Hank Thompson

See all 5 pictures

Play Radio

Listen to Hank Thompson Radio, featuring artists like Carl Smith, Faron Young, Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold and more…

• 
  Search on Spotify

  Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more

173,699 plays (34,514 listeners)
In your library (0 plays)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Hank Thompson Ringtones to Cell

More options

• Download
• Amazon
• Send Ringtones to Cell
• Tonefuse Search

Add to my Library

Hank Thompson was a country-western music entertainer whose career spanned six decades, and who has sold over 60 million records worldwide.

Thompson’s musical style, characterized as Honky Tonk Swing, is a mixture of big-band instrumentation, fiddle and steel guitar that supports his distinctive, gravelly baritone vocals on songs he often writes himself. His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the No.1 Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard Magazine.

He decided to pursue his musical talent after serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II as a radioman and studying electrical engineering at the university level. His first single was “Whoa Sailor” in 1946. The year 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 the Kitty Wells response, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”). Other hits followed in quick succession in the 1950s and 1960s. Although not as prominent in later decades, he has remained an active and respected performer in the field, finding new audiences as a result of the resurgence of a harder-edged sound in country music.

Hank 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 was born 3 September 1925 in Waco, Texas, and passed away at home in Keller, Texas, on 6 November 2007, just four days after cancelling his final tour.

Read more… Edit

Popular tags: country, classic country, honky tonk, western swing, old favorites  See more

Shouts: 14 shouts

Share this artist:

• Send
• Tweet

Top Albums

• Vintage Collections
  Hank Thompson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• Hank Thompson: Hank World
  Hank Thompson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $8.99
  • 7digital $8.99
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• All-Time Greatest Hits
  Hank Thompson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• A Six Pack To Go
  Hank Thompson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $9.49
  • 7digital $8.99
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $49.99
  • eBay Search

Top Tracks

• Last Week
• Last 6 months

1		Hangover Heart			163
2		The Wild Side Of Life			120
3		A Six Pack To Go			60
4		Humpty Dumpty Heart			37
5		Oklahoma Hills			28
6		Whoa Sailor			25
7		I Cast A Lonesome Shadow			24
8		Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea			23
9		Rub-A-Dub-Dub			22
10		Squaws Along The Yukon			16
11		Rockin' In The Congo			14
12		Drivin' Nails in My Coffin			13
13		Bubbles In My Beer			12
14		A Fooler, A Faker			11
15		Wake Up, Irene			10

Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3

See more