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Henry William „Hank“ Thompson (* 3. September 1925 in Waco, Texas; † 6. November 2007 in Fort Worth, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Country - Sänger, der über mehrere Jahrzehnte in den Hitparaden vertreten war. Sein größter Erfolg war The Wild Side of Life .
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals. His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard.
8. Nov. 2007 · Hank Thompson, a sequined singer and songwriter who fused jazz-inflected Western swing and hard-edged honky-tonk to produce seven decades of musical musings, seasoned with sly humor, on loving,...
Henry William “Hank” Thompson became a western swing and country music star right from his hometown of Waco. Hank was born in Waco on September 3, 1925 to German-Czech immigrant parents Jule Thomas Thompson and Zexia Ilda Wells Thompson.
5. Aug. 2020 · From his 1940's radio debut as a high school student in Waco, Texas to his Nov. 6, 2007 passing, Hank Thompson experienced a bulk of country music history firsthand.
6. Nov. 2007 · Hank Thompson was a honky-tonk and Western swing star whose career spanned seven decades. He wrote many of his own country hits, including Top 5 singles "Humpty Dumpty Heart," "The New Green Light" and "Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart," as well as the #1 country hit "Rub-a-Dub-Dub."
8. Nov. 2007 · Hank Thompson, a pioneering honky-tonk singer and songwriter with a crystalline tenor voice, whose biggest hit, “The Wild Side of Life,” generated a fervent response in the early 1950s from...
