![]() ![]() ![]() Williams had already been singing “Lovesick Blues” in live performances, and he finally persuaded his song publisher and record producer, Fred Rose, to let him record it. The song, written by Cliff Friend, had been recorded before, and Williams probably learned it from his fellow Alabamian Rex Griffin. ![]() Little did Hank Williams know when he recorded the old Tin Pan Alley song “Lovesick Blues” in December, 1948, that he would soon become the most popular star in country music and a regular member of the prestigious radio show The Grand Ole Opry. Hank Williams’s 1949 recording of “Lovesick Blues” and his performance on The Grand Ole Opry marked the emergence of country music as part of mainstream popular music. ![]()
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