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Hank Williams
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Hank Williams was born Hiriam Williams on the 17/09/1923 in Mount Olive, Butler County Alabama and died on New Years Day the 01/01/1953 in Oak West Virginia.
The first band Hank Williams created was The Drifting Cowboys and he joined local radio station WSFA in 1941 after learning his guitar skills from a blues artist Rufus Payne aka Tee Tot.
After regularly singing songs from his idol Roy Acuff as well as others from the day, the station nicknamed him "The singing kid".
As WW2 began some of the band members from "The Drifting Cowboys" left as they were conscripted to join the good fight, Hank had trouble recruiting replacements and WSFA eventually had enough and ended the contract when his drinking became too much.
