Hank Williams Profile
July 1st, 2009
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
Born
September 17th, 1923 (died January 1st, 1953)
Key Tracks
“Lovesick Blues,” “Cold, Cold Heart,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
Influenced
George Jones, Buddy Holly, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson
“At first listen, Hank may not sound like a real good singer,” says Merle Haggard, “but he had a unique method of sincerity. I never heard anything Hank [...]