Hank Williams

Hank Williams
Hank Williams
	Williams in 1951
Background information
Birth name	Hiram King Williams
Forby kent as	Luke the Drifter; The Hillbilly Shakespeare; The Singing Kid; Timber Snake;
Born	17 September 1923; Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama, U.S.
Deid	1 Januar 1953 (aged 29); Oak Hill, West Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Country; Wastren; honky-tonk; rockabilly; folk; blues; gospel;
Thrift	Sangster-sangwriter; muisicker;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; fiddle;
Years active	1937–1952
Labels	Sterling; MGM;
Associate acts	Drifting Cowboys; Audrey Williams; Hank Williams Jr;
Wabsteid	www.hankwilliams.com ; Williams' signatur

Hiram King "Hank" Williams, (/hæŋk wɪljəmz /; September 17, 1923 – Januar 1, 1953) wis an American sangster-sangwriter an muisicker. Regairdit as ane o the maist signeeficant an influential American sangsters an sangwriters o the 20t century,^[2]^[3] Williams recordit 35 singles (five released posthumously) that reached the Tap 10 o the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, includin 11 that ranked nummer ane (three posthumously).

References

↑ Hank Williams Biography – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Retrieved Februar 11, 2015
↑ "Hank Williams". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
↑ "I Saw the Light: Hank Williams' Sixty Years of Influence on American Music". The New School. Retrieved 8 September 2014 – via YouTube.

[1] Hank Williams Biography – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Retrieved Februar 11, 2015

[2] "Hank Williams". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[3] "I Saw the Light: Hank Williams' Sixty Years of Influence on American Music". The New School. Retrieved 8 September 2014 – via YouTube.

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