Hank Williams
- Type: Singer/Songwriter
- Country: United States
- Born: September 17, 1923 in Mount Olive, Alabama, United States
- Died: January 1, 1953 in Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States
- Active: 1923 - 1953
Biography
Hiram "Hank" Williams was a foundational American singer-songwriter who defined the honky-tonk style and set a new standard for country music in the post-war era. His musical approach synthesized rural blues, gospel, and traditional country, distinguished by a uniquely plaintive and emotive vocal phrasing. Williams's compositions, recorded for labels like #Sterling# and #MGM#, explored universal themes of heartbreak, loneliness, and faith with a direct, poetic simplicity. His profound influence is rooted in his raw lyrical honesty and his role in transforming country music into a dominant cultural force, creating a catalog including 'Your Cheatin' Heart' and 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' that has proven elemental to the trajectory of country and rock and roll.
Genres
Hank Williams Discography
- Move It On Over / (Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep (1947) - Single - rated 3.85/5
- Mansion on the Hill / I Can't Get You Off of My Mind (1948) - Single - rated 3.64/5
- I Saw the Light / Six More Miles (To the Graveyard) (1948) - Single - rated 3.88/5
- I'm a Long Gone Daddy / The Blues Come Around (1948) - Single - rated 3.68/5
- I'll Be a Bachelor 'Til I Die / Honky Tonkin' (1948) - Single - rated 3.75/5
- My Bucket's Got a Hole in It / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1949) - Single - rated 3.9/5
- You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) / Lost Highway (1949) - Single - rated 3.87/5
- Mind Your Own Business / There'll Be No Tear-Drops Tonight (1949) - Single - rated 3.4/5
- Wedding Bells / I've Just Told Mama Goodbye (1949) - Single - rated 3.41/5
- Lovesick Blues / Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door) (1949) - Single - rated 3.84/5
- Long Gone Lonesome Blues / My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (1950) - Single - rated 3.82/5
- Hank Williams Sings (1951) - Compilation - rated 3.76/5
- Dear John / Cold, Cold Heart (1951) - Single - rated 3.75/5
- I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive / I Could Never Be Ashamed of You (1952) - Single - rated 3.8/5
- Moanin' the Blues (1952) - Compilation - rated 3.9/5
- Jambalaya (On the Bayou) / Window Shopping (1952) - Single - rated 3.72/5
- Memorial Album (1953) - Compilation - rated 3.9/5
- Kaw-Liga / Your Cheatin' Heart (1953) - Single - rated 3.83/5
- Luke the Drifter (1953) - Compilation - rated 3.75/5
- Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter (1955) - Compilation - rated 3.59/5
- Ramblin' Man (1955) - Compilation - rated 3.87/5
- I Saw the Light (1956) - Compilation - rated 3.68/5
- The Immortal Hank Williams (1956) - Compilation - rated 3.62/5
- Honky-Tonkin' (1957) - Compilation - rated 3.92/5
- The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams (1960) - Compilation - rated 3.71/5
- Wait for the Light to Shine (1960) - Compilation - rated 3.63/5
- Greatest Hits (1961) - Compilation - rated 4.33/5
- The Very Best of Hank Williams (1963) - Compilation - rated 4.21/5
- Beyond the Sunset (1963) - Compilation - rated 3.65/5
- 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (1970) - Compilation - rated 4.21/5
- 40 Greatest Hits (1978) - Compilation - rated 5/5
- The Complete Hank Williams (1998) - Compilation
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Hank Williams (1999) - Compilation - rated 3.97/5
- Live at the Grand Ole Opry (1999) - Compilation - rated 4.14/5
- Alone With His Guitar (2000) - Compilation - rated 3.98/5
- The Ultimate Collection (2002) - Compilation - rated 4.12/5
Members
- Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - primary artist