Edit Hank Williams. Showing all 45 items. Father of Hank Williams Jr. A life-size statue of him holding a guitar stands in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, across the street from City Hall, the site of many of his concerts, and the site of his funeral. More than 35 years after his death his son, Hank Williams Jr. Hank Jr. The song, "There's a Tear in My Beer," went to 7 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart in Even after his death, he continued to score major country hits.
That year his hit "Kaw-Liga" spent 13 weeks at 1 atop the Billboard magazine country charts that year; it was the 1 country song of the year Issued 25 September in sheet and booklet formats. Father of country singer Jett Williams. Hank Williams. Recorded with legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland.
Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Red Bow were numbers 1 and 2 respectively. According to Jimmy Grabowske, the steel guitar player for the house band at the Skyline Club in Austin, Hank was only able to perform for about half an hour at his last show at the Skyline on December 19, Jimmy says Hank started off well, but after about 30 minutes it was obvious something was wrong, and Hank started shaking. He was unable to continue, so Jody Meredith, the house bandleader, finished the show.
Hank died 13 days later on January 1, Hank spent the war years shuttling between Montgomery, where he still tried to play music, and Mobile, where he worked in the shipyards. In December he married Audrey Mae Sheppard, and, after the war, he reformed the Drifting Cowboys and became the biggest hillbilly music star in Montgomery. His progress was impeded by his drinking, which was already problematical, and by the fact that his music was considered anachronistic.
Rose tried hard to get Hank out of Montgomery, but the best he could get was an opening on a relatively new radio jamboree, the Louisiana Hayride, in Shreveport. Hank moved there in August The response it got encouraged him to record it after the recording ban ended. It reached 1 in May , and stayed there sixteen weeks. Hank moved to Nashville in June and swiftly became one of the biggest stars in country music.
Most of them had a strong moral undertone, making them unsuitable for the jukebox trade, which accounted for more than half of his record sales. There were never any serious attempts to hide the identity of Luke the Drifter; it was simply a ploy to avoid jukebox distributors ordering unsuitable records. He was one of the most successful touring acts in country music.
Every one of his records charted, except for those issued as Luke the Drifter and his religious duets with Audrey. In he was signed to Sterling Records, switching to the newly formed MGM label the following year. Though virtually an alcoholic, he was booked as a regular on the Louisiana Hayride and made his chart debut with Move It On Over in Rarely off the charts, he made his biggest impact with Lovesick Blues in , which led to him joining the Grand Ole Opry.
Signed to Acuff-Rose publishing, he relied heavily on professional songwriter and music publisher Fred Rose to clean up the rough and ready lyrics and melodies that he created. Whoever deserves to take the credit for writing the songs Hank sang, he was the one who sold them across the footlights and in the record grooves, making listeners believe they were living his songs as intensely as he was. His celebrated ups and downs with first wife Audrey was the motivation for much of his best work.
Always shy, lonely and insecure, Hank actually feared stardom and it weighed heavily on this backward Alabama country boy. Once he got out there on stage, he became a charismatic entertainer, able to twist the women around his little finger and still appeal to their menfolk. Behind the scenes he drank heavily and popped pills as his records topped the country charts and his songs were turned into million-sellers by such pop singers as Tony Bennett, Jo Stafford, Kay Starr and Frankie Laine.
Continuous one-nighters and running battles with his wife took its toll on the frail performer. The last months of his life—though financially rewarding—were ultra tragic. He was fired from the Grand Ole Opry in August because of his perpetual drunkenness. He was divorced by his wife, Audrey, though he re-married Billie Jean Jones soon after.
By the end of that year, he was bone-weary from the demands of the music business. He was just 29 years old.
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