Hank Williams
- MatchHank Williams
- 100%George Jones
- 100%Merle Haggard
- 97%Jimmie Rodgers
- 97%Jimmie Rodgers
- 94%The Carter Family
- 89%Roy Acuff
- 88%Waylon Jennings
- 87%Hank Williams Jr.
- 85%Buck Owens
- 84%Lefty Frizzell
Biography
Hiram (misspelled on birth certificate as Hiriam) Williams, 17 September 1923, Georgiana, Alabama, USA, d. 1 January 1953, on the road between Montgomery, Alabama and Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA. Misspelling notwithstanding, Williams disliked the name and took to calling himself Hank. He was born with a spine defect that troubled him throughout his life, and which was further aggravated after being thrown from a horse when he was 17 years old. Initially, his parents, Lon and Lilly, ran a... Read more