YMMV / Hank Williams

• Awesome Music: Arguably his entire career.
• Covered Up:
  • Some of his signature songs were covers. His biggest hit, "Lovesick Blues", was a Tin Pan Alley standard, with notable versions recorded by Emmett Miller and later by Rex Griffin (Williams based his rendition on Griffin's). "Lost Highway" was written and first recorded by Leon Payne a couple of years before Hank's classic take. "Half as Much" was written by Grand Ole Opry fiddler Curley Williams (no relation), and Hank's version was held back from release for a few months to allow Curley to release it first (but Curley's version only sold a handful of copies).
  • "Mind Your Own Business" was later a #1 hit for his son, Hank Williams Jr.., whose version had guest vocals from Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson and Reverend Ike.
  • "Move It On Over" is more familiar to rock fans from George Thorogood's cover.
  • "Cold, Cold Heart" has also been covered by many artists, most notably Tony Bennett (a #1 pop hit), Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole... and The Joker (Troy Baker) of Batman: Arkham Origins.
• Funny Moments: "Howlin' at the Moon", a light hearted song about a man so completely distracted by love he begins having absurd mishaps.
  I rode my horse to town today and a gas pump we did pass
  I pulled 'im up and I hollered, "Whoa!" And said, "Fill him up with gas"
  The man picked up a monkey wrench and wham, he changed my tune
  You got me chasing rabbits, spittin' out teeth, and howlin' at the Moon
• Harsher in Hindsight: A notorious one, with "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" still climbing the charts when he died.
• Posthumous Popularity Potential: He was a big star when he was alive, but his death turned him into a mythic figure practically overnight, with "Kaw-Liga", "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "Take These Chains From My Heart" spending almost a combined six months atop the country chart in 1953. There were even fights (legal and physical) between his ex-wives Audrey and Billie Jean over the right to use the potentially lucrative title "Hank Williams' Widow" (Audrey eventually paid Billie Jean for the rights).
• Signature Song: A huge load of candidates, but "Your Cheatin' Heart" is probably the one that immediately comes to mind for most people (and, interestingly, it was third-to-last song he ever recorded, and was released posthumously).

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