by Colin Escott
Marquee Club. Contract with Hank Williams. October 5, 1952.
Marshall, Toby. Letter to Hank Williams. December 28, 1952. Courtesy of Marty Stuart.
McKee, Don. “First Wife Out of Hank’s Plans, Widow Declares.” Montgomery (AL) Advertiser, January 10, 1953.
Montgomery Alabama Journal, “Country Boy Returns,” December 29 and 30, 1952.
Morris, Doug. “Hank Williams’ Death Still Issue.” Knoxville (TN) Journal, December 15, 1982.
Nashville Tennessean, “Williams’ Death Laid to Heart Condition,” January 11, 1953.
Oak Hill Hospital. Hank Williams autopsy. January 1, 1953.
Oak Hill (WV) Fayette Tribune, “Six Man Jury Awaits Autopsy Report…,” January 5, 1953.
O’Quin, Beecher. Full-issue article on Donald Surface. International Traditional Country Music Fan Club 4, no. 3 (November 1999).
Taylor, J. Nelson. “Pretty Witness Tells Hillbilly’s Bizarre Story.” Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman, March 18, 1953.
Turpen, Brian. Unpublished research on Hank Williams’ death and on Toby Marshall.
Tyree, Joe, et al. Interviews with Vic Gabany. Undated. Oak Hill, WV. Used by permission.
Williams, Susan. “Did Hank Williams Die in Oak Hill?” Oak Hill (WV) Fayette Tribune, December 22, 1982.
CHAPTER 17: WUTHERING DEPTHS
AUTHOR INTERVIEWS
A. V. Bamford, Jerry Byrd, Charles Carr, Leaborne Eads, Leila Griffin, Don Helms, Billie Jean Horton, Horace Logan, Braxton Schuffert, 1989–1993.
Charles Carr, Braxton Schuffert, Billie Jean Horton, Leila Griffin reinterviewed, 2003.
Lewis Fitzgerald, 2003.
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Canton (OH) Repository, “Hank Williams Dies En Route to Show Here,” January 2, 1953.
Davis, Oscar. Interview with Doug Green. Country Music Foundation Oral History Project. July 24, 1974.
Honicker, Bunny. “Rose Applauds Famed Protégé.” Undated newspaper clip, ca. 1954.
Horton, Billie Jean. “Fear and Loathing at Hank’s Funeral.” Texas Music, June 1976.
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*Of the 188 million records sold in 1950, 177.3 million were still on 78 rpm, 7.3 million were on 45 rpm, and 3.4 million were on LP.
*With Audrey Williams (vocal)
*Duet credited on label to “Hank and Audrey.”
*Issued as “Hank and Audrey”
*Issued under pseudonym “Luke the Drifter—with Instrumental Accompaniment”
*Issued under pseudonym “Luke the Drifter—with Instrumental Accompaniment”
*With Audrey Williams (vocal)
*Issued under pseudonym “Luke the Drifter—with Instrumental Accompaniment”
*Issued as “Audrey Williams”
†Issued as “Hank and Audrey”
*Issued under pseudonym “Luke the Drifter—with Instrumental Accompaniment” “Ramblin’ Man” reissued under Hank Williams’ name, MGM 11479 and subsequent issues.
*With Little Jimmy Dickens
*With Anita Carter (duet vocal)
*Issued under pseudonym “Luke the Drifter—with Instrumental Accompaniment”