On this day (September 23) in 1952, Hank Williams walked into Castle Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, with a handful of songs in his back pocket. Anyone with ears could hear they were good songs.
Hank Williams made two appearances on the Kate Smith TV Show in 1952, on 03/26/1952 and on 04/23/1952. The recordings from these two episodes provide us with with the only known available video of the ...
Hank Williams was the focus of an Opry tribute as part of their 100-year celebration. The "Hey, Good Lookin'" singer was banned by the Opry just months before his death in 1953. The institution chose ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the late 1940s, Hank Williams had an idea that was way ahead of its time — a social media experiment of sorts. Apparently, ...
On Jan. 3, 1953, the Montgomery Advertiser wrote the following about Hank Williams, who had died two days earlier during a car trip to Canton, Ohio: “He was racked by physical and emotional ...
Hank Williams set many a music-biz template. He was a “rollin’ stone” before Mick Jagger, and a guitar rogue before Keith Richards. A singer/songwriter before Bob Dylan. A successful talent who couldn ...
Hank Williams' 100th birthday is Sept;. 17. To celebrate it, the Hank Williams Museum is bringing three concerts to the Davis Theatre on Sept. 15-17. Tickets to each concert day can be purchased ...