Hank Williams Jr. Sings the Songs of Hank Williams is the debut studio album by American artist Hank Williams Jr.
Background Williams Jr. first gained notability by singing his father, Hank Williams Sr.'s, song "Lovesick Blues" at the Grand Ole Opry and winning a curtain call.
The album is a collection of 12 covers of William Sr.'s songs and was recorded when Williams Jr. was 14 years old.
Reception
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Album at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards.
Mary Campbell of the Connecticut Post praised the album and called Williams Jr. a "stylish interpreter of his late great father's great music." Kathleen A. Rowley of the Courier-Post commented, "the style Hank Jr. displays in the MGM album is plaintive, homespun and embellished with a few yodels. Country music fans may consider this a gem but 'pops' music fans may find Hank Jr. sounds too much like a hound-dawg baying at the moon at midnight."
Track listing
Charts +Chart performance for Hank Williams Jr. Sings the Songs of Hank Williams Chart (1964) Peakposition
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