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Article: Hank Williams
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- Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Hank Williams
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 was born on September 17, 1923, near Mt. Olive, Alabama, the third child born to Elonzo Huble and Lillian (Skipper) Williams. His father abandoned the family when Williams was a young child, spending many years at veterans' hospitals for various ailments. It therefore became the responsibility of his strong-willed mother to raise Williams and the other children. Williams attended Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, ...
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... ... Tenn. The Grand Ole Opry paid tribute to Hank Williams 50 years after his death, recalling a man ... direction of country music. Williams' son, Hank Williams Jr., and grandson, Hank Williams III, took the stage with a string of other ...
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