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9/17/51 Hank turns 28
9/18/51 Hank flies back to Nashville in Henry Cannon's (Mr. Minnie Pearl) plane
9/22/51-Grand Ole Opry appearance "Hey Good Lookin'"
9/23/51-Hank signs MGM Movie Contract

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SEPT 51 COLD COLD HEART
SEPT 51 FARTHER ALONG
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SEPT 51 LONESOME WHISTLE
SEPT 51 BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE SNIPPET
SEPT 51 GREAT JUDGEMENT MORNING
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SEPT 51 I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE
SEPT 51 I'LL HAVE A NEW BODY
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SEPT 51 HEY GOOD LOOKIN
SEPT 51 SEARCHING FOR A SOLDIERS GRAVE
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9/22/51 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' LIVE ON GOO 10:13

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SEPT 51 LONESOME WHISTLE
SEPT 51 I'M BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND
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SEPT 51 JUST WAITIN
SEPT 51 FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO
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SEPT 51 DEAR JOHN
SEPT 51 I'LL FLY AWAY
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SEPT 51 WHY SHOULD I TRY ANYMORE
SEPT 51 AUDREY WILLIAMS LOW AND LONELY
SEPT 51 JESUS DIED FOR ME
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SEPT 51 DEAR JOHN
SEPT 51 AUDREY WILLIAMS IF YOU WANT SOME LOVING
SEPT 51 I HEARD MY MOTHER PRAYING FOR ME
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SEPT 51 MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
SEPT 51 I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA
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SEPT 51 LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES
SEPT 51 AUDREY WILLIAMS-I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP
SEPT 51 LONELY TOMBS
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SEPT 51 IM SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
SEPT 51 I HEARD MY SAVIOUR CALL
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SEPT 51 MY SWEET LOVE AINT AROUND
SEPT 51 I SAW THE LIGHT
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SEPT 51 I CAN'T TELL MY HEART THAT
SEPT 51 LORD TAKE MY HAND
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SEPT 51 I BLOTTED OUT YOUR HAPPY SCHOOL DAYS
SEPT 51 DUST ON THE BIBLE
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SEPT 51 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU
SEPT 51 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
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SEPT 51 I CANT HELP IT IF IM STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
SEPT 51 LONELY TOMBS
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10/3/51-"Jesus is Calling" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams and Charlie Monroe 
10/6/51 ZEB TURNER CRAZY HEART
FALL 1951-Hank writes recitaion "Little Bocephus" later recorded by Audrey
10/9/51-Lyrics to "Heart Filled With Hate," unrecorded and unpublished song, typed on Hank and Audrey's Corrall letterhead.
10/10/51-"Lonesome Whistle" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams and Jimmie Davis
10/11/51-Hank in New York City for Perry Como Show writes lyrics for unpublished song called "I Thank My God for You" on King Edward Hotel stationary  Lyrics may be mis-dated as Hank apparently appeared on Como in November.
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10/13/51 AUDREY WILLIAMS LEAVE US WOMEN ALONE
10/13/51 AUDREY WILLIAMS IF YOU SEE MY BABY
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10/51 RUSTY GABBARD I CAN'T ESCAPE FROM YOU
10/14/51 JIMMIE DAVIS FOREVER'S A LONG TIME
10/14/51 JIMMIE DAVIS BAYOU PON PON
10/16/51 RAY PRICE WEARY BLUES FROM WAITING
10/17/51-"Baby We're Really in Love" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
10/20/51 "Crazy Heart" charts in Billboard, peaks at #4
10/20/51 "Lonesome River" charts in Billboard, peaks at #9
10/25/51 THERE'S A TEAR IN MY BEER DEMO                                                                 
10/25/51 ALL THE LOVE I EVER HAD DEMO                                                                     
10/26/51 BILL LISTER TEAR IN MY BEER
10/27/51-Billboard Magazine article "H. Williams Clefs 22Hillbilly Toppers"
October 31 1951- Nashville measures 2.30" of rain.
11/3/51-Tony Bennett "Cold Cold Heart" hits #1
11/9/51 HOMER AND JETHRO COLD COLD HEART #2
11/9/51-MGM RELEASES "HANK WILLIAMS SINGS"-AN 8 SONG (4 SINGLES) ALBUM.
11/14/51 Hank appears on Perry Como Show in New York, sings 'Hey Good Lookin'"
11/16/51-Hank returns to farm from trip to New York
11/17/51-Interview for Billboard Magazine while in New York printed, reports Hank had 'returned to his farm" the previous day. 
11/51 MGM 11120 BABY WE'RE REALLY IN LOVE/I'D STILL WANT YOU RELEASED
11/21/51-"I Can't Escape From You" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
11/24/51 HANK INTROS RAY PRICE ON OPRY
11/28/51-"I Wish You Didn't Love Me So Much" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
11/28/51-"Weary Blues From Waiting" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
11/51 Hank injures back on his farm hunting with Jerry Rivers.
12/51 MARCH OF DIMES SHORT SPOT
12/5/51-"Alone and Forsaken" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
12/5/51-"I'd Still Want You" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams
12/5/51-"I'm Sorry for You My Friend" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams

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Castle Studio, Nashville
12/11/51 HONKY TONK BLUES #4                                                                                          
12/11/51 LET'S TURN BACK THE YEARS #2                                                                          
12/11/51 I'M SORRY FOR YOU MY FRIEND #2
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12/13/51-Hank undergoes a "spine fusion" at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville
December 14 1951- Nashville gets soaked with 2.91" of rainfall.
12/19/51-"Bayou Pon Pon" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams and Jimmie Davis
12/22/51 "Baby We're Really in Love" charts in Billboard, peaks at #4
12/24/51-Hank released from Hospital
12/51 APOLOGY #1
12/51 APOLOGY #2
12/30/51-Audrey leaves Hank
12/31/51-"Lonesome Whistle" copyrighted again Words & music: Hank Williams and Jimmie Davis
12/31/51-"Forever's a Long Long Time" copyrighted Words & music: Hank Williams and Jimmie Davis