RARE HANK WILLIAMS SR "LUKE THE DRIFTER" 78RPM ON MGM
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Description
UP FOR BIDS
IS THE 1950 POETIC READING RECORDING
OF
"EVERYTHING'S OKAY "
"TOO MANY PARTIES AND TOO MANY PALS"
BY
HANK WILLIAMS SR.
(Luke The Drifter)
Recorded at Castle Studio
Nashville, Tennessee October 1, 1950
Record Company
MGM 10718 A/B
Record Condition
VG+
Label Condition
VG+
King Hiram "Hank" Williams was born on September 17, 1923, in Mount Olive, Alabama. In 1950, Williams began recording as Luke the Drifter, an appellation given to Williams for use in identifying his religion-themed recordings, many of which are recitations rather than his usual crooning. Fearful that disc jockeys and jukebox operators would become hesitant to accept these non-traditional Williams recordings, thereby hurting the marketability of Williams' name, the name Luke the Drifter, was employed to cloak the identity of the artist. Williams died in his Cadillac in Oak Hill, West Virginia, at the age of 29, while on his way to a scheduled performance on New Years Day, 1953, in Canton, Ohio.
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