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Hank Williams

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The Resume

    (September 17, 1923-January 1, 1953)
    Recorded 'Move it On Over,' 'Honky Tonkin',' 'I'm a Long Gone Daddy,' 'Lovesick Blues,' 'I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin',' My Son Calls Another Man Daddy,' 'Dear John' 'Cold, Cold Heart,' 'Hey, Good Lookin',' 'Howlin' at the Moon,' 'Crazy Heart,' 'Baby, We're Really in Love,' 'Honky Tonk Blues,' 'I'll Never Get out of This World Alive' and many more
    MGM Records has re-released many of his records
    Member of the Drifting Cowboys
    Father of Hank Williams, Jr.
    Grandfather of Hank Williams III

Why he might be annoying:

    He was an alcoholic.
    He died four years after becoming famous.
    He got married to his wife, Audrey Mae, at 19.
    Audrey became his manager.
    He recorded several religious albums under the alias Luke the Drifter.
    He became addicted to pain killers after injuring his back while hunting in Tennessee.
    He moved in with his mother after divorcing Audrey.
    He married his girlfriend, Billie Jean, after finding out that he had impregnated his other girlfriend, Bobbie Jett.
    The last song he released before he died at the age of 29 was 'I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He's considered the 'father of contemporary country music.'
    His mother gave him a guitar as a present when he turned 8 years old.
    He began performing in public at the age of 13.
    He officially formed his first band at the age of 14.
    His first single, 'Move it On Over,' reached the country Top 5.
    He performed six encores after his first performance in Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
    He had 7 hit singles in 1949.
    Tony Bennett covered his song 'Cold, Cold Heart.'
    He died in the back of a Cadillac.
    His ex wife, Audrey, widowed wife, Billie Jean and the girl he had an illegitimate child with, Bobbie Jett, all attended his funeral.
    His son, Hank Williams, Jr. and his grandson, Hank Williams III, have both had successful careers in country music

Credit: His Name is Robert


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 165 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 87 Votes: 47.13% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 25 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 82 Votes: 57.32% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 73 Votes: 52.05% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 75 Votes: 49.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 81 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 107 Votes: 48.60% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 39 Votes: 51.28% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 83 Votes: 50.60% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 73 Votes: 41.10% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 161 Votes: 44.10% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 385 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1072 Votes: 55.04% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 363 Votes: 44.35% Annoying