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In tracks like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", Williams expressed intense, personal emotions with country's traditional plainspoken directness, a then-revolutionary approach that has come to define the genre through the works of subsequent artists from George Jones and Willie Nelson to Gram Parsons and Dwight Yoakam.
Hiram King "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century.
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (co-written with Bill Monroe) I'm Gonna Break Your Heart (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing; I'm Not Coming Home Anymore; I'm Praying For the Day (co-written with Pee Wee King) I'm So Happy I Found You (lyrics by Williams, recorded by Lucinda Williams for The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams) I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; I'm ...
Hank Williams formed the original Drifting Cowboys band between 1937 and 1938 in Montgomery, Alabama. The name was derived from Williams' love of Western films, with him and the band wearing cowboy hats and boots. [2] The original line-up consisted of Braxton Schuffert (guitar), Freddie Beach (fiddle), and the comedian Smith "Hezzy" Adair.
According to Colin Escott's book Hank Williams: The Biography, Hank played the song for Monroe somewhere on tour in Texas, and somehow Monroe wound up with a credit: "There were rumors that the song's notional writer, 'James B. Smith,' was a pseudonym for Hank and Bill Monroe, but it appears as though the royalties went solely to Monroe until ...
A previously unissued version by Hank Williams, Jr. recorded in 1973 appears on the 1992 box set Living Proof: The MGM Recordings 1963–1975. Hank Jr. released another version on his 1982 LP High Notes, hitting #1 on the Billboard country music charts and staying there for a week. It spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.
"Moanin' the Blues" and "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" were also Top 10 hits, peaking at #2 and #6 respectively. Although it did not chart when it was released, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," which many believe to be Williams' songwriting masterpiece, is also featured on the LP. The tracks were recorded between 1947 and 1951, with the most recent cut ...
I Can't Escape from You (Hank Williams song) I Can't Get You Off of My Mind; I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) I Could Never Be Ashamed of You; I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes) (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle; I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living; I Saw the Light (Hank Williams song) I Won't Be Home No More; I'd Still Want You