# Most songs inspired by a particular woman (or man)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-songs-inspired-by-a-particular-woman-or-man/443832 "2008-04-03T19:01:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-songs-inspired-by-a-particular-woman-or-man/443832/41 "2008-04-05T16:19:43Z")

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**Hank Williams** has to be up there, too:

**Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?** - Waylon Jennings  
**Long White Cadillac** - The Blasters (later covered by Dwight Yoakam)  
**Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound** - Hank Williams, Jr.  
**Family Tradition** - Hank Williams, Jr.  
**The Ride** - David Allen Coe  
**Midnight In Montgomery** - Alan Jackson  
**The Night Hank Williams Came to Town** - Johnny Cash  
**Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?** - The Waterboys  
**200 More Miles** - Cowboy Junkies

…among many others

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