Just three years later, she was performing with famous jazz and blues musicians including Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson and Joe Williams.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

The next year she starred in a film version of the Tennessee Williams play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

VOA: special.2011.04.03

But a few years later, the high sharp voice of Hank Williams would cut like a knife through the music world.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

I'm Tony Riggs. Today,Larry West and I tell the story of country and western singer and songwriter, Hank Williams.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

His idea for the original drawing came from a piece of music by the English composer Ralph Vaughn-Williams.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Those who knew Hank Williams say he did not have the emotional strength to deal with his problems.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

On the Civil Wars' web site, Paul John White says his connection with Joy Williams was immediate.

VOA: special.2011.04.15

Famous recording stars who never sang country and western music began recording songs written by Hank Williams.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Doctor Winkel and university scientist David Williams are among the organizers of the Global Snakebite Initiative.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

We're playing John Williams, who is a famous composer who did 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' and 'Superman,' in addition to the classical music."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Radio stations that had never played country and western music began to play Hank Williams' songs.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Drummer Billy Hayes and bassist Stephen Pope joined last year after meeting Nathan Williams in Barcelona,Spain.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Like most people at that time in the southern United States, the Williams family was poor.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Gabriela Montero and clarinetist Anthony McGill will play a work written by composer John Williams for the event.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

He and university scientist David Williams are among the organizers of the Global Snakebite Initiative.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Many years after Hank Williams' death, new fans of his music have asked why he could put so much of his life into his songs.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Hank Williams was born in nineteen twenty-three on a small farm near Mount Olive,Alabama.

VOA: special.2009.11.22