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description: Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007), known professionally as Hank Thompson, was an American country music entertainer whose career spanned seven decades.Thompson's musical s ...

Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007), known professionally as Hank Thompson, was an American country music entertainer 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.

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01 Dusty Skies《North Of The..》8
02 Anybody S Girl《A Six Pack To..》50
03 Shotgun Boogie《W. (Original M..》40
04 I D Do It Again《North Of The..》3
05 Just One Step Away《At The Golde..》10
06 Cincinnati Lou《Cheyenne Fro..》12
07 Woodchopper S Ball《Dance Ranch》3
08 When You Re Lovin ,..《Songs Of The..》6
09 Mother, The Queen Of..《Songs Of The..》10
10 Oklahoma Hills《Cheyenne Fro..》16
11 Most Of All《Most Of All》38
12 You Don T Have The..《Songs Of The..》6
13 Darling, What More C..《Cheyenne Fro..》20
14 Cocaine Blues《Songs For Rou..》32
15 Tears Are Only Rain《Most Of All》5
16 Deep Elm《Songs For Rou..》4
17 I Ll Be A Bachelor Till..《Songs For Rou..》8
18 Baby I Need Lovin 《North Of The..》7
19 Where My Sweet Bab..《North Of The..》9
20 I Saw My Mother S N..《Songs Of The..》10
21 Rovin Gambler《Songs For Rou..》3
22 Deep In The Heart Of..《The State Fair..》30
23 Charmaine (Hank Visits..《The State Fair..》7
24 There S A Little Bit Of..《The State Fair..》5
25 Will We Start It All Ov..《The State Fair..》16

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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 country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.

The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009 Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Waco, Texas, 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 No. 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.
Hank Thompson poster

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, Thompson released Hank Thompson and Friends, a collection of solo tracks and duets with some of country music's most popular performers. In 2000, he released a new album, Seven Decades, on the Hightone label. The title reflected his recording history during the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s.

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 U.S. 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

Thompson's last public performance had been on October 8, 2007 in his birthplace of Waco, Texas. Like many men of his generation, Thompson had been a smoker for most of his adult life, and had been admitted into a Texas hospital in mid-October for shortness of breath. After having been diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of lung cancer, Thompson canceled the rest of his 2007 "Sunset Tour" on November 1, 2007, two days after being released, and retired from singing. He then went into hospice care at his home in Keller, Texas and lost his battle with the disease five days later on November 6, 2007, aged eighty-two.

According to his spokesman Tracy Pitcox, 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.[3]
Discography
Albums
Year    Album    US Country    Label
1952    Hank Thompson Favorites    —    Capitol
1955    Songs of the Brazos Valley    —
North of the Rio Grande    —
1956    New Recordings of Hank Thompson's All-Time Hits    —
1957    Hank!    —
1958    Hank Thompson's Dance Ranch    —
1959    Favorite Waltzes by Hank Thompson    —
Songs for Rounders    —
1960    Most of All    —
This Broken Heart of Mine    —
1961    An Old Love Affair    —
At the Golden Nugget    —
1962    The No. 1 Country & Western Band    —
Cheyenne Frontier Days    —
1963    The Best of Hank Thompson    —
At the State Fair of Texas    —
1964    Golden Country Hits    6
It's Christmas Time with Hank Thompson    —
1965    Breakin' in Another Heart    18
Luckiest Heartache in Town    17
1966    A Six Pack to Go    19
Breakin' the Rules    22
Where Is the Circus    6    Warner
1967    The Best of Hank Thompson Vol. 2    34    Capitol
The Countrypolitan Sound    —    Warner
The Gold Standard Collection of Hank Thompson    42
Just an Old Flame    —    Capitol
1968    Hank Thompson Sings the Gold Standards    —    Dot
On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle    42
1969    Smoky the Bar    16
Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma    38
1971    Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)    22
Hank Thompson's 25th Anniversary Album    24
1972    Cab Driver (A Salute to the Mills Brothers)    10
Hank Thompson's Greatest Hits Vol. 1    34
1973    Kindly Keep It Country    22
1974    Moving On    37
1975    Sings Nat King Cole    —
1976    Back in the Swing of Things    48
1977    The Thompson Touch    —
Doin' My Things    —
1978    Brand New Hank    —    ABC
1980    Take Me Back to Tulsa    —    MCA
1982    One Thousand and One Nighters    —    Churchill
1988    Here's to Country Music    —    Step One
1997    Hank Thompson and Friends    —    Curb
2000    Seven Decades    —    Hightone
Singles
Year    Single    Chart Positions    Album
US Country    US
[4]    CAN Country
1948    "Humpty Dumpty Heart"    2    —    —    singles only
"Yesterday's Mail"    12    —    —
"Green Light"    7    —    —
1949    "What Are We Gonna Do About the Moonlight"    10    —    —
"I Find You Cheatin' on Me"    14    —    —
"You Broke My Heart (In Little Bitty Pieces)"    15    —    —
"Whoa Sailor"    6    —    —
"Soft Lips"    10    —    —
"The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder"    15    —    —
1952    "The Wild Side of Life"    1    27    —    Hank Thompson Favorites
"Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart"    3    —    —
"The New Wears Off Too Fast"    10    —    —    singles only
1953    "You're Walking On My Heart"    —    21    —
"No Help Wanted"    9    —    —
"Rub-a-Dub-Dub"    1    —    —    Songs of the Brazos Valley
"Yesterday's Girl"    8    —    —
"Wake Up, Irene"    1    —    —    singles only
1954    "Breakin' the Rules"    10    —    —
"A Fooler, A Faker"    9    —    —
"Honky-Tonk Girl"    9    —    —
"We've Gone Too Far"    10    —    —
"The New Green Light" (re-recording)    3    —    —
1955    "If Lovin' You Is Wrong"    12    —    —
"Annie Over"    13    —    —
"Wildwood Flower" (with Merle Travis)    5    —    —
"Breakin' In Another Heart"    7    —    —
"Most of All"    6    —    —
"Don't Take It Out on Me"    5    —    —
"Honey, Honey Bee Ball"    flip    —    —
1956    "The Blackboard of My Heart"    4    —    —
"I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt"    14    —    —
1957    "Rockin' In the Congo"    13    —    —
"I Was the First One"    flip    —    —
"Tears Are Only Rain"    14    —    —
1958    "How Do You Hold a Memory"    11    —    —
"Squaws Along the Yukon"    2    —    —
"I've Run Out of Tomorrows"    7    —    —
1959    "You're Going Back to Your Old Ways Again"    26    —    —
"Anybody's Girl"    13    —    —
"Total Strangers"    25    —    —
"I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love"    22    —    —    At the Golden Nugget
1960    "A Six Pack to Go"    10    102    —
"She's Just a Whole Lot Like You"    14    99    —
1961    "Oklahoma Hills"    7    —    —    Cheyenne Frontier Days
"Teach Me How to Lie"    25    —    —
"Hangover Tavern"    12    —    —
1963    "I Wasn't Even in the Running"    23    —    —    Luckiest Heartache in Town
"Too in Love"    22    —    —    single only
1964    "Twice as Much"    45    —    —    Luckiest Heartache in Town
1965    "Then I'll Start Believing in You"    42    —    —
1966    "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down"    —    134    —    Golden Country Hits
"Where Is the Circus"    15    —    —    Where Is the Circus
1967    "He's Got a Way with Women"    16    —    —    On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle
1968    "On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle"    7    —    12
"Smoky the Bar"    5    —    9    Smoky the Bar
1969    "I See Them Everywhere"    47    —    —
"The Pathway of My Life"    46    —    —    Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)
"Oklahoma Home Brew"    60    —    —    Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma
1970    "But That's All Right"    54    —    —    Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)
"One of the Fortunate Few"    69    —    —
1971    "Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)"    15    —    36
"The Mark of a Heel"    18    —    18
"I've Come Awful Close"    11    —    19    Hank Thompson's 25th Anniversary Album
1972    "Cab Driver"    16    —    13    Cab Driver (A Salute to the Mills Brothers)
"Glow Worm"    53    —    —
1973    "Roses in the Wine"    70    —    —    single only
"Kindly Keep It Country"    48    —    45    Kindly Keep It Country
1974    "The Older the Violin, The Sweeter the Music"    8    —    4
"Who Left the Door to Heaven Open"    10    —    12    Moving On
1975    "Mama Don't 'Low"    29    —    —
"That's Just My Truckin' Luck"    70    —    —    single only
"Mona Lisa"    —    —    —    Sings Nat King Cole
1976    "Asphalt Cowboy"    72    —    —    single only
"Big Band Days"    86    —    —    Back in the Swing of Things
1977    "Honky Tonk Girl" (re-recording)    91    —    —
"Just an Old Flame"    92    —    —    The Thompson Touch
1978    "I'm Just Gettin' By"    92    —    —    Brand New Hank
1979    "Dance with Me Molly"    88    —    —
"I Hear the South Callin' Me"    29    —    47
1980    "Tony's Tank-Up, Drive-In Cafe"    32    —    42
"You're Poppin' Tops"    —    —    —    Take Me Back to Tulsa
"King of Western Swing"    —    —    —
1981    "Rockin' in the Congo" (re-recording)    82    —    —    One Thousand and One Nighters
1982    "Cocaine Blues"    —    —    —
"Driving Nails in My Coffin"    —    —    —
1983    "Once in a Blue Moon"    82    —    —    single only
1988    "Here's to Country Music"    —    —    —    Here's to Country Music
"Cowgirl Cutie"    —    —    —
1997    "Gotta Sell Them Chickens" (with Junior Brown)    —    —    —    Hank Thompson and Friends
Music videos
Year    Video    Director
1997    "Gotta Sell Them Chickens" (w/ Junior Brown)    Jim Gerik

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