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* SignatureSong: 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 the second-to-last song he ever recorded).

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* SignatureSong: 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 the second-to-last third-to-last song he ever recorded).recorded, and was released posthumously).
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* PosthumousPopularityPotential: 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.

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* PosthumousPopularityPotential: 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).
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* PosthumousPopularityPotential: 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.
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** His biggest hit, "Lovesick Blues", was a Tin Pan Alley standard. It had been recorded by Emmett Miller and later by Rex Griffin before Williams' version. "Lost Highway" was written and first recorded by Leon Payne a couple of years before Hank's classic rendition.

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** Some of his signature songs were covers. His biggest hit, "Lovesick Blues", was a Tin Pan Alley standard. It had been standard, with notable versions recorded by Emmett Miller and later by Rex Griffin before Williams' version. (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 rendition.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).
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* SignatureSong: A huge load of candidates, but "Your Cheatin' Heart" is probably the one that immediately comes to mind for most people.

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* SignatureSong: A huge load of candidates, but "Your Cheatin' Heart" is probably the one that immediately comes to mind for most people.people (and, interestingly, it was the second-to-last song he ever recorded).
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** His biggest hit, "Lovesick Blues", was a Tin Pan Alley standard. It had been recorded by Emmett Miller and later by Rex Griffin before Williams' version.

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** His biggest hit, "Lovesick Blues", was a Tin Pan Alley standard. It had been recorded by Emmett Miller and later by Rex Griffin before Williams' version. "Lost Highway" was written and first recorded by Leon Payne a couple of years before Hank's classic rendition.
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** "Cold, Cold Heart" has also been covered by many artists, most notably Tony Bennett, Music/JohnnyCash, Music/LouisArmstrong, Nat King Cole... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] ComicBook/TheJoker (Creator/TroyBaker) of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''.

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** "Cold, Cold Heart" has also been covered by many artists, most notably Tony Bennett, Music/TonyBennett (a #1 pop hit), Music/JohnnyCash, Music/LouisArmstrong, Nat King Cole... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] ComicBook/TheJoker (Creator/TroyBaker) of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''.




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* SignatureSong: A huge load of candidates, but "Your Cheatin' Heart" is probably the one that immediately comes to mind for most people.
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** "Move It On Over" was more successful through George Thorogood's cover.

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** "Move It On Over" was is more successful through familiar to rock fans from George Thorogood's cover.
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—> ''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''

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—> --> ''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''

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-> ''Today I tried to eat a steak with a big old tablespoon''
-> ''You got me chasing rabbits, walkin' on my hands, and howlin' at the Moon''

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-> ''Today I tried —> ''I rode my horse to eat town today and a steak 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 big old tablespoon''
->
monkey wrench and wham, he changed my tune''
—>
''You got me chasing rabbits, walkin' on my hands, spittin' out teeth, and howlin' at the Moon''

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-> ''Today I tried to eat a steak with a big old tablespoon''
-> ''You got me chasing rabbits, walkin' on my hands, and howlin' at the Moon''
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* FunnyMoments: "Howlin' at the Moon", a light hearted song about a man so completely distracted by love he begins having absurd mishaps.

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* FunnyMoments: SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "Howlin' at the Moon", a light hearted song about a man so completely distracted by love he begins having absurd mishaps.
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* FunnyMoments: "Howlin' at the Moon", a light hearted song about a man so completely distracted by love he begins having absurd mishaps.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A notorious one, with "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" still climbing the charts when he died.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: A notorious one, with "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" still climbing the charts when he died.
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** "Cold, Cold Heart" has also been covered by many artists, most notably Tony Bennett, Music/JohnnyCash, Music/LouisArmstrong, Nat King Cole... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker (Creator/TroyBaker) of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''.

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** "Cold, Cold Heart" has also been covered by many artists, most notably Tony Bennett, Music/JohnnyCash, Music/LouisArmstrong, Nat King Cole... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker ComicBook/TheJoker (Creator/TroyBaker) of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A notorious one, with "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" still climbing the charts when he died.
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** "Mind Your Own Business" was later a #1 hit for his son, Music/HankWilliamsJr., whose version had guest vocals from Music/RebaMcEntire, Tom Petty, WillieNelson and Reverend Ike.

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** "Mind Your Own Business" was later a #1 hit for his son, Music/HankWilliamsJr., whose version had guest vocals from Music/RebaMcEntire, Tom Petty, WillieNelson Music/WillieNelson and Reverend Ike.
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** "Mind Your Own Business" was later a #1 hit for his son, HankWilliamsJr., whose version had guest vocals from RebaMcEntire, Tom Petty, WillieNelson and Reverend Ike.

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** "Mind Your Own Business" was later a #1 hit for his son, HankWilliamsJr.Music/HankWilliamsJr., whose version had guest vocals from RebaMcEntire, Music/RebaMcEntire, Tom Petty, WillieNelson and Reverend Ike.


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** "Cold, Cold Heart" has also been covered by many artists, most notably Tony Bennett, Music/JohnnyCash, Music/LouisArmstrong, Nat King Cole... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker (Creator/TroyBaker) of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Arguably his entire ''career''.



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Arguably his entire ''career''.

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