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LP (33 rpm)

Country and Western

Western Swing

Hank Thompson ~ Cab Driver LP Vinyl Record

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	Dot DOS 25996 Stereo 1972 Vinyl Record Is Excellent Cover Is Excellent CD Conversion Available With Purchase, Please see Compact Disc Category for more information. To Order a CD-R with your LP, please use the drop down menu below. Track List : Glow Worm Lazy River Paper Doll Be My Life's Companion Gloria Across The Alley From The Alamo Cab Driver I'll Be Around You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You Till Then You Always Hurt The One You Love From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : Birth name Henry William Thompson Also known as The King of Western Swing Born September 3, 1925 Origin Waco, Texas, USA Died November 6, 2007 (aged 82) Genres country Western swing Occupations singer and songwriter Instruments electric guitar Years active 1946 – 2007 Website www.hankthompson.com Henry William "Hank" Thompson (September 3, 1925–November 6, 2007) was a country music entertainer whose career spanned seven decades. He sold over 60 million records worldwide. 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. The primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged, however the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in Top 40 country hits. Although not as prominent on the Top County Charts in later decades, Hank remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s. Biography Thompson was interested in music from an early age and won several amateur harmonica contests. He decided to pursue his musical talent after serving in the United States Navy in World War II as a radioman and studying electrical engineering at Princeton University before his discharge. He had intended to continue those studies on the GI Bill following his 1946 discharge and return to Waco. Later that year, after having a regional hit with his first single was "Whoa Sailor" for Blue Bonnet Records, he chose to pursue a full time musical career. 1952 brought his first #1 disc, "The Wild Side of Life," which contained the memorable line "I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels" (which inspired songwriter J.D. Miller to write the answer song, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels") which became the first hit single for pioneer female country vocalist Kitty Wells. Other hits followed in quick succession in the 1950s and 1960s. Thompson began singing in a plaintive honky-tonk style similar to that of Ernest Tubb but desiring to secure more engagements in the dance halls of the Southwest, reconfigured his band, the Brazos Valley Boys, to play a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others made famous, emphasizing the dance beat and meticulous arrangements. From 1947 to 1965, he recorded for Capitol Records, then joined Warner Bros. Records, where he remained from 1966 through 1967. From 1968 through 1980, he recorded for Dot Records and its successors, ABC Dot and MCA Records. In 1997, Hank released "Hank Thompson and Friends" a collection of solo tracks and duets with some of Country music's most poplar performers. In 2000, he released a new album, Seven Decades, on the Hightone label. The title "Seven Decades" reflected his recording history during the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and 2000's. Thompson was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. He continued touring throughout the country until shortly before he became ill. Often, he worked with a reconstituted version of the Brazos Valley Boys that included a few original members. Retirement and death On November 1, 2007, Thompson canceled the rest of his 2007 "Sunset Tour" and retired from singing, two days after being released from a Texas hospital and diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer. He went into hospice care at his home in Keller, Texas. Thompson's last performance had been on October 8, 2007 in Waco, Texas, his birthplace. He died a month later from lung cancer. According to his spokesman Tracy Pitcox, who is also president of Heart of Texas Records, Thompson requested that no funeral be held. On November 14, a "celebration of life," open to both fans and friends, took place at Billy Bob's Texas, a Fort Worth, Texas country and Western nightclub that bills itself as The World's Largest Honky Tonk.
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