American Songwriter

On This Day in 1950, Another “Hank” Became a Star in Nashville With His First of Seven No. 1 Hits—a Song His Record Label Originally Rejected

Before there was Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Jones, there was Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Marty Robbins, and the legendary Hank Snow. Without those four predecessors, the ...
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Remember When Hank Williams Jr. ‘Settled Down’ at No. 1?

Hank Williams, Jr. scored one of his most career-defining hits with "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)," which topped ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1954, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Man Who Made Hank Williams Famous and Penned One of Willie Nelson’s Biggest Hits

Seventy-one years ago today, one of the most consequential songwriters in country music history died in Nashville.