Sixty-two years after his death, Hank Williams is still full of surprises. In 1950, the singer recorded "The Garden Spot Programs," a series of radio shows sponsored by Naughton Farms, a mail-order ...

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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A Nashville company has acquired the rights to release live recordings from a historic Shreveport radio show that featured musicians in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Music ...

All right. If you're just joining us, it's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR West. I'm Tess Vigeland. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVE RADIO BROADCAST) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: It's "The Garden Spot" Program presenting ...

Jett Williams never met her father, Hank Williams Sr., who died five days before she was born in 1953. But she's come to learn more about him from 143 never-released recordings he did for a radio ...

These days, Hank Williams is enshrined as the poet of country music, the man who established the classic modern country music myth and body of work: a spangled, grimly grinning performer who sang ...

Hank Williams is one of the greatest country star's of all-time. His "million-dollar" voice brought him 11 No. 1 hits within his first five years. Williams died young, at age 29 in 1953, but he lived ...

The ownership rights to more than three dozen never before commercially released Hank Williams Sr. recordings belong exclusively to the legendary country singer/songwriter’s two children, Jett and ...

Country songs; principally written by Hank Williams. Biographical notes on container. Performer(s): Hank Williams, vocals and guitar; with instrumental ensemble. Production notes: Recorded 1947-1953.