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While he never achieved the kind of success enjoyed by fellow bandleaders like Bob Wills or Spade Cooley, during the late '40s and early '50s Hank Penny ranked as one of the foremost practitioners of the Western swing sound. Born Herbert Clayton Penny on August 18, 1918, in Birmingham, AL, his father was a disabled coal miner who inspired young Hank with his skills as a ...more


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