Autoplay Next video from Max length

Hank Williams - The Funeral (1950).

3,415 views · Published 15 July 2017 · 3:04 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: mrblindfreddy9999 · 2017 · Music

[From a 1886 Poem by Will Carelton]
Recorded 1949 by T. Texas Tyler
      as "A Colored Child's Funeral"

Issued as Luke The Drifter on  MGM 10630 B.
From LP "Hank Williams As Luke The Drifter" (1953).

Recorded 10 January 1950 [14:00-17:00] Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville 3, TN – 
Hank Williams  (recitation), Fred Rose or Owen Bradley [organ].

 Born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive, ALABAMA (1923 - 1953)

Charted Eleven #1 Hits Between 1948 to 1953

 1953   One of the First Vocalists Inducted into
Billboard's Honor Roll of Country & Western Artists
1961   One of the First Members Elected to
Country Music Hall of Fame
1969   Inducted into the Walkway of Stars
by The Country Music Hall of Fame
1973   Received the Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music
1983   Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
for His 1952 Recording of "Your Cheatin' Heart"
1987   Received Lifetime Achievement (Grammy) Award
from National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
1987 Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
as a Forefather of Rock & Roll
1994   Life Magazine Ranked Hank Williams # 1` 
in the 100 Most Important People In Country Music

Hank Williams - The Funeral (1950).

More from this channel