Hiram King Williams

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Hiram King Williams, better known as Hank Williams, was a pioneering American country music singer-songwriter whose influential songs and emotive performances helped shape the genre in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country musician
guitarist
human
singer-songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1953
activeYearsStart 1937
awardReceived Alabama Music Hall of Fame induction
Country Music Hall of Fame induction
Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
birthName Hiram King Williams
burialPlace Oakwood Annex Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
causeOfDeath heart failure
child Hank Williams Jr.
Jett Williams
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1923-09-17
dateOfDeath 1953-01-01
ethnicity White American
familyName Williams
genre country music
gospel
honky-tonk
givenName Hiram
influenced Bob Dylan
George Jones
Hank Williams Jr.
Johnny Cash
Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson
instrument guitar
vocals
knownFor emotive vocal style
influential songwriting in the mid-20th century
pioneering modern country music
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Grand Ole Opry
movement honky-tonk country
notableAlias Luke the Drifter
notableWork Cold, Cold Heart
Hey, Good Lookin'
I Saw the Light
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Lovesick Blues
Move It On Over
Your Cheatin' Heart
occupation musician
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States
recordLabel MGM Records
Sterling Records
residence Montgomery, Alabama, United States
linked to: Montgomery, Alabama
spouse Audrey Williams
Billie Jean Jones Eshliman
linked to: Billie Jean Jones
stageName Hank Williams

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Hank Williams birthName Hiram King Williams
Hiram King Williams birthName Hiram King Williams