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Hank Fort
Hank Fort is credited on 38 releases across 12 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
38
Pressings credited
12
Albums
7
Decades active
2
In collections
Biography
Hank Fort (née Eleanor Hankins, 1908–1973) was an American singer and songwriter of the mid 20th century from Nashville, Tennessee. She composed over 400 songs, many with a humorous Southern viewpoint, including "Put Your Shoes On, Lucy" (recorded by Petula Clark), and "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded" The Andrews Sisters, and "Save Your Confederate Money, Boys, the South Shall Rise Again". Known for her humor and sunny personality, her Washington, D.C. apartment was a gathering place for scores of admirers, many of whom were political figures. These included Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, Hale Boggs and Liz Carpenter (Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary). In 1960, Fort campaigned actively for John F. Kennedy, traveling in the South entertaining with Mrs. Johnson, Ethel Kennedy, Eunice Shriver, and Jean Kennedy Smith. Her composition, "Look With Pride On Our Flag", was played at the second inauguration of Richard Nixon in 1973. Upon her death January 12, 1973, Barry Goldwater delivered the eulogy at her memorial service.
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Credited work
38 releases · 12 albums · active 1950–2017
- Performance · 37
- Other credits · 12
- Production · 2
Studios: Louisiana Hayride
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Vega Rhythm Orchestra
- Preacher Rollo And The Five Saints
- Eddy Arnold
- Archie Campbell
- Beatrice Kay
- The Cannons (2)
- The Buffalo Bills
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