Hank Williams
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"Hiram King "Hank" Williams, Sr." was an United States/American singer-songwriter and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential singers and songwriters of the 20th Century, Williams recorded 35 singles (five released posthumously) that would place in the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked number one.

Born in Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama, Williams moved to Georgiana, Alabama/Georgiana, where he met Rufus Payne, a black street performer who gave him guitar lessons in exchange for meals or money. Payne had a major influence on Williams' later musical style, along with Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb. During this time, Williams informally changed his name to Hank, believing it to be a better name for country music. He moved to Montgomery, Alabama/Montgomery and his music career began there in 1937 when WLWI (AM)/WSFA radio station producers hired him to perform and host a 15-minute program. He formed as backup the Drifting Cowboys band, which was managed by his mother, and dropped out of school to devote his time to his career.

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The greatest single portfolio of songs ever written by any one person in the history of country music.

I'm really happy, but nervous at the same time.

You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.

We've been looking at building on to the church and talking about it for the last two or two-and-a-half years, ... We're working to reach out into the community.

I think the building is in very good condition.

I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.

If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.

I saw the light, I saw the lightNo more darkness, no more nightNow I'm so happy, no sorrow in sightPraise the Lord, I saw the light.

It was exactly where I had anticipated.