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"I Saw the Light" is a country gospel song written by Hank Williams. Williams was inspired to write the song while returning from a concert by a remark his mother made while they were arriving in Montgomery, Alabama. He recorded the song during his first session for MGM Records, and released in September 1948. Williams' version did not enjoy ...
I Saw the Light is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed, written, and produced by Marc Abraham, starring Tom Hiddleston as country music legend Hank Williams and Elizabeth Olsen as his first wife, Audrey Williams. It is based on the book Hank Williams: The Biography by Colin Escott, George Merritt, and
"I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams song), a 1946 song written by Hank Williams, later becoming a gospel standard covered by many artists "I Saw the Light" (Todd Rundgren song), a 1972 song written by Todd Rundgren, later covered by many artists "I Saw the Light", a 1975 song performed by Status Quo on their album On the Level
Tom Hiddleston played Hank Williams in "I Saw the Light." Hank Williams, left, and Tom Hiddleston, right as Williams in "I Saw the Light." Publicity photo from WSM; Sony Pictures Classics
Williams was portrayed by English actor Tom Hiddleston in the 2016 biopic I Saw the Light, based on Colin Escott's 1994 book Hank Williams: The Biography. [172] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Williams at No. 30 on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. [ 173 ]
I Hope You Shed a Million Tears (lyrics by Williams, recorded by Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell for The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams) I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living; I Lost the Only Love I Knew (co-written with Don Helms) I Saw the Light; I Told A Lie To My Heart (recorded by Willie Nelson and Hank Williams for Half Nelson)
The LP contains two indisputable Hank Williams classics: the album opener "Lost Highway," which was composed by blind Texas honky tonk singer and songwriter Leon Payne, and the gospel standard "I Saw the Light," which Williams usually sang to close his shows. Five of the album's eight tracks were composed by Williams, with the only legitimate ...
"Move It On Over" was recorded on April 21, 1947 at Castle Studio in Nashville, Hank's first session for MGM and the same session that produced "I Saw the Light," "(Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep," and "Six More Miles to the Graveyard."