Hank Thompson
It is hard to overstate the impact that Hank Thompson has had on country music. In the 1940s and '50s, with his famous backing band, the Brazos Valley Boys, Thompson perfected his style of Honkytonk Swing, a chart-topping recipe that fused the poly-instrumental richness of Western Swing with the prominent vocal/snare tandem of Honkytonk. Standing tall in glittering Nudie suits, Thompson always emphasized showmanship, but his resonant baritone was always the star of the show, launching chart hits--including "The Wild Side of Life" and "A Six Pack To Go,"--in an unprecedented six consecutive decades. Thompson also stretched boundaries as a businessman with a pioneering TV show and country's first Las Vegas show and first solo live release.
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Albums
- (2007) Dance Ranch
- (2007) Breakin' In Another Heart
- (2007) Hank!
- (2007) Favorite Waltzes
- (2007) This Broken Heart Of Mine
- (2007) A Six Pack To Go
- (2007) An Old Love Affair
- (2007) Just An Old Flame
- (2007) The State Fair Of Texas
- (2007) Luckiest Heartache In Town
- (2007) Breakin' The Rules
- (2007) At The Golden Nugget
- (2007) It's Christmas Time
- (2007) Songs For Rounders
- (2007) Songs Of The Brazos Valley
- (2007) North Of The Rio Grande
- (2000) Seven Decades
- (1999) Dance Ranch/Songs for Rounders
Top Tracks
- Wild Side of Life
- Six Pack to Go
- In the Jailhouse Now
- Wreck Of The Old '97
- A Six Pack To Go
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