Full Name | Hank Snow |
Net Worth | $100,000 |
Date Of Birth | May 9, 1914 |
Died | December 20, 1999, Madison, Tennessee, United States |
Place Of Birth | Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Occupation | Musician, songwriter |
Profession | Singer, Songwriter |
Children | Jimmie Rodgers Snow |
Parents | George Lewis Snow, Marie Alice Boutilier |
Nicknames | Hank Snow, Snow, Hank |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0811271 |
Awards | Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame |
Nominations | Juno Award for Best Country Male Artist |
Movies | The Legendary Ernest Tubb, The Nashville Sound |
TV Shows | Grand Ole Opry |
Star Sign | Taurus |
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1 | Recorded with legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland. |
2 | Father of Jimmy Snow |
3 | Singer of "Lili Marlene" in USA & Canada. |
4 | Father of minister Jimmie Rodgers Snow, named after Hank's idol, Jimmie Rodgers; who was the original "Singing Brakeman", a popular song artist who recorded train and other "country western" oriented music in the teens and twenties before the musical genre was identified as such. |
5 | Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1979. |
6 | His other No. 1 hits included "Golden Rocket" (1950); "The Rhumba Boogie" (1951); "I've Been Everywhere" (1962); and "Hello Love" (1974). Other major hits included "Fool Such as I" (1953); "Beggar into a King" (1961); and "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" (1963). |
7 | His 1950 hit, "I'm Moving On," spent 21 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's country charts, one of just three songs to accomplish that feat. He nearly repeated that incredible feat in 1954 with his 20-week No. 1, "I Don't Hurt Anymore." |
8 | Though he first recorded for RCA Victor in 1936, it wasn't until 1949 when he had his first major country hit with "Marriage Vow." |
9 | Country singer and songwriter. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Low Down | 2014 | performer: "I wish my Heart could talk" | |
Dear Mom, Love Cher | 2013 | TV Movie documentary writer: "I'm Movin' On" | |
Todd's Pop Song Reviews | 2013 | TV Series documentary lyrics - 1 episode | |
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers | 2007 | Video performer: "I'm Movin' On" / writer: "I'm Movin' On" | |
Opry Video Classics: The Hall of Fame | 2007 | Video performer: "I've Been Everywhere" | |
Kupetzky | 2006 | TV Series writer - 7 episodes | |
The Slaughter Rule | 2002 | performer: "Rhumba Boogie" / writer: "Rhumba Boogie" | |
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | 1993 | Documentary writer: "I Don't Hurt Anymore" | |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1993 | writer: "I'M MOVIN' ON" | |
WKRP in Cincinnati | 1979 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | 1979 | performer: "Four in the Morning" | |
Who'll Stop the Rain | 1978 | performer: "GOLDEN ROCKET" / writer: "GOLDEN ROCKET" | |
The Man Who Fell to Earth | 1976 | performer: "A Fool Such as I" | |
Teenage Cowgirls | 1973 | performer: "I'm Movin'", "Go With My Heart" - uncredited | |
The Last Picture Show | 1971 | performer: "A Fool Such As I" - uncredited | |
Cousin Jed Rises Again | 1970 | performer: "I'm Movin'" - uncredited | |
The Johnny Cash Show | | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1970 writer - 1 episode, 1970 | |
Goin' Down the Road | 1970 | lyrics: "My Nova Scotia Home" - uncredited / music: "My Nova Scotia Home" - uncredited | |
Mondo Trasho | 1969 | writer: "I'm Movin' On" | |
The Porter Wagoner Show | 1968-1969 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
Andy Williams' Kaleidoscope Company | 1968 | TV Movie writer: "I'm Moving On" | |
The Road to Nashville | 1967 | performer: "I've been everywhere", "Just a faded pedal from a beautiful bouquet" / writer: "Just a faded pedal from a beautiful bouquet" | |
The Jimmy Dean Show | | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1964 writer - 1 episode, 1964 | |
Country Style, U.S.A. | | TV Series short performer - 2 episodes, 1958 - 1959 writer - 1 episode, 1958 | |
Show Time at the Apollo | 1955 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |