Which country music star, writer of the song Your Cheatin' Heart, died on New Year's Day 1953?
"wrote 'Your Cheatin' Heart' about a gal like my first ex-wife/You moan the blues for me and for you/Hank Williams, you wrote my life"""") to express deep sorrow and sadness following a bitter breakup of a relationship. In addition to ""Your Cheatin' Heart"" and ""Moanin' the Blues,"" song titles listed or referenced in the lyrics included ""Cold, Cold Heart,"" ""Half as Much,"" ""I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,"" ""(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle,"" and ""The Blues Come Around."" ""Hank Williams ... "" would become Bandy's biggest hit yet, peaking at No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart in"
"Records in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 23. ""Your Cheatin' Heart"" was released in January 1953. Propelled by Williams' recent death during a trip to a New Year's concert in Canton, Ohio, the song became an instant success. It topped ""Billboard's"" Country & Western chart for six weeks, while over a million units were sold. The success of the song continued. Joni James' version reached number two on ""Billboard's"" Most Played in Jukeboxes the same year, while Ray Charles' 1962 version reached number 29 on the """"Billboard"" Hot 100"" and 13 on the UK Singles Chart. The song ranked at 213"
"decade, the honky-tonk style dominated country music, with songs of heartbreak, loneliness, alcoholism and despair the overriding themes. Long regarded the master of these themes was Hank Williams, whose critically acclaimed songwriting resulted in a string of legendary hits and songs, such as ""Cold, Cold Heart"", ""Your Cheating Heart"", ""Why Don't You Love Me"" and many more titles. Williams also lived hard, and on January 1, 1953, died. His legacy, however, would live on in country music for decades to come, and be vastly influential to new stars including a young Saratoga, Texas native named George Jones. Jones, just 23"
"Cheatin' Heart"", ""Hey, Good Lookin'"", and ""I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"". Years of back pain, alcoholism and prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health. In 1952, he divorced Sheppard and was dismissed by the Grand Ole Opry because of his unreliability and alcohol abuse. On New Year's Day 1953, he died suddenly while traveling to a concert in Canton, Ohio at the age of 29. Despite his short life, Williams is one of the most celebrated and influential popular musicians of the 20th century, especially in regards to country music. Many artists covered songs Williams wrote and recorded. He"
"told ""Billboard"" magazine that the company got only about five requests for pictures of Williams during the weeks prior to his death, but over 300 afterwards. The local record shops sold out of all of their records, and customers were asking for all records ever released by Williams. His final single released during his lifetime was ironically titled ""I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive."" ""Your Cheatin' Heart"" was written and recorded in 1952 but released in 1953 after Williams's death. The song was number one on the country charts for six weeks. It provided the title for the"
"friend, Braxton Schuffert, as he was about to play it, as ""the best heart song (he) ever wrote"". Williams is backed on the session by Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), Chet Atkins (lead guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), and Floyd ""Lightnin'"" Chance (bass). While traveling to a scheduled New Year's show in Canton, Ohio, the driver found Williams dead on the backseat of the car during a stop in Oak Hill, West Virginia. ""Your Cheatin' Heart"" was released at the end of January 1953. Propelled by Williams' death, the song and the A-side ""Kaw-Liga"" became a hit, selling"
"and customers were asking for all records ever released by Williams. His final single, released in November 1952 while he was still alive, was ironically titled ""I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"". ""Your Cheatin' Heart"" was written and recorded in September 1952 but released in late January 1953 after Williams' death. The song, backed by ""Kaw-Liga"", was number one on the country charts for six weeks. It provided the title for the 1964 biographical film of the same name, which starred George Hamilton. ""Take These Chains From My Heart"" was released in April 1953 and went to #1"
"Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain (born March 26, 1956) is an American country music singer, best known for string of country hits during the 1980s. McClain's biggest hits include ""Who's Cheatin' Who,"" ""Sleepin' with the Radio On,"" and ""Radio Heart."" McClain was born March 26, 1956. The nickname ""Charly"" would come from the neighborhood friends that she played with as a child. McClain would later go on to use it when she began her career playing hotel lounges. Her first experience recording was when father Niles had tuberculosis when she was eight. As she was under age to comply with"
"Faron Young Faron Young (February 25, 1932 – December 10, 1996) was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most successful and colorful stars. Hits including ""If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"" and ""Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young"" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style; and his chart-topping singles ""Hello Walls"" and ""It's Four in the Morning"" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Known as the Hillbilly Heartthrob, and following a movie role, the Young Sheriff, Young's singles reliably charted for more than"
"at age 38, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer a year earlier. Roger Bowling Roger Dale Bowling (December 3, 1944 – December 26, 1982) was a Nashville songwriter who specialized in country music. His best-known songs include: Bowling was born in Helton, Leslie County, Kentucky. As a recording artist, he placed seven singles on the ""Billboard"" country chart, all with songs he co-wrote. His highest-charting single was ""Yellow Pages"", which peaked at number 30 in 1981. He also performed the opening theme song ""Heal It"", and the closing credits song ""Friday Night Fool"" (which he wrote) for the feature film"
"was founded by fellow country music star Liz Anderson. Actor Fred Parker Jr. has been cast as Young in the upcoming biopic ""I Saw the Light"", set to release in 2015. Faron Young Faron Young (February 25, 1932 – December 10, 1996) was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most successful and colorful stars. Hits including ""If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"" and ""Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young"" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style; and his chart-topping singles ""Hello Walls"" and"
"Rebel Radio. Feathers is an inductee in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Note: the Feathers 45s were private releases, sold at Charlie Feathers' concerts. Charlie Feathers Charles Arthur Feathers (June 12, 1932August 29, 1998) was an American country music and rockabilly musician. Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He recorded a string of singles in the 1950s such as ""Peepin' Eyes"", ""Defrost Your Heart"", ""Tongue-Tied Jill"" and ""Bottle to the Baby"" on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records. Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic,"
"Carl Smith in 1951 and Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner in 1973 - and also a minor hit (#21) on the pop charts for Rosemary Clooney in 1951) and ""Crying My Heart Out Over You"" (written with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and Earl Sherry, the song charted for Flatt and Scruggs in 1960, but is best known from the 1982 Ricky Scaggs version, which hit #1). Carl Butler Carl Robert Butler, known professionally as Carl Butler, (June 2, 1927 – September 4, 1992) was an American country music singer-songwriter and one half of the husband-and-wife duo Carl and Pearl Butler."
"Your Cheatin' Heart (TV series) Your Cheatin' Heart is a BBC Scotland six-part comedy drama serial, broadcast in 1990 and written by John Byrne. It starred Tilda Swinton, John Gordon-Sinclair, Katy Murphy, Eddi Reader and Ken Stott. The format is similar to Byrne's earlier serial Tutti Frutti but the tone is much darker. Cissie Crouch (Tilda Swinton) is working as a waitress in an American themed bar and restaurant in Glasgow called ""Bar L"", while her husband Dorwood Crouch (Kevin McMonagle) is in prison for a robbery she believes he did not commit. (The prison where Crouch is being held"
"Cheatin' (song) ""Cheatin'"" is a song written by Brett James and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in October 2005 as the second single from her album ""Real Fine Place"". In early 2006, it peaked in the Top 10 on the US Country charts. The song was later included on Evans' ""Greatest Hits"" album. The song, which is a moderate-tempo is about a woman who is angry about her husband cheating on her. The song talks about all the problems the husband faces for leaving his wife for his mistress, including living"
"Vic Damone Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer. He is best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit ""You're Breaking My Heart"", and ""On the Street Where You Live"" (from ""My Fair Lady"") and ""My Heart Cries for You"" which were both number four hits. Damone was born Vito Rocco Farinola in Brooklyn, New York, to Rocco and Mamie (Damone) Farinola, Italian emigrants from Bari, Italy. His father was an electrician and"
"Ruth Etting Ruth Etting (November 23, 1897 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. Known as ""America's sweetheart of song"", her signature tunes were ""Shine On, Harvest Moon"", ""Ten Cents a Dance"" and ""Love Me or Leave Me"". Her other popular recordings included ""Button Up Your Overcoat"", ""Mean to Me"", ""Exactly Like You"" and ""Shaking the Blues Away"". As a young girl in Nebraska, Etting had wanted to be an artist; she drew and sketched everywhere she was"
"Charlie Feathers Charles Arthur Feathers (June 12, 1932August 29, 1998) was an American country music and rockabilly musician. Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He recorded a string of singles in the 1950s such as ""Peepin' Eyes"", ""Defrost Your Heart"", ""Tongue-Tied Jill"" and ""Bottle to the Baby"" on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records. Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps. He studied and recorded several songs with Junior Kimbrough,"
"UK release. Helms continued touring and recording for the next three decades. His pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Helms spent most of his later years living just outside Martinsville, Indiana, until his death from emphysema and asthma at the age of 63 in 1997. He was portrayed by actor Brad Hawkins in the 2007 film ""Crazy"". Bobby Helms Robert Lee Helms (August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997) was an American country music singer best known for his 1957 Christmas hit ""Jingle Bell Rock"". His other hits include ""Fraulein"" and ""My"
"writers of the song, King and Kilgore. He died at the age of 102 on 15 August 1994 at his home in Clinton, Arkansas, and was buried at the Woolverton Mountain Cemetery. Country singer Dickey Lee, who was still emerging on the music scene at the time, covered the song just months after it was released. Nat King Cole covered the song for his 1962 album ""Ramblin' Rose"". Bing Crosby covered the song for his 1965 album ""Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits"". Jerry Lee Lewis also recorded a version of the song that year. In 1962, Australian country"
"on the morning of February 12, 2018. His cause of death was reported by family to be from a blood clot. In 2018, Platinum Records Nashville released a posthumous single titled ""She's Been Cheatin' on Us"". Although the label announced that the song's proceeds were to benefit his family, a representative of the singer stated that no such fund existed, and that the recording was a demo that was never meant to be released. Daryle Singletary Daryle Bruce Singletary (March 10, 1971 – February 12, 2018) was an American country music singer. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant"
"Margaret Whiting Margaret Eleanor Whiting (July 22, 1924 – January 10, 2011) was an American popular music and country music singer who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s. Whiting was born in Detroit, but her family moved to Los Angeles in 1929, when she was five years old. Her father, Richard, was a composer of popular songs, including the classics ""Hooray for Hollywood"", ""Ain't We Got Fun?"", and ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"". Her sister, Barbara Whiting, was an actress (""Junior Miss"", ""Beware, My Lovely"") and singer. An aunt, Margaret Young, was a singer and popular recording"
"Marra. Backing tracks were pre-recorded and the vocals performed live on location by the cast. The soundtrack album was released by BBC Enterprises as BBC CD 791 (5 011755 079123) and on cassette as ZCF 791. Performances were credited to the characters, rather than the performers. Vocals were re-recorded for the CD over the backing tracks originally recorded for the series. Your Cheatin' Heart (TV series) Your Cheatin' Heart is a BBC Scotland six-part comedy drama serial, broadcast in 1990 and written by John Byrne. It starred Tilda Swinton, John Gordon-Sinclair, Katy Murphy, Eddi Reader and Ken Stott. The format"
"Who's Cheatin' Who ""Who's Cheatin' Who"" is the title of a country music song written by Jerry Hayes and initially recorded by Charly McClain. It was the title track of her 1980 album for Epic Records, released in November 1980 as a single with ""Love Scenes"" on the B-side, and in early 1981, was her first Number One hit on the ""Billboard"" country charts. 17 years later, Alan Jackson had chart success with the song as well, with his cover version reaching Top Five on the country charts. In 1997, Alan Jackson covered the song on his album ""Everything I"
"died from complications of cancer. She was 72 years old. Goldie Hill Goldie Hill (January 11, 1933 – February 24, 2005), born Argolda Voncile Hill, was an American country music singer. She was one of the first women in country music, and became one of the first women to reach the top of the country music charts with her No. 1 1953 hit, ""I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes"". Along with Kitty Wells, she helped set the standard for later women in country music. Hill was born in Karnes City, Texas in 1933, a small town southeast of"
"Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song) ""Young at Heart"" is a pop standard, a ballad with music by Johnny Richards and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. The song was written and published in 1953, with Leigh contributing the lyrics to what was originally a Richards instrumental called ""Moonbeam"". Frank Sinatra was the first performer to record the song, which became a million-selling hit in 1953 (and spilling over with popularity into 1954) where it reached the No. 2 spot in the ""Billboard"" charts. The song was such a hit that a movie that Sinatra was filming at the same time with"
"Freddie Hart Frederick Segrest (December 21, 1926 – October 27, 2018), known professionally as Freddie Hart, was an American country musician and songwriter best known for his chart-topping country song and lone pop hit ""Easy Loving,"" which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972. Hart charted singles from 1953 to 1987, and later became a gospel singer. He performed at music festivals and other venues until he died. Hart was born to a sharecropper family in Loachapoka, Alabama, in 1926 and spent his childhood in nearby Phenix City, Alabama, along with his 11"
"2014, Damone received the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook's first Legend Award in recognition of those who have made a significant contribution to the genre. Vic Damone Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer. He is best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit ""You're Breaking My Heart"", and ""On the Street Where You Live"" (from ""My Fair Lady"") and ""My Heart Cries for You"" which were both number"
"Fame. Buddy Pepper died of heart failure on February 7, 1993 at his home in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 70. His survivors included two cousins. Buddy Pepper Buddy Pepper (born Jack Retherford Starkey, April 21, 1922 – February 7, 1993) was an American pianist, songwriter, arranger and actor, known as one of three writers of Billboard's top tune of 1953, ""Vaya Con Dios,"" which has been recorded over 500 times. He also wrote several songs for Universal Pictures' films, including ""Mister Big"" (1943). In 1959, he wrote the title song for the Oscar-winning film ""Pillow Talk"", which"
"are Cheryl Lynn, Linda Lee, Laura Gene and country and Christian music singer Debby Boone. On Saturday, November 17, 1951 Eva Foley age 34, died at their Nashville home from an overdose of sleeping pills. She left a note explaining the reasons for her suicide, but the facts have never been made public. Many people believed that she was depressed over the pending breakup of her marriage. Judy Martin (singer) Eva Alaine Overstake (July 23, 1917 - November 17, 1951), professionally known as Judy Martin, was an American country music singer, performing from the early 1930s to the late 40s"
"and mother of singer Margaret Whiting) and is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Los Angeles. Margaret Young Margaret Youngblood (February 23, 1891 – May 3, 1969) better known by her stage name Margaret Young, was an American singer and comedian who was popular in the 1920s. Young is best known for her songs ""Hard Hearted Hannah"", ""Lovin' Sam The Sheik Of Alabam'"", ""Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"", and ""Oh By Jingo!"". She was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 23, 1891. She had four sisters; three older and one younger. Young began her professional career in Detroit,"
"Jimmy Holiday Jimmy Holiday (24 July 1934, Sallis, Mississippi – 15 February 1987, Iowa City) was an American R&B singer and songwriter. He recorded for Everest Records in the 1960s and later moved to the New Orleans label Minit Records. His debut recording ""How Can I Forget"" reached the top ten on the R&B charts in 1963. Holiday's best-known composition is ""Put a Little Love in Your Heart"", co-written with Jackie DeShannon and Randy Myers. In the USA, it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit, reaching #4 on the Hot 100 in August 1969 and #2 on the Adult Contemporary charts. In"
"Claude King Claude King (February 5, 1923 – March 7, 2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his million selling 1962 hit, ""Wolverton Mountain"". King was born in Keithville in southern Caddo Parish south of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana. At a young age, he was interested in music but also in athletics and the outdoors. He purchased a guitar at the age of twelve, and although he learned to play, most of his time was devoted to sports. He received a baseball scholarship to the University of Idaho at Moscow, Idaho. From 1942 to 1945,"