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He couldn’t read. He couldn’t write. He couldn’t stop screwing up. Yet Hank Williams is a giant of popular music without whom rock’n’roll might never have happened.
“I thought about Hank when I walked out on that Opry stage for the first time. all I could think of was, This is the same stage that Hank Williams was on and now I’m here.”
– Elvis Presley
IN JAILHOUSE ROCK, VINCE EVERETT, PLAYED BY Elvis Presley, has a photograph on his cell wall. Unsurprisingly, it’s of Hank Williams. Both singers were influenced by black music early in life, both won talent shows and learnt their stagecraft on touring country shows. Each took a minority music and reshaped it for worldwide consumption. And, to many, Hank Williams’ contribution was the greater of the two. For Hank had no precedent.
From Mount Olive, West Alabama, Hank’s father Lon Williams was a First World War veteran who’d suffered brain damage
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Introduction
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Hank Williams
American singer, songwriter, and musician (1923–1953)
For other people named Hank Williams, see Hank Williams (disambiguation).
HiramKing "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter. He fryst vatten regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century. Williams recorded 55 singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, fem of which were released posthumously, and 12 of which reached No.1.
Born and raised in Alabama, Williams learned guitar from African-American blues musician Rufus Payne. Both Payne and Roy Acuff significantly influenced his musical style. After winning an amateur talent contest, Williams began his professional career in Montgomery in the late 1930s playing on local radio stations and at area venues such as school houses, movie theaters, and bars. He formed the Drifting Cowboys backup grupp, which was m