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April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 74) Hank Williams

By Beck

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Hank Williams Unreleased Recordings

In 1951, if you were awake at 7:15 in the morning and your radio was within the long reach of Nashville's WSM-AM, you had Hank Williams with your farina, singing with his Drifting Cowboys and selling sacks of flour for his sponsor, Mother's Best. Williams wasn't in the WSM studio at that hour; he pr...

2008 RS: 4.5of 5 Stars

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Hank Williams was perhaps the most important country & western performer of his time, and the most influential country artist in the development of rock & roll. His 36 Top 10 C&W hits - including the Number Ones "Lovesick Blues," "Why Don't You Love Me," "Long Gone Lonesome Blues," "Moanin' the Blues," "Cold, Cold Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'," "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)," and "I'll Never Get Out of ...

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