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Hank Williams

Also known as Hank Williams, Sr., Hiram King Williams, Hiram King Williams, Sr., Hiram King "Hank" Williams, Hank Senior, Luke the Drifter, Luke The Drifter

American singer-songwriter (1923–1953)

AI overview

Hank Williams was an American singer-songwriter who lived from 1923 to 1953 and became one of the most influential figures in country music history. His emotional songwriting and distinctive voice left a lasting impact on American music that continues to be recognized today.

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Hank Williams is indexed among the 410 entries in Vinony's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame collection. It also appears in Pulitzer Prize.

Within Vinony's link graph, Hank Williams is referenced by 2,174 other articles, and connects out to Grammy Awards, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Hank Williams Jr..

The entry is geolocated on the map.

It sits within the topics 1923 births, 1953 deaths and 20th-century American guitarists.

Person · Open Library

Works: 21

Top works

Hank Williams for Ukulele
Hank Williams (Songbook)
Hank Williams for Ukulele (Songbook)
Hank Williams Complete (Songbook)
Best of Hank Williams (Songbook)

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Film & TV

Acting

Known for

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Self (archive footage)2019
Country Music — Himself (archive footage)2019
The Winding Stream — Self (archive footage)2014
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan2008
Louisiana Hayride: Cradle To The Stars — Self (archive footage)2005
In the Hank Williams Tradition — Self (Archive Footage)1989
Country Music on Broadway — Self1965
Hank Williams: Kate Smith TV Shows — artist1952

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 941,774
Total plays: 14,234,610

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,428x
A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 28,895x
Learning representations by back-propagating errors
· 1986 · cited 24,340x
Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 21,254x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,608x

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Music

Open in Spotify

Quotes

“A good song is a good song, and if I'm lucky enough to write it, well....! I get more kick out of writing than I do singing. I reckon I've written a thousand songs and had over 300 published.”
“We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or 2,my tires and tubes are doing fine but the air is showing through”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.hankwilliams.com
Image: Hank Williams Promotional Photo.jpg

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Commons category: Hank Williams
date of birth: 1923-09-17
date of death: 1953-01-01
Commons gallery: Hank Williams
name in native language: Hank Williams
start of work period: 1937-00-00
birth name: Hiriam Williams
social media followers: 329000
pseudonym: Luke the Drifter
end of work period: 1953-00-00

Sources (11)

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Encyclopedic overview

Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An early pioneer of country music, he is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of the 20th century. Williams recorded 55 singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, 5 of which were released posthumously, and 12 of which reached No.1.

Born and raised in Alabama, Williams learned guitar from 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 band, which was managed by his mother, and dropped out of school to devote his time to his career. Because his alcoholism made him unreliable, he was fired and rehired several times by radio station WSFA. Williams also had trouble replacing several of his band members who were drafted during World War II.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hank Williams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.