Hank Williams died young on New Year's Day in 1953, and his January 4 funeral was one of the biggest in country music history.

Hank Williams was born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive, Alabama, to a family of strawberry farmers and log company workers, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame. In addition to growing up in ...

A father and son from Blue Mound are keeping old school country music alive through song — and by saving an iconic car used ...

In the early hours of New Year's Day 1953, country music singer Hank Williams died while being driven to a performance. He was 29. Fifty years later, Morning Edition host Bob Edwards looks at ...

What makes up the country music genre? Answer: Country music is a musical genre originating from rural parts of the southern regions across the U.S. It is famous in cities like Nashville, Memphis, ...