Henry William Thompson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Hank Thompson was born on September 3, 1925 in Waco, Texas, USA as Henry William Thompson. He was married to Ann Williams and Dorothy Ray. He died on November 6, 2007 in Keller, Texas.
November 6, 2007, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Place Of Birth
Waco, Texas, USA
Weight
79 kg
Profession
Soundtrack
Education
Princeton University, Southern Methodist University, Wild Side of Life, A Six Pack to Go, Blackboard of My Heart
Nationality
American
Parents
Jule Thomas Thompson, Zexia Ilda Wells Thompson, Wild Side of Life, A Six Pack to Go, Blackboard of My Heart
TV Shows
Church Street Station
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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Gravelly voice
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Fact
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He helped popularize the style of music called Western Swing, a combination of big-band sound with fiddle and steel guitar. He became known as "the King of Western Swing".
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He and his band started out playing in small clubs and honky-tonks, but their success took them to Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Palladium, the Smithsonian, and Las Vegas.
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With his background in electronics, he was an innovator, with several firsts to his credit: first act to tour with a sound and lighting system; first with corporate tour sponsorship; first to record a live album ("Live at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas", 1960); first country music show to play Vegas; and first to record in hi-fi stereo.
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While performing, he caught the attention of Tex Ritter who helped him obtain a contract with Capitol Records.
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October 8 is "Hank Thompson Day" in his hometown Waco, Texas.
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Served in the United States Navy.
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Studied electrical engineering at Southern Methodist University, University of Texas, and at Princeton.
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Performed on a local radio show, when he was just out of high school, as "Hank the Hired Hand".
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He has 29 Top Ten hits between 1948 and 1975.
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Life-long fan of Gene Autry.
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His band won Billboard Magazine's Touring Band of the Year award 14 consecutive times.
Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.
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The name of his band is the Brazos Valley Boys.
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His number one hit "the Wild Side of Life", released in 1952 [15 weeks #1] was answered later the same year by Kitty Wells with her first #1 release, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Women" [6 weeks #1]
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His television show, locally produced in Oklahoma City in the early fifties, 'The Hank Thompson Show' was the first variety show telecast in colour.
$200,000
