked: 30,519 Wikipedia readers in one day, 15.1× the usual 2,017, with 5 article edits. Coverage that week: “Watch The Late, Great Chris Farley Unleash His Wild Hank Williams Jr. Impression on SNL” (Whiskey Riff).
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yoursun.com: Let’s Get Rowdy pays tribute to Hank Williams Jr.
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JoCo Report: Downtown Clayton Concert Series Brings Hank Williams Jr. Tribute Band To Town Square
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Bangor Daily News: Pictures: Hank Williams Jr. brings country legend status to Bangor’s waterfront
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American Songwriter: On This Day in 1947, Hank Williams Recorded a Single That Would Be the Blueprint for Songs That Made Him an Icon
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Yahoo: The Opry Honors Hank Williams, But Does Not Reinstate Him
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2025· 1 entry
American Songwriter: Why Success for Hank Williams Jr. Meant Following His Father’s Self-Sabotaging Ways: “You’re Going To Die at 26”
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2024· 1 entry
Forbes: Hank Williams Jr. Waited 60 Years To Earn The Biggest Hit Of His Career
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2023· 6 entries
Snopes rated the claim “American singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr. said that he "wouldn't be caught dead" on stage with country star Garth Brooks.” Originated as Satire.
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RumorGuard rated the claim “Social media users claimed that a number of country music legends, such as Hank Williams and Willie Nelson, were boycotting CMT over their decision to pull Jason Aldean's song "Try That in a Small Town."” Satire. The claims made on this website are fiction..
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USA Today rated the claim “Hank Williams Jr. resigned from CMT's board of directors” False.
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AP News rated the claim “Singer Hank Williams Jr. resigned from Country Music Television’s board of directors and artists including Carrie Underwood and Toby Keith have pulled their music videos from the network in recent days.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Hank Williams Jr resigns from CMT’s board of directors: ‘I support Jason Aldean.’”” False.
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Rolling Stone ranked Williams at No
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2022· 8 entries
Published video “Hank Williams Sr. - Lovesick Blues (live 1952)”.
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Published video “Hank Williams Sr. - The Iceman (spoken) (Live 1952)”.
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Published video “Hank Williams Sr. - Long Gone Lonesome Blues (live 1952)”.
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Published video “Hank Williams Sr. - Fire On The Mountain (instrumental) (live 1952)”.
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Published video “Hank Williams, Sr. - Jesus is Calling”.
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Published video “Hank Williams - (I Heard That Lonesone Whistle) (Live 1952)”.
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Published video “Hank Williams - Hey, Good Lookin' (Live 1952)”.
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Published video “Hank Williams Jr - Honky Tonk Blues (live, acoustic guitar)”.
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2016· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Musician Hank Williams Jr. has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.” False.
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Americana Music Association President's Award (2013).
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2012· 2 entries
Published video “Hank Williams Jr - Just to Satisfy You”.
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Published video “Hank Williams Jr - Hollywood Honeys”.
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2010· 4 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (2010).
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The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded Williams a posthumous special citation that paid tribute to his "craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in trans
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Williams's 1949 MGM number one hit, "Lovesick Blues", was inducted into the Recording Academy Grammy Hall of Fame
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Was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his "craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Hey Good Lookin’”.
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Released album “Collected”.
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2006· 5 entries
Released album “Move it on Over”.
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Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Hank Williams, Volume 2”.
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Released album “CB Music, LLC”.
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Released album “18 Greatest”.
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Released album “Ultimate Collection: 72 Original Recordings”.
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2005· 6 entries
Released album “The King of Hillbilly Music”.
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Released album “Turn Back the Years: The Essential Hank Williams Collection”.
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The BBC documentary series Arena featured an episode on Williams
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Released album “The Complete Collection”.
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Released album “Honky Tonk Hero”.
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Released album “Settin’ the Woods on Fire”.
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2004· 7 entries
Released album “Your Cheatin’ Heart”.
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Released album “Cold Cold Heart”.
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Released album “Ramblin' Man”.
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Released album “The Gold Collection”.
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Rolling Stone ranked him number 74 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
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Released album “The Prodigal Son”.
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Released album “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)”.
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2003· 7 entries
Released album “The Hank Williams Story”.
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Released album “You Win Again: 26 Original Recordings”.
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Released album “The Essential Hank Williams: Hillbilly Legend”.
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Released album “Country & Folk Roots”.
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Released album “48 Original Recordings”.
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Behind only Johnny Cash who recorded the song "The Night Hank Williams Came To Town"
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Released album “No More Darkness”.
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2002· 6 entries
Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
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Released album “Long Gone Daddy”.
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To the offices of Sony ATV Music when it acquired Acuff-Rose
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Released album “The Collection”.
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Released album “Les Triomphes de la Country Music, Volume 6: Hank Williams”.
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Released album “Hillbilly Hero”.
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “Prodigal Son”.
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Released album “The Legend”.
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Released album “The Greatest Country Singer of All Time”.
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “Alone With His Guitar”.
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “Lovesick Blues”.
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Released album “Famous Country Music Makers”.
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Released album “The Legendary Hank Williams”.
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Williams was inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “The Complete Hank Williams”.
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Released album “The Best of Hank Williams”.
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Released album “Jambalaya”.
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “20 of Hank Williams’ Greatest Hits”.
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “Low Down Blues”.
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Released album “American Legends: Hank Williams”.
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1995· 6 entries
Released album “Back to Back: Their Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Alone and Forsaken”.
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Released album “The Legend Lives Anew”.
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Released album “Legendary Country Singers: Hank Williams”.
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Released album “His Best Recordings, Volume 2”.
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Released album “The Hits, Volume Two”.
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1994· 3 entries
Released album “40 Legendary Hits”.
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Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Hank Williams”.
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Released album “American Legends: Best of the Early Years”.
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1993· 4 entries
Released album “Cheating Hearts”.
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Released album “A Country Legend: 36 All Time Favorites”.
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Released album “I Saw the Light”.
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A double-disc set of recordings of Williams for the Health & Happiness Show was released
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Lonesome Blues”.
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1990· 3 entries
Released album “Hank Williams Rare Demos: First to Last”.
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Released album “The Very Best of Jim Reeves and Hank Williams”.
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Released album “The Original Singles Collection… Plus”.
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1989· 2 entries
Was recognized as an heir of the estate of Williams
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Released album “The Great Hits of Hank Williams Snr.”.
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1987· 7 entries
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987).
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Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1987).
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Released album “Let’s Turn Back the Years July 1951 – June 1952, Volume 7”.
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Released album “Hey, Good Lookin’: December 1950 – July 1951, Volume VI”.
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Released album “Long Gone Lonesome Blues”.
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Released album “The Collectors’ Edition, Volume 8: I Won’t Be Home No More”.
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Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame under the category "Early Influence", and he was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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1985· 2 entries
Released album “The Collectors' Edition, Volume 2: Lovesick Blues”.
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Released album “Just Me and My Guitar”.
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1981· 3 entries
Released album “History Of Country Music”.
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Released album “History of Country Music Volume 1”.
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Found her half-siblings in California, and she learned of a 1952 contract between her biological parents that recognized her as Williams's daughter
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1978· 1 entry
Released album “40 Greatest Hits”.
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “24 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2”.
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1976· 1 entry
Released album “24 Greatest Hits”.
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1975· 1 entry
A federal judge in Atlanta, Georgia, ruled that Billie Jean Horton was Williams's common-law wife, and that part of the copyright renewals of the songs belonged to her
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1972· 1 entry
Released album “The Great Hits of Hank Williams”.
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1971· 1 entry
Released album “Original Sound Track: The Last Picture Show”.
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1970· 1 entry
Released album “24 Of Hank Williams’ Greatest Hits”.
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1969· 1 entry
The guardianship of the estate was transferred to lawyer Robert Stewart after Irene was arrested and sentenced to a jail term for possession of cocaine by a Texas court
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1966· 3 entries
Released album “Again”.
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An Alabama judge determined that the guardianship of Williams's estate belonged to Irene Williams, and he confirmed the validity of the copyright renewal deal
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Released album “More Hank Williams & Strings”.
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1965· 2 entries
Released album “Hank Williams Sings Kaw-Liga and Other Humorous Songs”.
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Released album “Father & Son”.
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1964· 2 entries
The biographical film Your Cheatin' Heart starring George Hamilton as Williams was released
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Released album “Lost Highway And Other Folk Ballads”.
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1963· 1 entry
Wesley Rose contacted Irene regarding the copyright renewals with Acuff-Rose: Rose offered US$25,000 (equivalent to $262,900 in 2025), which Irene accepted to prevent Williams's daughter from making a claim in the future
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1961· 4 entries
Released album “The Spirit of Hank Williams”.
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 1999, and gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Released album “Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank’s All‐Time Best”.
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And into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1985
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1960· 3 entries
Williams's star was placed at 6400 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Released album “Wait for the Light to Shine”.
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Released album “The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams”.
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1959· 1 entry
Released album “The Unforgettable Hank Williams”.
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1957· 1 entry
Released album “Sing Me a Blue Song”.
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1956· 1 entry
Released album “The Immortal Hank Williams”.
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1955· 3 entries
Released album “Hank Williams as “Luke the Drifter””.
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Released album “Ramblin’ Man”.
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Irene Williams assumed control of the estate
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1954· 2 entries
Released album “Honky Tonkin’”.
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Featured the unveiling of a monument at the Cramton Bowl that was later placed at the gravesite of Williams
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1953· 5 entries
Billie Jean signed an agreement accepting the money
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Released album “Memorial Album”.
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Died 1953-01-01.
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Released album “Beyond the Sunset”.
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The two crossed the Tennessee state line and arrived in Bristol, Virginia
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1952· 5 entries
Williams and Billie Jean Jones were married by a justice of the peace in Minden, Louisiana
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Williams recorded "Kaw-Liga", along with "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Take These Chains from My Heart", and "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You"
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Williams was dismissed from the Grand Ole Opry for habitual drunkenness and missing shows
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“I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive”
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Released album “Moanin’ the Blues”.
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1951· 4 entries
Underwent a spinal fusion at Vanderbilt University Hospital
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Williams drove with Bill Lister and the Drifting Cowboys to New York where he appeared on television for the first time with Perry Como on CBS's Perry Como Show
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Williams was admitted to North Louisiana Sanitarium in Shreveport for treatment of his alcoholism and his back problem, and was released on May 24
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"Dear John" became a hit, but it was the B-side, "Cold, Cold Heart", that became one of his most recognized songs
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1949· 6 entries
Williams made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry, where he received six encores
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Their son, Randall Hank Williams (now known as Hank Williams Jr.), was born on May 26, 1949.
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The shows were recorded for the promotion of Hadacol
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Released his version of the 1922 Cliff Friend and Irving Mills song "Lovesick Blues", made popular by Rex Griffin
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“You're gonna change (or I'm gonna leave)”
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Released album “Hank Williams Sings”.
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1948· 1 entry
Moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, and joined the Louisiana Hayride, a radio show broadcast on KWKH that brought him into living rooms all over the Southeastern United States, appearing in weekend shows
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1947· 2 entries
And released "Move It on Over", which became a country hit
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And joined the Louisiana Hayride radio program
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1946· 2 entries
In his first recording session, Williams recorded "Wealth Won't Save Your Soul", "Calling You", "Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)", and "When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels", which was misprinted as "When God Co
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Williams auditioned for Nashville's Grand Ole Opry at the recommendation of Ernest Tubb, but was rejected
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1945· 1 entry
Back in Montgomery, Williams returned to WSFA radio
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1944· 3 entries
Williams married Audrey Sheppard
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Williams married Audrey Sheppard, who competed with his mother to control his career
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At a Texaco gas station in Andalusia, Alabama, by a justice of the peace
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1943· 1 entry
Williams met Audrey Sheppard at a medicine show in Banks, Alabama
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1942· 1 entry
Working there off and on for about a year and a half during the war
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1941· 1 entry
Marked the beginning of hard times for Williams
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1937· 1 entry
Williams got into a fight with his physical education teacher about exercises the coach wanted him to do
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1930· 1 entry
When Williams was seven years old, Elonzo began experiencing facial paralysis
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1923· 2 entries
In the rural community of Mount Olive in Butler County, Alabama
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Born 1923-09-17.
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