Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007) [1] was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades. 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.
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 .
"The Wild Side of Life" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952 , the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard country chart , [1] solidified Thompson's status as a country music superstar and inspired the ...
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,...
By Anabel Burke. “The King of Western Swing,” the “living root of country music.” 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.
27. Nov. 2007 · Hank Thompson. Country music singer known as the 'king of western swing' Tony Russell. Tue 27 Nov 2007 18.54 EST. The band leader Hank Thompson, who has died of lung cancer aged 82, was one...
September 3, 1925. Died. November 6, 2007. Birthplace. Waco, Texas. Few country music artists can claim a longevity and track record to equal that of Hank Thompson. Between 1948 and 1974 he scored no less than thirty Top Ten hits, with another nineteen in the Top Twenty, and continued to chart into the 1980s.
