Hank Williams

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Officials at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum say an exhibit about the Hank Williams family has been the most popular ever. Read More

W.E. "Big Bill" Lister, who toured as one of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys and was dubbed "Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy," has died. Read More

Songwriter Aaron Schroeder, bass player Jack Cooke and recording artist Big Bill Lister — musical figures who played a role in the careers of Elvis Presley , Ralph Stanley and Hank Williams — each died in the last week, leaving cultural contributions they accomplished while working in the shadows of some very significant artists. Read More

Radio's tallest singing cowboy recorded with Hank Williams Sr. Dubbed "Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy," Bill Lister of Brady was 6 feet 7 inches at a time when that height was enough to keep you out of the military. Read More

Recently the city of Cincinnati, Ohio erected a plaque at 811 Race Street to commemorate the former site of Herzog Studios where the great Hank Williams recorded his first mega-hit "Lovesick Blues" in December 1948. Read More

In the early 1950s, Hank Williams could be heard performing every weekday morning on radio stations all across the southern United States. Read More

A new historic marker in downtown Cincinnati makes note of the building where Hank Williams Williams Sr. recorded his haunting classic, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." The E.T. Herzog Recording Co. also was where other classic music was made by Williams and fellow country stars including Patti Page and Grandpa Jones, and by R&B artists such as Bull Moose Jackson. Read More

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