Hank Thompson passes away

[Antec]

Country Music lost another singer in Hank T hompson last night

Heard him a few years agao

had songs A Six Pack To Go

Squaws Along the Yukawn

The King Of Western Swing


Started in the later 1940s

his Brazos Valley Boys were very talented band with their swing style of music

[luvhoops34]

Hank Thompson 1925- 2007

By Michael Corcoran | Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 10:48 AM


Honky tonk pioneer Hank Thompson, who had a huge smash with “The Wild Side of Life” in 1952, lost his battle with lung cancer Tuesday at his residence in Keller, Thompson spokesman Tracy Pitcox said. The Country Music Hall of Famer was 82.

Thompson was born Sept. 2, 1925, in Waco and grew up idolizing Jimmie Rodgers, Gene Autry, the Carter Family and Vernon Dalhart. As a teenager, he appeared on WACO, where he was featured as “Hank The Hired Hand.”

After a stint in the Navy, Thompson formed his first band, the Brazos Valley Boys, in 1946. Thompson soon attracted the attention of Tex Ritter, who helped him get a record deal with Capitol Records in Nashville.

Thompson’s first hit was the honky tonk nursery rhyme “Humpty Dumpty Heart” in 1949, but his next hit, “The Wild Side of Life,” would become his signature song. It even inspired a classic answer song when Kitty Wells became the first female country artist to top the charts with “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.”

Thompson was a pioneer in other ways; the first country star to travel with his own sound system, the first to record in stereo and the first to release a live album, 1961’s “Live At The Golden Nugget.”

Thompson’s final performance was Oct. 8 in Waco, where it was declared Hank Thompson Day. A bigger honor came in 1989 when Thompson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

“Mr. Thompson requested that he not have a traditional funeral service,” Pitcox said. A Celebration of Life ceremony will take place Nov. 14 at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth.

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[TxRedneck13]

RIP Hank

[zebrablue2]

loved that 6 pack to go.