Clarence Eugene «Hank» Snow (Liverpool, Canadá; 9 de mayo de 1914-Madison, Estados Unidos; 20 de diciembre de 1999) fue un cantante de country canadiense-estadounidense.
En su carrera tuvo más de 70 sencillos en el Billboard entre 1950 y 1980, entre los que destacan números uno como «I'm Moving On», «The Golden Rocket», «I Don't Hurt Anymore», «Let Me Go, Lover!», «I've Been Everywhere» y «Hello Love», así como otros éxitos de la lista de los diez más populares. Es miembro del Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame y del Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Elvis thumb|BillHaley/Elvis/HankSnowTicket - October 16, 1955 De aparición frecuente en el Grand Ole Opry, en 1954 persuadió a los directores de que permitieran a un jovencito Elvis Presley a aparecer en la escena. Snow utilizó a Presley como acto de apertura, y se lo presentó a Tom Parker, quien más tarde se convertiría en su representante.
Legado Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Ashley MacIsaac, Johnny Cash y Emmylou Harris, entre otros, se han inspirado en sus composiciones.
Discografía Álbumes {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Año ! rowspan="2"| Álbum ! colspan="2"| Posición ! rowspan="2"| Sello |- ! width="50"| US Country ! width="50"| US |- | rowspan="2"| 1952 | Country Classics
| rowspan="50"| RCA Victor |- | Hank Snow Sings
| 1953 | Hank Snow Salutes Jimmie Rodgers
| 1954 | Hank Snow's Country Guitar
| rowspan="2"| 1955 | Just Keep a-Movin'''
| Old Doc Brown and Other Narrations by Hank Snow|
| 1957 | Country & Western Jamboree|
| 1958 | Hank Snow Sings Sacred Songs|
| 1959 | Hank Snow Sings Jimmie Rodgers Songs|
| rowspan="2"| 1961 | Hank Snow Souvenirs|
| Big Country Hits (Songs I Hadn't Recorded Till Now)|
| rowspan="2"| 1963 | I've Been Everywhere|
| Railroad Man| align="center"| 7
| rowspan="3"| 1964 | More Hank Snow Souvenirs| align="center"| 1
| Songs of Tragedy| align="center"| 11
| Reminiscing (w/ Chet Atkins)
| rowspan="5"| 1965 | Your Favorite Country Hits|
| Gloryland March|
| Four/Square Album|
| Heartbreak Trail: A Tribute to the Sons of the Pioneers| align="center"| 26
| The Best of Hank Snow|
| rowspan="4"| 1966 | The Guitar Stylings of Hank Snow| align="center"| 26
| Gospel Train|
| Country Special Highlighter Album|
| This Is My Story| align="center"| 21
| rowspan="3"| 1967 | Snow in Hawaii|
| Christmas with Hank Snow| | align="center"| 72 |- | Spanish Fire Ball and Other Hank Snow Stylings| align="center"| 35
| rowspan="2"| 1968 | Hits, Hits and More Hits|
| Tales of the Yukon| align="center"| 35
| rowspan="3"| 1969 | Snow in All Seasons| align="center"| 43
| Hits Covered by Snow| align="center"| 35
| C.B. Atkins & C.E. Snow by Special Request (w/ Chet Atkins)
| rowspan="2"| 1970 | Hank Snow Sings in Memory of Jimmie Rodgers| align="center"| 45
| Cure for the Blues|
| rowspan="2"| 1971 | Tracks & Trains| align="center"| 45
| Award Winners|
| rowspan="2"| 1972 | The Jimmie Rodgers Story|
| The Best 2|
| 1973 | Grand Ole Opry Favorites|
| rowspan="3"| 1974 | Now Is the Hour|
| Hello Love| align="center"| 4
| That's You and Me| align="center"| 35
| 1975 | You're Easy to Love| align="center"| 48
| 1976 | Live from Evangel Temple (w/ Jimmy Snow)
| 1977 | #104 - Still Movin' On| align="center"| 47
| rowspan="3"| 1979 | The Mysterious Lady|
| Lovingly Yours (w/ Kelly Foxton)
| Instrumentally Yours|
| 1981 | Win Some Lose Some Lonesome (w/ Kelly Foxton)
| 1985 | Brand On My Heart (w/ Willie Nelson)
| Columbia
Sencillos Year Título Chart positionsUS CountryUSCAN Country1949"Marriage Vow" 101950"I'm Moving On" 1"The Golden Rocket" 11951"The Rhumba Boogie" 1"Bluebird Island" (w/ Anita Carter) 4"Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts" (w/ Anita Carter) 2"Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart" 6"Music Makin' Mama from Memphis" 41952"The Gold Rush Is Over" 2"Lady's Man" 2"Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law" 8"I Went to Your Wedding" 3"The Gal Who Inventing Kissin'" 4"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" 31953"Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship" 9"Spanish Fire Ball" 3"For Now and Always" 10"When Mexican Joe Met Jole Brown" 61954"I Don't Hurt Anymore" 1"That Crazy Mambo Thing" 10"Let Me Go, Lover!" 11955"The Next Voice You Hear" 15"Silver Bell" (w/ Chet Atkins) 15"Yellow Roses" 3"Would You Mind?" 3"Cryin', Prayin', Waitin', Hopin'" 7"I'm Glad I Got to See You Once Again" 7"Mainliner (The Hawk with Silver Wings)" 5"Born to Be Happy" 51956"These Hands" 5"I'm Moving In" 11"Conscience I'm Guilty" 4"Hula Rock" 5"Stolen Moments" 71957"Tangled Mind" 4"My Arms Are a House" 81958"Whispering Rain" 15"Big Wheels" 7"A Woman Captured Me" 161959"Doggone That Train" 19"Chasin' a Rainbow" 6"The Last Ride" 31960"Rockin', Rollin' Ocean" 22 87"Miller's Cave" 9 1011961"Beggar to a King" 5"The Restless One" 111962"You Take the Future (And I'll Take the Past)" 15"I've Been Everywhere" 1 681963"The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe" 9"Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" 2 1241964"Breakfast with the Blues" 11"I Stepped Over the Line" 211965"The Wishing Well (Down in the Well)" 7"The Queen of Draw Poker Town" 281966"I've Cried a Mile" 18"The Count Down" 22"Hula Love" 211967"Down at the Pawn Shop" 18"Learnin' a New Way of Life" 201968"I Just Wanted to Know (How the Wind Was Blowing)" 70"Who Will Answer? (Aleluya No. 1)" 69"The Late and Great Love of My Heart" 20 51969"The Name of the Game Was Love" 16 1"That's When the Hurtin' Sets In" 531970"Come the Morning" 57 33"Vanishing Breed" 521971"(The Seashores) Of Old Mexico" 61972"Governor's Hand" 341973"North to Chicago" 71 201974"Hello Love" 1 1"That's You and Me" 36 5"Easy to Love" 261975"Merry-Go-Round of Love" 47 36"Hijack" 79"Colorado Country Morning" 951976"Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone" 87"You're Wondering Why" 981977"Trouble in Mind" 81"I'm Still Movin' On" 80"Breakfast with the Blues" 961978"Nevertheless" 93"Ramblin' Rose" 931979"The Mysterious Lady from St. Martinique" 80 26"A Good Gal Is Hard to Find" 91"It Takes Too Long" 981980"Hasn't It Been Good Together" (w/ Kelly Foxton) 78 39
Guest singles Año Sencillo Artista US Country 1967 "Chet's Tune" Some of Chet's Friends 38
Véase también List of best-selling music artists
Referencias
Bibliografía Wolfe, Charles. (1998). "Hank Snow". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 494–5.
Enlaces externos Hank Snow Country Music Centre Hank Snow at the Country Music Hall of Fame Hank Snow discography at Discogs.com Rev. Jimmy Rodgers Snow Ministries
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