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    • Jan 1, 1964
    Eleven years after Hank Williams' death, Audrey Williams starts a promotional concert tour for Hank Williams Jr.'s first record, "Long Gone Lonesome Blues," in Canton, Ohio, the city in which Hank Senior was scheduled to play the day he died
    Mar 5, 1964
    Hank Williams Jr., Boots Randolph, Jimmy Dean and Dorothy Collins perform "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time" on ABC-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show." Bocephus does solo versions of "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" and "Hey, Good Lookin'"; Dean covers "No Letter Today"
    Apr 1, 1964
    Hank Williams Jr. performs during a Democratic fundraising dinner at the Fairgrounds Coliseum in Nashville
    May 11, 1964
    Hank Williams Jr. begins three days of recording with MGM labelmate Connie Francis at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio. The first song they tackle: "Wolverton Mountain," written by Bocephus' future manager, Merle Kilgore
    May 26, 1964
    Hank Williams Jr. receives an expensive 15th birthday present from his mother, Audrey: a convertible with silver dollars embedded in the dashboard
    Nov 4, 1964
    The MGM movie biography of Hank Williams, "Your Cheatin' Heart," opens in Montgomery, Alabama, with Hank Williams Jr. appearing on the soundtrack. Governor George Wallace declares Hank Williams Week
    Nov 6, 1964
    "Your Cheatin' Heart" makes its Nashville premiere, with actor George Hamilton portraying the late Hank Williams. Hank Williams Jr. provides the voice of his father for the movie's soundtrack
    Nov 11, 1964
    Hank Williams Jr. and Jody Miller are musical guests on the ABC-TV series "Shindig!" The episode also features Russ Titelman and the British pop group Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, who cover "Tennessee Waltz"
    Jan 7, 1965
    Hank Williams Jr. records his voice alongside Hank Sr.'s vocals on "Crazy Heart" and "May You Never Be Alone" in Nashville in the first session for the Grammy-nominated album "Father & Son"
    Feb 16, 1965
    Hank Williams Jr. sings along with the voice of Hank Williams Sr. while recording the Grammy-nominated album "Father & Son." The session's efforts include "Why Don't You Love Me," "Move It On Over" and "Lost Highway"
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