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    • Feb 18, 1981
    Simon & Schuster publishes "Your Cheatin' Heart: A Biography Of Hank Williams," authored by Chet Flippo
    Jan 9, 1982
    Juice Newton lip-synchs "Queen Of Hearts" and "Angel Of The Morning" on the syndicated "Pop! Goes The Country." Charley Pride performs "Honky Tonk Blues" and "Roll On Mississippi" and joins host Tom T. Hall in a medley of Hank Williams songs
    Jul 27, 1982
    Songwriter Gary Gentry performs "The Ride"--a song about the ghost of Hank Williams--on the Grand Ole Opry, and all the power mysteriously goes out
    Aug 7, 1982
    Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of his father's song "Honky Tonkin'" ascends to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Dec 15, 1982
    An old report on the death of Hank Williams is uncovered in a police file. The report indicates that although Oak Hill, West Virginia, has long been listed as the place he died, Williams may have already been dead when he was taken from a Knoxville hotel
    Feb 17, 1983
    Columbia releases David Allan Coe's Hank Williams ghost tale, "The Ride"
    Feb 23, 1983
    Hank Williams' recording of "Your Cheatin' Heart" is entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame during the 25th annual Grammy awards in Los Angeles
    Jan 17, 1985
    Hank Williams is among the additions as the Alabama Music Hall Of Fame holds its inaugural induction ceremony in Birmingham. Also joining the hall are Nat "King" Cole and record producers Rick Hall and Buddy Killen
    May 24, 1985
    Hank Williams' house, transported from Franklin Road, opens as a tourist attraction on Nashville's Music Row
    Jul 11, 1985
    Kathy Yvonne Stone--the future Jett Williams--files a petition in Montgomery, Alabama, for access to paternity and adoption records. The goal: to prove she is the biological daughter of Hank Williams
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