Hank Williams, regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, wrote and sung "Lovesick Blues" "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Honky Tonkin'", "Hey, Good Lookin'", and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". Williams recorded 35 singles that reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked number one.

Born in Mount Olive, Alabama, Williams relocated to Georgiana with his family when he was eight years old. He met Rufus Payne, an African American blues musician whose nickname was Tee Tot. Tee Tot taught Hank how to improvise chords and exposed the young lad to blues and other African American music influences. Williams successfully fused hillbilly, folk, and blues into his unique style. In the late 1930s, Williams dropped out of high school to work at a Montgomery radio station and formed the Drifting Cowboys band. After the war, his career started to take off after recording "Never Again" and "Honky Tonkin'" with Sterling Records. He signed a contract with MGM Records in 1947 and released "Move It on Over", which became a hit. As a self-taught musician, he was unable to read or notate music to any significant degree. But that did not stop him from joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1948.

Years of back pain, alcoholism, and prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health. On New Year's Day 1953, he died suddenly in his powder-blue Cadillac's back seat while traveling to a concert in Canton, Ohio. He was 29 years old. Despite his brief life, Williams is one of the most celebrated and influential famous musicians of the 20th century.

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