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Polygram contended Williams' contract with MGM Records , which Universal Music Nashville now owns since , gave them rights to release the radio recordings. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. The Tuscaloosa News. Watch Next. But along with this early success came increased erratic behavior from Williams, who often showed up at live performances drunk.

Jett was then legally adopted. Country Singers. Deupree knew she was adopted, but did not learn of her biological parents until the early s. His life and music received a fresh look in with Ken Burns' hour documentary, Country Music , which prominently featured the icon in an episode titled "The Hillbilly Shakespeare. But her father was committed to make sure the unborn baby was taken care of — pledging to pay the medical bills and giving Jett a one-way ticket to California, with the promise that after two years, he would take custody of the child.

Williams and Sheppard married in Williams Jr not only sings but is a multi-instrumentalist playing the guitar, keyboard, harmonica, and saxophone. His hair began falling out, and he put on 30 extra pounds. On December 30th, , Williams collapsed in his hotel room at Knoxville, Tennessee. Cut from rural stock, Williams, the third child of Lon and Lillie Williams, grew up in a household that never had much money.

His physical appearance diminished, too. They married on October 18, Married Man Williams' personal life took a major turn in when he met Audrey Mae Sheppard, who was the mother of a young daughter and had only recently left a messy marriage. They renamed her Catherine Yvonne Stone and after her grandmom died a year later, she was adopted by an Alabama couple who renamed her Cathy Louise Deupree.

By the early s, he'd caught the attention of music executives in Nashville.

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Hidden categories: Pages containing links to subscription-only content Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with hCards Webarchive template wayback links. A month later, Williams began living with his mother and soon began a relationship with Billie Jean Jones Eshlimar who would go on to become a country musician in her own right.

He passed on in , aged Early life [ edit ]. Father and son rarely saw each other over the next decade, with Williams' mother, who ran rooming houses, moving the family to Greenville and later Montgomery, Alabama. Sole rights [ edit ].

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The song resonated with music fans, as well as executives at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, who invited Williams to perform. If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing. Watch Next.