'' The Hits of Hank Snow'' is a

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by the Canadian

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singer

Hank Snow Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on t ...

, released in 1978 on the

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label in the UK.

Track listing

#"North to Chicago" (Les Pouliot) – 1971 #"Hijack" (Jack Cloe) - 1974 #"Come the Morning" (Dick Feller) - 1970 #"That's You and Me" (Gene Martin, Chuck Glaser) - 1974 #"Merry-Go-Round of Love" (Robert Lee Floyd) - 1974 #"Easy to Love" (Dave Burgess) - 1974 #"I Just Wanted to Know (How the Wind Was Blowing)" (

Cindy Walker Cindy Walker (July 20, 1918 – March 23, 2006) was an American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. She wrote many popular and enduring songs recorded by many artists. She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwr ...

) - 1967 #"

The Name of the Game Was Love "The Name of the Game Was Love" is a single by Canadian country music artist Hank Snow. It was written by Cy Coben. The song peaked at number 1 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It also reached number 16 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Single ...

" (

Cy Coben Seymour "Cy" Coben (4 April 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an American songwriter, whose hits were recorded by bandleaders, country singers, and other artists such as The Beatles, Tommy Cooper and Leonard Nimoy. Biography Early life Coben was born ...

) - 1968 #"The Late and Great Love (Of My Heart)" (Cindy Walker) - 1967 #"Colorado Country Morning" (John C. Cunningham, Robert Duncan) - 1974 #"Vanishing Breed" (Bill Eldridge, Gary Stewart) - 1970 #"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (Yvonne Devaney) - 1968 #" Hello Love" (

Betty Jean Robinson Betty Jean Robinson (born Betty Jean Rhodes; June 17, 1933 – November 25, 2021) was an American Country music, country and Christian music singer and songwriter. Biography Rhodes was born in Hyden, Kentucky, Hyden, Kentucky, on the foothill ...

, Aileen Mnich) - 1973 #"Who Will Answer? (Aleluya No. 1)" (Sheila Davis, Luis Eduardo Aute) - 1967

American Billboard charts

Production

*Arranged by Cam Mullins (tracks 7 & 9) *Liner notes by Bob Powell, presenter London Country and BBC Radio London *Producers

Chet Atkins Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music s ...

and Ronny Light

References

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