20 Essential Albums Every Country Music Fan Should Own

4. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCgicPdsxxg Key Tracks: Lost Highway, I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry, You Win Again Released twenty five years after Hank Williams Sr's death, this collection of 40 of his singles is the perfect place to start if you wish to gain an insight into the icon's work. The Hillbilly Shakespeare's influence can never be overstated, with every country musician owing a debt to him. Although it may be 'cheating' to put a best of on this list, the work of Hank Williams really needs to be in every country music collection, without exception. His son, Hank Williams Jr., ain't half bad either.