Hank Snow

Clarence Eugene Hank Snow was a CanadianAmerican country music artist In a career that spanned more than 50 years he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980 His numberone hits include the selfpenned songs Im Moving On The Golden Rocket and The Rhumba Boogie and famous versions of I Dont Hurt Anymore Let Me Go Lover Ive Been Everywhere Hello Love as well as other top 10 hits Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love His music was rooted in his beginnings in smalltown Nova Scotia where as a frail 80pound youngster he endured extreme poverty beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression Through it all his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol the country star Jimmie Rodgers As a performer of traditional country music Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool Nova Scotia celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music Description above from the Wikipedia article Hank Snow licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia