During the 1940s and early 1950s Hank Williams music covered everything from heartbreaking ballads to honky-tonk blues defining him as one of the pioneers of popular music.
His compositions Your Cheatin' Heart, I Saw the Light, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry and Cold, Cold Heart have become standards in the years since his untimely passing. However his legacy of honest heartfelt music has been interpreted by some of the greats including Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Johnny Cash, The Mavericks, Emmylou Harris, Ray Charles and Leann Rimes.
Lost Notebooks Form Basis of New Album of Hank Williams Songs
When Hank Williams 29-year-old lifeless body was discovered in the back of his Cadillac on New Year's Day 1953, a scuffed, embroidered brown leather briefcase containing tightly bound notebooks of new songs was found by his side.