Eleven-year-old Mason Ramsey’s viral video performing the song in a Walmart has driven curious listeners to Williams’ classic.
Hank Williams is back atop a Billboard chart -- and it’s all thanks to a yodeling 11-year-old.
Williams’ rendition of “Lovesick Blues” tops Billboard’s LyricFind Global chart dated April 14 -- and ranks at No. 2 on the LyricFind U.S. ranking -- after a video of kid yodeler Mason Ramsey performing the song in a Walmart went viral.
The LyricFind Global and LyricFind U.S. charts rank the fastest momentum-gaining tracks in lyric-search queries globally and in the U.S., respectively, provided by LyricFind. The Global chart includes queries from all countries except the U.S. The company is the world's leader in licensed lyrics, with data provided by more than 4,000 publishers and utilized by more than 100 services, including Amazon, Pandora, Deezer, Microsoft, Yahoo, SoundHound and iHeartRadio. The charts’ latest tracking week ended April 8.