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      • The late Hank Williams (1923-53) generally is regarded as the most influential, most beloved country-and-Western artist of all time. An immensely gifted and prolific songwriter and musical visionary, Williams did for country what Elvis did for rock and roll, Louis Armstrong did for jazz and Muddy Waters did for modern blues.
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  2. Hiram King " Hank " Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century.

  3. Apr 16, 2024 · Hank Williams, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who in the 1950s arguably became country music’s first superstar. An immensely talented songwriter and an impassioned vocalist, he also had great crossover success in the popular music market.

  4. Sep 16, 2023 · He was an inspiring songwriter, an energetic performer, a tragic addict, a frail spina bifida victim and — based on his portrait of his marriage to Audrey Williams — a bit of a drama queen....

  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Hank Williams is considered one of the most popular American country music singer/songwriters with songs like "Cold, Cold Heart," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "I'll Never Get...

  6. Hank Williams was born in Georgiana, Alabama in 1923. At just age fourteen, Hank stood up and sang on the courthouse steps in Montgomery, Alabama. Tall, lean and good looking, he quickly became the uncontested star of country music.

  7. Hank Williams was the greatest star of the heroic era of country music in the years following the World War II, when the songs were “written and performed by Southern boys and girls not a day’s bus ride from the cotton fields or Appalachian hollows whence they had come. . . .

  8. Dec 25, 2023 · Hank Williams was its second father, such an overpoweringly great singer and songwriter that he completely transformed what was then known as “hillbilly music.”