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Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007) [1] was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades. Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing , was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
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The Righteous Brothers Greatest Hits: 1988 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" b/w "Unchained Melody" Dutch reissue — — 87 — 13 Unchained Melody – The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers: 1990 "Unchained Melody" b/w "Hung on You" Reissue: 13 1 1 4 1 AUS: Platinum [90] UK: Platinum [111] "Unchained Melody" (new 1990 recording for Curb ...
"The Wild Side of Life" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard country chart, [1] solidified Thompson's status as a country music superstar and inspired the answer song, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty ...
The Righteous Brothers performing at Knott's Berry Farm with Medley on the right and Hatfield on the left. Medley first met his singing partner Bobby Hatfield through Barry Rillera who was in both Hatfield's and Medley's band (the Variations and the aforementioned Paramours, respectively) and asked them to see each other's shows. [10]
In 1978, the song became a big hit for the South African band Clout, reaching No. 2 in the UK charts in August and being certified Gold by the BPI. [4] It fared even better in the rest of Europe, Africa and Oceania where it reached No. 1 in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as No. 2 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
"Rub-A-Dub-Dub" is a country music song written by Hank Thompson, performed by Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys and released on the Capitol label (catalog no. 2445). It is based on the 18th century nursery rhyme, "Rub-a-dub-dub". It was Thompson's second hit record based on a nursery rhyme, following his 1948 recording of "Humpty Dumpty Heart".
The song has been recorded by among others: In 1944, Cindy Walker had a #5 on the Best Selling Retail Folk Records chart with the song. [3] In 1948, Cliffie Stone hit #11 on the Best Selling Retail Folk Records chart with the song. [4] In 1956, Elvis Presley included it on his album Elvis. Sammi Smith; The Statler Brothers; Hank Thompson ...