Hank Williams Death Announcement on WCKY radio on 1 1 53
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- Hank Williams Death Announcement on WCKY radio by DJ Nelson King on 1-1-53. The original material also contained several of Hank's records being played following the announcement. The complete broadcast, as far as I am aware, has never been released anywhere.
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My father spent the last months of his life, dying of cancer, listening to Hank WIlliams's songs. God Bless Hank... the man has done more than he or anyone else ever knew.
And now today January 1st, 2021 it's been 68 years since he passed. May Hank rest in peace, the best solo musician to ever walk the earth
No Noe Joe
@@crocks2871 that song aged very well
Thanks Stalin
Not even close 🤣🤣
A very sad day!
I visited Hank's grave in Montgomery just yesterday and felt an overwhelming bittersweet emotion. And for those who don't know, his birthday is September 17. He would have been 89 years old.
Rest in peace good ol' boy.
a true legend in our time. he wrote most songs in ten minutes, he said the words just "came to him" whenever I feel real low, I play hank, and it helps the pain.
Hank was before my time, but he sure was a part of my time.
I'm only 18 but when my dad and I head out on a road trip we always put on his Hank Williams CD. truly an amazing artist gone way too soon
its hard to believe he was so young, by the looks of him you would have thought he was in his 40's at least, not that that is old. He lived an unbelievably hard life
Photography,in his era,wasn't that good either. The average 25 yr old looked 50 in many pics until the mid 60's.
He was born with an excruciatingly painful back condition known as spina bifida, which got worse as he got older. He was also a hardcore lifetime alcoholic, which weakened his heart and made him very skinny and vitamin deficient.
On the night he died, he'd gotten injected by a doctor with chloral hydrate sedative and morphine, as well as doing his usual degree of heavy drinking afterwards. The combination stopped his weakened heart someplace between Knoxville, TN and Bristol, VA.
Mixture of bad stuff, just like Keith Whitley
Very sad.
I remember when the Armed Forces Radio Network announced this in 1953, I was in Korea at the time. Me and my wife got to see Hank at an old stock yard in Kansas 1950, we loved him and his music.
Thank you for your service brother.
Wow so lucky !
Wow.. y'all are lucky. Can you remember what songs he sung??
Also thank you for your SERVICE TO OUR GREAT NATION !!
Noo u r not I'm a huge fan as well
I didn't know he died so young. Heartbreaking. Thanks for posting this amazing recording.
Hank is a true singer I'm a kid so some of my friends love his songs
Thanks for posting. I grew up listening to Hank in the 70's, and I'm still listening to his music today. RIP Hank
He's a natural born legend that had short lived fame; but his impact was significant enough to leave a legacy passed down to our ears. RIP Hank
I am one of the 1% of kids who love Hank Williams these days. and I cant wait to see him one day.
HighVoltageMayhem me also
HighVoltageMayhem I feel you
I hope the number is higher than one percent, but it always does my heart good to know people (especially young people) still love ol' Hank. I am an old man and he died BEFORE I was even born!! I have a Grand Ole Opry Program that Hank Williams signed and it is one of my most cherished possessions! My wife has tried to get me to sell it a time or two, because each year his autograph goes up and up in value, but I'd rather keep it, enjoy it, and pass it on to someone else who will enjoy it when I am gone.
@@bigbadjohn8099 I wouldnt ever sell it
@@grimreefer2329 I NEVER will. Has too much importance to me. What I've always planned to do with it is someday when I am too damned old to appreciate it anymore, pass it on to someone else who will appreciate it for what it is, and no try to sell it for it's resale value. Hopefully there are still some people around like that when I am ready to kick the bucket!
I'm 25 and my grandpa raised me on Hank he's seen him in concert and when he passed away he tried to go to the funeral but his army commander wouldn't let him rip hank
Brother Hank passed thru my home town(Kingsport,TN.)Dec.31,52.I remember seeing grown men crying openly in public the next day.Just a testament of his popularity.
A very sad day I would imagine. I was born 6 years after Hank passed. But grew up on his music. Growing up in Alabama in the 60s and 70s I was fortunate enough to enjoy classic country sound ya just don't hear anyone. Good old AM radio. Hank was always the first for me. In my 60s and Hanks still the one.
Only 29 years old and died a legend. Damn. Rest In Peace, Mr Williams. One of the greats of country music. A well deserving member of the country music hall of fame.
No body can ever touch a heart and soul like he could. Born long after his death i was fortunate to have parents that still listened to his great music.
RIP Hank, we love you. Daddy had all your records so I was in the cradle hearing you.
I have just brought my self to hear this now after years.
The saddest day in music history
@@garrettthompson5443 the day the music died
I remember this sad day, I got to see Hank in Tulsa in 1948 he was a great entertainer and I will never forget Luke the Drifter and his Drifting Cowboys.
THE TRUE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC
Jim Lovejoy the man in white
Hank Williams! The greatest singer and song writer that ever lived. Ooh that haunting vioce.
I can remember putting on WCKY AM late on a Friday night to catch the Grand Ole Opry broadcasts...i was only a teen then..
I did that, too... WCKY and on Saturday nights, I could get WSM Nashville all the way up in Rochester, NY
I used to listen to clear channel WCKY, Cincinnati 1, Ohio in the late 1950's (from eastern Kentucky). The only DJ I remember listening to was the great Wayne Raney and one of his sponsors sold 100 baby chicks for $1.00. At least that is what I remember... but then I was just a kid!
Rip Hank Williams! You're gone from this Earth but never forgotten. Your music is timeless
He died 4 years before I was born but he still fascinates me. Never heard this song before.
I think he looked forward to death actually.
I remember listening to Hank as a child on my Uncles car Radio on an old mountain cabin. We had no Electric etc. we set on a porch my Mother, Aunts and Uncles, played Guitar and sang Hymns. My Grandfather built the Mt Unger Church, still there and in use. My Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts, other relatives are Buried there in the old Unger Cemetery.
Arnold chapman where is this church located?
As a teenager I listened to WCKY Cincinnati Ohio late at night when i got home from a ballgame or just hanging out with friends. So many great country songs were played on WCKY..
Country Music's greatest superstar to date !!!!
Hank brought country music out of the backwoods and into the mainstream .
Has influenced many artists of all types of music .
Has had a much bigger impact on overall music then given credit for.
Hanks been gone 67 years and his music is as good today as it ever was .
We actually get to listen to music at work and Hank is played a lot . Not many of us care for the so called country music today , which is pop music at best .
Hank will always be the King of Country Music.
Hank died before I was born. I had no idea I have been listening to a dead man's songs for so many years. Rip Hank, love your songs.
Thank you for sharing this video..I love his music so much!!
What a legend! I still love listening to Hank Williams!
Never been another quite like him!
Singing along, Hank ...yes, indeed, we are all bound for the Promised Land ...thank you ...
Hank Williams music had what today's music lacks, that is..soul.
Thank you for keeping the video up
Thanks for this! Cheers
Thanks for the share. We need to hold on to them in our heart as we do Hank
60+ years later, musical artists are still using his songs for the foundation of their carreers. He was one of the greatest Country Music song writer/singers ever! I suppose his passing was a precurser to the death of Buddy Holly!
I love Hank Williams and this was a very great video. Nice job.
Thanks very much for the information!
Can’t believe this was 70 years ago today 😢❤
This breaks my heart 😢💔
I was only six years old, riding in our family car through Copperhill Tennessee into McCaysville Georgia across the old metal river bridge. I was standing up on the back seat floorboard leaning over the backrest of the front seat between my Dad, Leland Davenport and my uncle J.P. Godfrey when this came over the radio. Although I was really young I still have memories of this because of the impact it had on so many people. My Dad And my Uncle J.P. Were visibly upset at the news and maybe that's why I remember it so well. I think everyone in this area back then listened to WCKY and WLS both especially at night when the signals were stronger. It was a sad time in America. Hank Williams was a living Legend and loved by most everyone.
I can remember as a teenager I listened to Rosalie Allen in North Jersey and always thought Hank was number one. I'll see him and be able to talk to him some day
Thank you for uploading! So sad!!!!!
HANK WILLIAMS SNR .HIS MUSIC AND HIS MEMORY LIVES ON .THE MAN THE LEGEND .R.I.P. HANK YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN .
Hank was before my time but i grew up listening to his music and i still do. Hank was the best and is greatly missed. But we have a treasure he left behind Hanj Williams Jr.
..amazing slice of history..thank you for sharing
Sad but true what's written in the newspaper clipping "It is tragic that Mr. Hank Williams was never able to bring to his own life the satisfaction that he gave to so many tohers with his contributions to the fields of folk and popular music." I would add to that "and continues to give".
I was when I heard the bad news.
working at my Dads store in Memphis, sitting next to a heater listing to the radio
i wasn't born yet , a few months later, i remember knowing where i was and what i was doing when the late Don Rich died so i kinda understand where you are comming from
I'm not really a fan of today's country music, but I sure do love Hank Williams' voice and songs as well as the Carter Sisters. Rest in peace Hank Williams.
I have heard this reference that Hank was a folk singer several times. Makes me believe the term country music came later
The Eye hath not seen, the ear hath not heard, nor the mind forsee the things that await in Heaven. Hank wrote and recorded for all of us romantic's to ponder life as it was through his music and I have been pondering through it now for about 60 years. I was 6 years old when he died. He was my favorite then and He is still my favorite today
I WAS 14TH I LISTENED TO HIM ON RADIO MANY MANY TIMES I STILL REMEMBER WHERE I WAS WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS HE HAD PASSED AWAY I GOT IN THE CAR AND TURN THE RADIO ON IN DISBELIEF I WILL ALWAYS PLAY HAS MUSIC ON THE GUITAR. REST IN PEACE 🙏 🪦
Amen. See ya there Hank!
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One of the best !!!!
we sang these song in church...back in Tennessee..1950's...God bless !
I was eight years old on this date. My next birthday I will be 66 years young. Never again will there be as great a entertainer and song writer as Hank Sr.
There was only one Hank williams and he was the greatest.
My father cried upon learning of Mr. Williams' passing. I remember thinking I didn't know he knew him. Well, I doubt that he did but he knew his music which made them friend and family at the least.
Hank Williams aka “The King of Country Music”.
"Untimely death - Noun. Any death that takes place at an unusually early age, or before the person's potential has been fully realized"
I was only 1 1/2 when Hank died. I'm just thankful his recordings live on.
My dad was a huge fan and I grew up listening to him.
The real king of Country music. RIP Hank you were the greatest.
This is a true star. He had heart, soul, and I am looking forward to meeting him and Mrs. Audrey some sweet day.
hank was driven through my home town into bluefield wva the night he died and was more likely dead in the back seat as he passed through.
Poetic... an angel passing through.
+Lake Baikal an angel--Hank Williams--rigghhhhtt
At least he lived to see his fame as 33 of his hits were during his lifetime. So amazing in that he accomplished all of that in a little more than five years. The last one "I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive" had entered the top 40 country charts just 11 days before his death.
The song here playing,Bound For The Promised Land is not on a 2 CD Album set
of HANK WILLIAMS Sr that i got.Dam,that's not fair. Peace.
The only thing I can say is Hank Williams shooting star. My parents had tickets to see Hank in Canton Ohio they were younger then. So I grew listening to Hank Williams music I was born in 55 always loved this music there's nobody like Hank Williams. I really don't think people realize how many people listen to him back then. Across all lines there people that were black and white listening to Hank because he was real. And his music will stand up to time. Long pass this time I think a long long time people be listening to Hank. I heard a story and I can't remember the guy's name but he was a famous jazz musician back in the fifties and he would go to a club in Harlem or bar whatever and he would play Hank Williams on the jukebox. And some of his friends that he hung was kind of looked at him like what and he said this dude is real. That's what I'm talking about when I say Hank crossing the line. If you're real you're real it doesn't matter what color you are and I never heard anybody call this hillbilly music before but that was before my time.
The heart of Country Music still beats in Luke The Drifter, you can hear it when he sings I Saw The Light
You know when I was a child we had the old 78 rpm records of Hank Williams after all these years still got them and play them this young generation don't know what they are missing instead of pop rock calling it country let them.listen to real country
Love u hank
it is 1953 when my Mom said Hank has gone!!!
My brother and I were crossing Pa going towards Va. and were listing to WCKY when the announcement hit the airways
I remember WCKY radio when I was just a kid. About the time I began listening at the Wayne Rainy's show was on every night. Wayne had your songbook, a picture of the Rainy family and whatever else you can buy. Over 53 years ago. It was a long time ago. I remember hearing Hank Williams' songs on radio. This was in rural NC nestled at the bottom of the Appalachian Mountains. Everyone I knew then is no longer on this earth. I count the years since they all have gone. I miss my sainted grandmothers
Hate will ruin your life, if it hasn't already.
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so beautiful! i listened to this beautiful song as a child. i was born a year and six months after hank died, but i love his music. my parents were brought up on his music. they sing it to us as children. love, 54 susie q
I, remember listening to WCKY Cincinatti, 1 Ohio, when I was a boy. There was Wayne Raney and Lonnie Glosson with the talking harmonica.
+Eugene Horner me too, I was in charlotte nc in the late '50s, could only get WCKY at night most of the time
Nelson King was on radio at nights with the Jamboree on WCKY until replaced by Jimmy Logsden. Notices of people searching for others and notices for baby chicks were common announcements. Steel Guitar Rag was the theme song of the night time show heard in many parts of the world with that 50 kW station.
Alot of people don't know that Hank was taught and influenced by a black Alabama man named Rufus "Tee-Tot" Payne. Tee-Tot taught Hank for several years before Tee-tot's death in 1939. As a result, most, if not all of Hank's music has a great and wonderful bluesy sound and story telling.
That country music ain't nothing but the White Man's Blues!
THANKS enjoyed
I'll be 80 come jan 2 and remember hearing tbe news.i became a country fan at 13
who will come ..who will go with me........im bound for the promised land........................
Has anyone noticed the Death Certificate dated "" 1st-July-1986 "" ?????
Damn...what the hell?? The death certificate does say 1986?? WOW!!
Lacey Frazier Thank You Lacey you are very kind.
I, too, noticed that & wondered who had wanted / needed a copy in 1986 then immediately noticed the SEAL had not been applied to the lower left side, making this at best a gag, fake, joke - something! No one would make a copy of a document before the final step had been completed, would they?
Freeze frame and look more closely. The 1986 date is a certification date. The date of death is above and is correct. "Date of death: January 1, 1953. Place of death: Oak Hill WV".
this is a certified copy,,,like what you would need for an insurance claim,proof of paternity,ancestory etc,,,,,
I was 9 years old at this time, and lived in a home that did not have a radio. The only music I knew were the songs my parents and older sisters sang around home. Later that year "Death of Hank Williams" by Jack Cardwell was released, and my older sisters used to sing that song. I learned all the words to this song, (still remember them) but I had no idea at that time who this Hank Williams person actually was.
When I was 17 I got my first radio and I tuned to the stations that had the music I liked. I listened to this station (WCKY) and to many other similar stations. Later I learned that this music was called "country music", and I also learned about Hank Williams, and I have been a fan of both ever since. I now have a country band, and we often do some of Hank's songs.
Never heard that song before... love it
When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's the only albums my parents had besides their Mexican music was Ray Charles and Hank Williams. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" has always been my favorite and I always remember "Cold, Cold Heart", "Jambalaya" and "Kaw-liga" as the best of Hank Williams songs. I always knew that Hank Williams had died at a young age of alcoholism, but I never knew too many of the details until today, October 25, 2015. I just got through watching the video of the Funeral of Hank W. and learned that he died on New Years Day 1953, and I started getting a feeling that I get far too often when I look at the dates of certain events of the past. And then I started looking at this video and I thought that death certificate date was strange, but it wasn't untiI I read the comments on this page about the mysterious date on the death certificate that I started looking a little deeper into what really happened to the King Of Country Music. First off the date that is reported of his death is Jan. 1, 1953 and as soon as I calculated that the year 1953 in numerology is 9, and January the 1st is = to 1- 1, which also = 2 . So for all intents and purposes it is the 2-9, which is the same age as Hank Williams 29. That date is also the same as the 911 date of September 11th when they changed the world in 2001. It is also the same as another date that not many realize changed our world over 51 years ago. And that date is February 9, 1964 or 2-9-1964. That is the day the Illuminati sent the Beatles to invade America.
It is also known as the British Invasion. But they are both the same with the same initials of B. & I. or the 2nd letter in the alphabet and the 9th letter in the alphabet as is February the 2nd month of the year and the 9th as the 9th. Some of you may say "The Beatles"? what did they ever do for the Illuminati? They followed Alister Crowley who told the world a hundred years ago "Do what thou willst" and they didst and that's why we are where we are at now! Although most of us don't even realize where exactly that is. Do You? . . . . That date of July 1, 1986 is exactly 33 years and 6 months from Hank's actual Death Certificate. I don't know what it means but I know that 33 is one of their main numbers. 33.5 is that time in decimals and 3+3+5 = 11. in case you don't know the number 11 represents lucifer to them or satan, either one of em represents evil to US . . . . So I believe that the ill 1's definitely killed the Great Hank Williams as they do to many of the great musical artists then & now! . . . . We must wake up and realize what is happening and happened to U*S*All. . . . God is Great and Love Conquers All! . . .
+Johnny ReadallLobato O_o
+Johnny ReadallLobato Mental illness is real, people.
Tricornes One - And your point is? . . . -- They say there are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; The other is to refuse to accept what is true. . . .
Johnny ReadallLobato Is that what the voices in your head say? Looks like you're guilty of both, you believe what isn't true, a bizarre series of dates and connections which are only in your head, and you refuse to accept what is true, that you likely need help in a mental health facility. Not trying to be mean, would advise you to really seek professional help.
Johnny ReadallLobato
I remember hearing that announcement on the radio , I was home from school , sick and was listening to WCKY , from Cincinatti . It was followed by a series of Hank's songs .during the remainder of the broadcast . Country music wasn't as accepted as well ,then, as it is now . I could only find it for a few hours a day . That era produced the best ,or should I say the purest country music . Of course that's just my opinion .
Simple country folk, God fearing, down to Earth musician. Who couldn't value that? It's a shame so many country music talents had partners who were controlling or treated them badly. RIP.
wcky is a Cincinnati radio station still on the air today.
Remember WCKY from the 1960s when they sold baby chicks on the radio to be shipped to your home!!! WCKY, Cincinatti 1, Ohio. Note that was before zip codes.
Red Cap baby chicks, we bought them. most were roosters.
I remember this day like it was yesterday.
R.I.P
Absolutely awesome!!!🇱🇷🇱🇷✝️✝️✝️👏👏👍👍🌹❤️🌹👍❤️❤️💓💕💗
I Lived in Gad WV nor far from Oak HILL WV WHERE THE DRIVER FOUND HIM DEAD SO SAD
Loretta Whitehead Wow !! That is So Very Sad ... All of the late great ones are gone now 😢 My mama would listen to them but she's gone now too , we lost her in 1982 😢💔 I see ur last name is Whitehead , my boyfriend's last name is Whitehead 😉💟 Well I pray u Many Blessings in ur life & Heart 💗 G💟D Bless y'all in Full Abundance 😇🙌💟
70 years ago today
forever broken every song was for me
He Was The Best An Will Never Be Replaced With
only 29 years old :(
So sad
i like the songs you recorded my friend i wish i can meet you some day i will meet u in the heavens angels Amen od bless you my family injoys your songs so much i love you hank i miss you