The Essential Hank Snow: Hank Snow: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Rhumba Boogie

2. I'm Movin' On

3. The Golden Rocket

4. Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart

5. Music Makin' Mama From Memphis

6. The Gold Rush Is Over

7. I Don't Hurt Anymore

8. (Now And Then, There's) A Fool Such As I

9. The Gal Who Invented Kissin'

10. I Went To Your Wedding (Alternate Take)

11. Would You Mind

12. Lady's Man

13. Yellow Roses

14. Miller's Cave

15. Beggar To A King

16. I've Been Everywhere

17. Ninety Miles An Hour

18. Let Me Go, Lover

19. The Wishing Well

20. Hello Love

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Canada's first country star, best known as the Singing Ranger, Hank Snow was heavily influenced by Jimmie Rodgers in his early days but quickly established his own personality and had a long string of hits south of the border, from his signature tune, "I'm Movin' On," and its follow-up, the novelty "Rhumba Boogie." An excellent guitar player, Snow could hold his own with the Nashville session men, write his own material, and interpret the compositions of others, as on the classic "Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)." He even fused country and calypso on "The Gal Who Invented Kissin'" for another novelty hit in 1952. All of them, and more, are on this compilation, which covers 20 of Snow's 36 big hits. No filler, just hit after hit from someone who was country before Shania Twain was a twinkle in anyone's eye. --Chris Nickson

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clarence Eugene Snow, Dec 19 2002

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Shannon Burns (Oakwood, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Hank Snow (Audio CD)

From North of the Border he came, carrying that Martin and a stack of songs. His impeccable repertoire abounded, and when his I'm Movin' On stayed on the charts for 50 weeks, Clarence knew he had arrived at the big time.

He gave us such classics, and he lived in the "Golden Era" of country music. Had he arrived today, they would have laughed him out of the town. Shania could not even carry his guitar case to the stage for him even if her belly was not swelling and it was bare.

He never performed in later years the same song twice on his visits to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. With over 500 recorded songs he did not need too.

"In the Dodge City Yards of the Sante Fe stood a frieght made up for the East. The engineer with his oil and waste was a groomin" the great iron beast. While 10 cars back in the murky dust a boxcar door swung wide and a hobo lifted his pal aboard taking his last long ride."--from Hank Snow's "Hobo's Last Ride."

The Singing Ranger's voice long silenced now can be heard in the eerie hall's of the Ryman after the lights are turned out and the people have all gone home, or on the CDs available from Amazon---buy this one!!!---a must have for anyone who calls themselves a Country Music Fan. Hank at his finest.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The original singing Canadian, Sep 28 2000

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Donald N. Hilton - See all my reviews

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I love just about all kinds of music but I grew up listening to The Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights and Hank was about the best thing going back then. This CD contains his greatest hits, I'm Moving on, The Rhumba Boogie, The Golden Rocket, etc. but the main reason I bought it is because it contains possibly the most poignant, beautiful song about unrequited love that I have ever heard, Now and Then (There's a Fool Such as I).

Sorry Neil Young but Hank Snow was the best ever from north of the border.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Singing Ranger!, Dec 20 2003

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Mcgivern Owen L (NY, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Hank Snow, the late Singing Ranger from Liverpool, Nova Scotia had 65 Billboard hits from 1949-1974. All were on the RCA label, which must have made it a bit easier to assemble such a worthwhile compilation. "The Essential Hank Snow" spans his golden years from "I'm Movin' On" (1949) to "Hello Love" (1974). EACH of the 20 tracks was a top 10 Billboard selection! All of Hank's 6 # 1 songs are here including the epics, "I Don't Hurt Anymore" (1954) and "I'm Moving On". Both stayed on the charts for over 40 weeks (!).What's not to like here? Personal favorites are highly subjective but this reviewer loved "Would You Mind?" from 1955, "The Wishing Well" from 1965 and the aforementioned "Hello Love". Other reviewers have helpfully noted that short of buying an expensive box set, this CD is the best way of owning a solid, if not completely inclusive selection of Snow's work. On a related note, serious country fans should pay very close attention to the "Essential" series for reliable albums of the best music from our past heroes. The EHS is good, solid classic country as its' best. It is long beyond saying that they are not making any more Hank Snows and never will again. This reviewer would also bet that Mr. Snow was a true gentleman in real life, eh.

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5.0 out of 5 stars what's Hank got to do with it?
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Published on Mar 21 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten Stars
If I could give it 10 stars I would do so. Snows crystal clear voice and his uncanny ability to enunciate words in the fastest of melodies is an absolute listening pleasure. Read more

Published on Jun 16 2002 by Robert E Smith