American Songwriter

On This Day in 1950, Hank Williams Recorded One of Only Two Career Hits To Feature the Drums

On this very day in the year 1950, the incomparable country music pioneer Hank Williams recorded the legendary song, “Moanin’ The Blues”. The song was recorded during a session at Castle Studio in ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1950, Another “Hank” Became a Star in Nashville With His First of Seven No. 1 Hits—a Song His Record Label Originally Rejected

Before there was Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Jones, there was Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Marty Robbins, and the legendary Hank Snow. Without those four predecessors, the ...