THOMPSON, HANK
(*1925)
THOMPSON, HANK (b. Henry William T., Waco, Tex., September 3, 1925) Thompson is a Texas singer/guitarist who helped carry on the WESTERN SWING sound for a new generation of honky-tonkers. Thompson began as a teenage performer on local radio as Hank the Hired Hand, and also recorded for the tiny, local Globe label. These sides were so successful that they led TEX RITTER to recommend him to California-based Capitol Records, which signed the singer in 1948; he remained with Capitol for eighteen…