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Name: Hank Williams
Variant Name: Hiram King Williams
Birth Date: September 17, 1923
Death Date: January 1, 1953
Place of Birth: Mt. Olive, Alabama, United States of America
Place of Death: Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: singer, songwriter

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Biography of Hank Williams
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In his tragically short career, Hank Williams (1923-1953) became one of the most famous country and western performers in the United States. He wrote and recorded songs that are still considered to be country music standards. Hiram King "Hank" Williams...


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' Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who has become an icon of country music, Rock 'n' Roll and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. This people article needs...


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Williams, Hank, Sr. (1923-1953) Summary
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Widely acknowledged as the father of contemporary country music, Hank Williams, Sr., was a superstar at the age of 25 and dead at 29. Like Jimmie Rodgers, Williams had a short but highly influential career in country music. Though he never learned to...
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Hank Williams Information
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Hiram "Hank" King Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who has also become an icon of country music and rock and roll, and was one of the most influential musicians and songwriters of the...


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The Village Voice
Hank Williams Jr
01/07/2004: 332 words, approx. 1 pages
HANK WILLIAMS JR. I'm One of You Curb BUBBA SPARKS All those settled-down friends are rowdy again, so country boy Bocephus will survive Maybe it's from kicking it with Kid Rock, or could be he's looking over his shoulder at Shelton,...
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Southern Cultures
King of the Hillbillies: Hank Williams.(Biography)
12/22/2006: 1,540 words, approx. 5 pages
Hiram "Hank" Williams was born on a tenant farm in Mt. Olive, Alabama, in 1923. His daddy Lon was a Great War veteran--he owned a store, grew berries, engineered on a timber train. He went into a veterans hospital when Hank was just...
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AP-Travel Online
Alabama Promotes Hank Williams Trail
10/23/2006: 1,010 words, approx. 3 pages
More than half a century after his death, fans are still paying homage to country music icon Hank Williams. His boyhood home, a museum in Montgomery and the cemetery where he and his...
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Earl Scruggs inducted into hall of fame
10/16/2007: 269 words, approx. 1 pages
Earl Scruggs and the late Lester Flatt are now members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.Flatt & Scruggs teamed as a bluegrass act in the 1940s. They recorded the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV show in 1962, and their instrumental "Foggy Mountain...
 


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