Posts from — September 2008

Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams

Following Williams’ untimely death just after midnight on New Year’s Day 1953 – he was only 29 – “Your Cheatin’ Heart” shot to Number One on the country music charts. Although cut down early in life by his struggles with alcohol, Williams’ legend has only grown since then. His influence on country music continues to be so far-reaching that this song received a Grammy 30 years later, and today his story has grown to mythic status among his millions of country fans.

Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell

Campbell’s recording of another of his many Jimmy Webb-penned monster hits was a definitive moment for this celebrated country singer and television & movie entertainer. In 1968, the song won Academy of Country Music Awards Song of The Year and made Campbell CMA Entertainer of The Year. The song has since lent its beautiful melody and moving lyrics to over 50 recordings by country, pop and R&B artists such as Ray Charles.