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    • Sep 17, 1923
    Hank Williams is born in Mount Olive, Alabama. He becomes one of country's most influential singer/songwriters, penning "I Saw The Light" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" among his classics before dying tragically at age 29. Williams joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961, and sires Hank Williams Jr. and Jett Williams
    Dec 15, 1944
    Hank Williams marries Audrey Guy at a gas station outside Andalusia, Alabama. They become parents to Hank Williams Jr.
    May 26, 1949
    Hank Williams Jr. is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. The son of country legend Hank Williams, he develops his own career, taking Entertainer of the Year in 1987 from both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. He is named in 2020 as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 29, 1952
    Hank Williams divorces Audrey Williams for the second time. This one is permanent
    Jan 1, 1953
    Hank Williams is pronounced dead in Oak Hill, West Virginia, after passing away in the back seat of a Cadillac, en route to a show in Canton, Ohio. Many believe he died from a mix of alcohol and morphine
    Mar 22, 1958
    Hank Williams Jr. makes his public stage debut at the age of eight, singing "Lovesick Blues" at the Nancy Auditorium in Swainsboro, Georgia. The facility is owned by Webb Pierce and music executive Jim Denny
    Nov 2, 1963
    "Country Music On Broadway" premieres at the Tennessee Theater in downtown Nashville. The movie features Buck Owens, George Jones, Porter Wagoner, Ferlin Husky, Hank Williams Jr., Hank Snow, Skeeter Davis, Bill Anderson and Stonewall Jackson, among others
    Dec 11, 1963
    Hank Williams Jr. has his first recording session, at age 14, in Nashville. The session features some of his father's songs: "You Win Again," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Cold, Cold Heart" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
    Dec 13, 1963
    Hank Williams Jr. records his first hit, a cover of his father's "Long Gone Lonesome Blues," in Nashville
    Dec 29, 1963
    Hank Williams Jr. makes his first appearance on the CBS-TV series "The Ed Sullivan Show" from New York, singing "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" and "Cold, Cold Heart"
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