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Billie Jean Horton (née Jones; born June 6, 1933) is an American former country-music singer-songwriter and music promoter.She had high profile marriages, briefly, until his death, to country musician and singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1952 until 1953 and subsequently to singer Johnny Horton from 1953 until 1960.
In 1953, months after Hank Sr.'s death, Williams paid his second wife, Billie Jean Jones, $30,000 to relinquish the title of "Hank Williams's Widow". Both women had been using the description professionally. Billie Jean agreed to Williams's terms. [citation needed]
"I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" is widely regarded as a song Hank Williams wrote for Billie Jean Jones Eshlimar, whom he married on October 18, 1952 in Minden, Louisiana. [3] In the episode of American Masters about Hank's life, singer Billy Walker explained, "Billie Jean was Faron Young's girlfriend. Faron had just moved to Nashville
On September 26, 1953, Horton married Billie Jean Jones, [1] widow of Hank Williams, who had died on January 1, 1953. Horton parted ways with the Rowley trio but continued to appear occasionally on Louisiana Hayride. His contract with Mercury expired in late 1954, with his recording of "All for the Love of a Girl" (Mercury 70227) being his ...
Hank Williams, Jr. reached legal adulthood in 1970. [188] On October 22, 1975, a federal judge in Atlanta, Georgia, ruled that Billie Jean Horton was Williams's common-law wife, and that part of the copyright renewals of the songs belonged to her. [190] At the age of 21, Cathy learned that Hank Williams was her biological father.
Hank and Gwen welcomed their son, Hank Williams III, on Dec. 12, 1972. Speaking with Glide in 2012, Hank III noted he had “a really normal childhood.” He grew up in Nashville with his mother ...
Hank Garland wasn't so lucky. Right after the release of "Jingle Bell Rock," he became Elvis Presley's regular guitarist in the studio, appearing on such hits as "Stuck on You," "Little Sister ...
In October 1952, he married Billie Jean Jones. [4] Due to Williams's excesses, Fred Rose stopped working with him. Also, the Drifting Cowboys were at the time backing Ray Price, while Williams was backed by local bands. By the end of 1952, Williams had started to suffer heart problems. [5]