Hank Williams Artist Profile
Hank Williams
- Real name: Hiram King Williams
- Artist name(s): The Hillbilly Shakespeare, Harm
- Label(s): MGM
- Date of Birth: September 17, 1923
- Date Deceased: January 1, 1953
- Sign: Virgo
- Height: 6' 0" (1.83 m)
- Place of birth: Georgiana, AL, US
- Website: www.hankwilliams.com
Hank Williams Biography
Hank Williams was born in September 1923 in a small Alabama farming community about 70 miles south of Montgomery. His father was a railroad engineer who was also a victim of shell shock after a year of fighting in France in 1918 during World War I and spent many years in veterans hospitals. Hank's mother, Lillian Skipper Williams, played the organ in their local church and taught him gospel songs...
