{"id":184764,"date":"2026-04-03T19:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184764\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:25:31","slug":"45-years-ago-today-hank-williams-jr-landed-his-third-no-1-single-with-this-tribute-to-the-beauty-queens-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184764\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Years Ago Today, Hank Williams Jr. Landed His Third No. 1 Single With This Tribute to the \u201cBeauty Queens in El Paso\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

As country music\u2019s newest superstar, Ella Langley has been making waves with her No. 1 hit \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d<\/a>, the lament of a woman losing her lover to a woman from the Lone Star State. The land of faith, food, and football has long provided country-song fodder, with some prime examples including George Strait\u2019s \u201cAmarillo By Morning\u201d and \u201cEl Paso\u201d by Marty Robbins. Although born in neighboring Louisiana, Hank Williams Jr. similarly couldn\u2019t avoid falling under the spell of \u201cTexas Women\u201d. He even wrote an entire song about it, which topped the country singles chart on this day (April 3) in 1981.<\/p>\n

Bocephus comes out swinging right out of the gate in \u201cTexas Women\u201d, the lead single off his 1981 album Rowdy. I\u2019m a country plowboy, not an urban cowboy, he sneers, taking aim at the popular John Travolta film released less than a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Hank Williams Jr. then goes on to wax poetic about the beauty of \u201cHouston faces\u201d and \u201cthe beauty queens in El Paso.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m an Oiler fan, not a soccer man \/ And my arms are red and so is my blood, he declares in the song\u2019s final verse. And they make it boil with that soft Texas drawl \/ And I love \u2019em all, Texas women.<\/p>\n

This Marked Hank Williams Jr.\u2019s First Chart-Topper in a Decade<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas Women\u201d spent a week atop the country singles chart, a position that Hank Williams Jr. hadn\u2019t seen since 1972\u2019s \u201cEleven Roses.\u201d<\/p>\n

He would reach the same milestone with Rowdy\u2019s follow-up single, \u201cDixie On My Mind\u201d. Following a familiar template, the song\u2019s narrator has decided to give city living a shot, only to end up \u201cstuck up here\u201d with \u201cDixie on my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Hank Williams Jr. Announces 2026 U.S. Tour Dates]<\/a><\/p>\n

The 1980s were a time of immense musical growth for Williams Jr., who had previously made his name largely on emulating his late father. Between 1979 and 1990, he would send 30 singles to the Top 10 of the Billboard country charts, including eight No. 1 hits.<\/p>\n

In 1982, the year after he released \u201cTexas Women,\u201d Williams Jr. had nine albums simultaneously on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, all of which were original works.<\/p>\n

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