American Songwriter

On This Day in 1950, Another “Hank” Became a Star in Nashville With His First of Seven No. 1 Hits—a Song His Record Label Originally Rejected

Before there was Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Jones, there was Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Marty Robbins, and the legendary Hank Snow. Without those four predecessors, the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1999, We Lost the Country Hitmaker Who Overcame a Hardscrabble Upbringing To Become “The Singing Ranger”

Before there was Hank Williams, there was Hank Snow. The Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer enjoyed a prolific career that spanned three decades, notching No. 1 hits with songs like “I’m Moving On” ...