Music1947–1953
Hank Williams
Georgiana, Alabama country music's founding patriarch whose brief, tragic career produced songs that defined the art form — Your Cheatin' Heart and I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry are country's eternal standards.
Origin
Georgiana, Alabama
Genre
Country
The Cultural Record
Discography
Original Sound Track: The Last Picture Show1971
The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams1960
Memorial Album1953
Hank Williams Sings1949
Beyond the Sunset1953
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