album · September 18, 1959

The Unforgettable Hank Williams

Hank Williams

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Mercury NashvilleSee this day

countryrhythm and blues

This 1959 compilation collects 12 tracks from Williams' Mercury Nashville sessions between 1950 and 1952, featuring hits like "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."

• The album reached #13 on Billboard's country albums chart.
• This was the first Hank Williams album released on Mercury Records.
• The liner notes were written by Mercury Records A&R man, Jerry Kennedy.

Hank Williams was an Alabama-born country singer-songwriter whose legendary career, though tragically short, defined the genre. He died in 1953, and "The Unforgettable Hank Williams" was released posthumously, a decade after his initial Mercury recordings.