SNOW, HANK
(1914–1999)
SNOW, HANK (b. Clarence Eugene S., Liverpool, Nova Scotia, May 9, 1914–December 19, 1999) Snow, Canada's greatest country singer, was bitten early on by the country-music bug after hearing the recordings of JIMMIE RODGERS. He composed some classic country songs, and his smooth, clean vocalizing helped popularize the music for a wide audience. Snow left home when he was twelve to take a job as a cabin boy on a freighter. An early love of Jimmie Rodgers and American COWBOY legends led him to take…