Hank Snow

Hank Snow was born in Canada, and in 1936 he signed with RCA Victor, staying with them for more than forty-five years.

In the late 1940s when American country music stations began playing his records he headed to Nashville and Hank Snow, the 'Singing Ranger' was invited to play at the Grand Ole Opry in 1950. That same year he released his mega-hit, I'm Movin' On, the first of seven Number 1 hits on the country charts, it stayed there for nearly half a year.

Snow's other 'signature song' was I've Been Everywhere, in which he portrayed himself as a hitchhiker bragging about all the towns he'd been through. A regular at the Opry, in 1954 Hank Snow persuaded the directors to allow a new singer by the name of Elvis Presley to appear on stage. Snow used Elvis as his opening act, before introducing him to Colonel Tom Parker.

Performing in lavish and colourful sequin-studded suits, Snow had a career covering six decades during which he sold more than 80 million albums.

Hank Snow

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