Hank Williams

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American musician, a country western singer and songwriter who wrote about 125 songs with no formal musical training, without knowing a note of music. During his short career he all but defined modern country music, fusing R&B with western swing, gospel-influenced country and tale-telling folk music. His untrained voice may have been painfully nasal, but his Alabama drawl had a certain charm and he had a catch-yodel that was unique. Some of the songs that he wrote and sang include "Cold, Cold Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Lovesick Blues." The movie, "Your Cheatin' Heart," 1964, tells the story of his life as adapted from the biography by Chet Flippo. Subject to depression and binge drinking, he crafted a lot of awfully maudlin pop songs, but was witty, affecting and influential. He was married and had two kids prior to his early death at 29 from a heart attack in the backseat of a Cadillac on 1/01/1953, North Oak Hill, WV. Link to Wikipedia biography