Hank Williams was the focus of an Opry tribute as part of their 100-year celebration. The "Hey, Good Lookin'" singer was banned by the Opry just months before his death in 1953. The institution chose ...

Hank Williams reportedly died "penniless" at the time of his death. The late singer-songwriter, named one of the pioneers of country music and the "father of modern country music," passed away at the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Grand Ole Opry paid tribute to Hank Williams 50 years after his death, recalling a man whose honest, cutting songs about cheating, drinking and loneliness changed the direction ...

More than 70 years after his untimely death, Hank Williams’ specter is still haunting country music (sometimes literally). “His is still the standard by which success is measured in country music on ...

50 Years Ago Today, Hank Williams Jr. Nearly Died in Mountain Fall originally appeared on Parade. Country music almost lost one of its most treasured artists when Hank Williams Jr. suffered a ...

Jack Cardwell. side 1: Two Arms; side 2: The Death of Hank Williams (King 1172). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1952. Side 2 was recorded in 1953. National Museum of American History ...