 NASHVILLE, TN. (Phonograph Records) - 'In an order entered on Monday, September 25th , the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee upheld the January 20, 2006 order of the court of Appeals for the Middle District of Tennessee by denying Polygram Records, Inc,. and Legacy Entertainment Group, LLC, permission to appeal the earlier order. This order reaffirms that Jett Williams and Hank Williams, Jr. are the sole owners of Hank Williams' performances on the 'Mother's Best Radio Show' which aired in 1952…..' These recordings comprised scores of previous unreleased Hank Williams performances and have been the subject of almost a decade of litigation. Jett Williams and Hank Williams Jr. sued to prevent the commercial exploitation of these recordings by third parties claiming they were the sole owners of their daddy's performances. The Supreme Court in the State of Tennessee is reaffirming what the lower courts ruling had originally stated. Jett, in commenting on the long awaited ruling said, 'I am delighted at long last this treasure trove of previously unreleased material will finally be available to my daddy's fans. A whole new generation will be introduced to a whole new catalog of Hank's music….a catalog for the first time ever to be controlled by his children rather than the record label. ' Hank Jr. added 'It's been a long struggle… but a valid and important one, and I can't think of a better time for 'new' material by my dad to be released fifty-three years after his death. He must be smiling today.' Keith Adkinson, Jett Williams' husband and lawyer speaking on behalf of himself and Vince Chieffo of California who worked with him on this case observed, 'It is also hugely significant that the court ruled Polygram had no ownership rights under the terms of its old contract with Hank Williams to anything other than the recordings he made for Phonograph Records. We said it all along and now that the courts had agreed this ruling has far reaching implication for those older artist who entered into similar contracts with recording labels decades ago – all these years they have been lead to believe that their record labels owned something other than the original recordings made by them for Phonograph Records.
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