Transcript: Profile: Hank Williams' death 50 years ago turned him into a country music legend

BOB EDWARDS
NPR Morning Edition
01-01-2003
Profile: Hank Williams' death 50 years ago turned him into a country music legend

Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

BOB EDWARDS, host:

New Year's Day 50 years ago was a day of mourning for country music fans. Disc jockeys played Hank Williams records back-to-back. They talked about his career and they grieved his death.

Unidentified Man #1: Dear Hank, you see, it was my intentions to write you today, as has been my custom for many years past. Only yesterday I was thinking of some of the things I would mention in my letter, but somehow I think I'll have to change the letter a bit, for an hour or so ago, I received a phone call from ...

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