6/2/2023 0 Comments Dont turn off the lights song![]() Gradually, Snow began to sneak away to visit his mother in nearby Liverpool and eventually, after his grandmother failed in her attempt to get him sent to reform school, he was allowed to rejoin his mother. Snow himself went to live with his paternal grandmother who ordered him never to mention his mother's name and subjected him to severe beatings as well as psychological abuse. One sister moved in with an aunt, while the other two were sent to separate foster homes. His parents legally separated when he was about eight and the local Overseer of the Poor decided the children should be taken from their mother because of her inability to support them financially. ![]() She also enjoyed playing her own pump organ, but refused several offers to join travelling shows because of her dedication to the family. Although Snow says his father loved to sing "in an amateurish way", he describes his mother as "an accomplished singer" who played piano during silent films at the local theatre and sometimes performed in minstrel shows. George Snow worked for low pay as a foreman in sawmills, often far from home, while Marie helped support the family by washing clothes and scrubbing floors in better-off homes. In his autobiography, Snow tells how his parents struggled to feed their four remaining children during hard financial times. After divorcing his father, Hank's mother married Charles Tanner in 1930. His parents were married on November 10, 1909, in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He was the fifth of six children, of whom the two eldest died in infancy. Hank Snow was the son of George Snow (1886-1966) and Maude Marie Hatt (1889-1953) in the small community of Brooklyn in Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia celebrates his life and work. Snow won a number of music awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His mother provided the emotional support and encouraged him to follow his dream of becoming an entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound (36 kg) youngster, he endured extreme poverty, physical and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Īs a songwriter he dealt with a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs " I'm Moving On", " The Golden Rocket", and " The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of " I Don't Hurt Anymore", " Let Me Go, Lover!", " I've Been Everywhere", " Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits. He recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. ![]() Most popular in the 1950s, his career spanned more than 50 years. Clarence Eugene " Hank" Snow ( – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music singer and songwriter.
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