Clarence Eugene (Hank) Snow was born in Brooklyn, Nova
Scotia on May 9, 1914. He had a rough childhood and at the age of 12 left
home for an adventure at sea. In the late 1920s he heard country music on
the radio aboard a schooner. Snow would entertain the crew with his mouth
organ. By the early 1930s he had finished his sea voyages and moved in
with his sister Nina. He also bought himself a new guitar, a T. E. Eaton
Special, for $12.95.
His dream of singing on the radio and making record came
from his idol, Jimmie Rodgers, "The Singing Brakeman." In
1933Hank auditioned and won his own 15 minute program on radio station
CHNS in Halifax. At first he called himself "The Cowboy Blue
Yodeler," and then "Hank, The Yodeling Ranger."
During the summer of 1944 while playing at a theater in
Amherst, Nova Scotia, he became known a "The Singing Ranger." By
the end of the 1940s his records were selling well and he had become a
major star in Canada.
The hit I'm Movin' On in 1950 was the one that made him
a household name in the US. Between 1950 and 1970 he had over 50
international hits.
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