
Country legend Hank Williams, who wrote nearly 200 songs in a career that ended before he turned 30, would be 98 today. He had 35 records that reached the Top 10 on the Country chart, including 11 that reached #1. "Hey, Good Lookin’" was originally written for Little Jimmy Dickens, but Hank decided it was "too good" for him and recorded it himself in 1951, when it reached #1. It "borrowed heavily" from Cole Porter’s 1942 song of the same name…
I love the “hillbilly Shakespeare”… he was awesome and if he would have lived…I would hope we would not have all of this Bon Jovi with a twang pop artists instead of country.
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Exactly!
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Hi John – one of those songs that is easily remembered – loved hearing it again and seeing this take. Cheers Hilary
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His is probably the best of all of them, being the original and all.
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Great song great memories 💜
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Glad you liked it!
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I believe the first album I ever heard- my father’s copy of Hank Williams Greatest Hits- and this was one of the standout songs I remember liking as a 4-5 year old. I liked that album so much back then that even when he was at work or away I would get it out and play it. Hank at 98… what a talent he was– The Hillbilly Shakespeare.
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You have to wonder what country music would be like today if he had lived another 30-40 years. Would any of the current artists be as popular? Or would he have adjusted his music to fit more closely with the pop-with-cowboy-hats crowd?
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If he had lived to be 70- he would have been around to see coming of the Anti-Hank- aka Garth ‘Barf’ Brooks.
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Who knows, had he lived Garth might be working on an oil rig or selling insurance…
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indeed- it could have changed a lot of music history… for the better.
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A fun blast from the past!
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Glad you like it!
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Boy, has it been a long time since I’ve heard that.
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Sounds just as good now as it did 70 years ago, doesn’t it?
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It does.
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