Hank Williams is considered by many to be the godfather of country music-a legendary character who lived fast and died young, at the age of 29 in 1953. Special thanks to Frank Lipsik and other ...

The pop success of the song gained Williams greater respect as a songwriter. The song is not only a part of the Great American Songbook - it easily fits on our list of the Top 10 Hank Williams Songs.

Here, he might as well be flipping through a Hank Williams songbook that he's completely disconnected from. That's why the final scene works so well. It finally makes you feel a connection between ...

Can you imagine Hank Williams at age 100 ... we can only wonder what he might have accomplished — and how large his songbook would be — if the Alabama native had lived to be a centenarian.