The Pawhuska Western Swing Festival honors country music legend Hank Thompson's 100th birthday with performances by local and ...

Billed as “the King of Western Swing,” Hank Thompson was a country musician with an exuberant repertoire and a touring career that stretched into a seventh decade. Having announced only last month ...

The legendary western swing artist was born 100 years ago. The Pawhuska Western Swing Festival is set for Nov. 14-15.

In the early 1950s, country star Hank Thompson went into his then-state-of-the-art home studio in Oklahoma City and made a series of recordings for radio. Almost a half-decade later, Thompson went ...

If you’re a fan of Willie Nelson, George Strait or Charley Crockett, cue up “The Wild Side of Life” on Sept. 3 to mark the 100th birthday of a fellow Texan who inspired them: Honky-tonk swing pioneer ...

On this day (September 3) in 1925, Henry William Thompson was born in Waco, Texas. After serving in World War II with the United States Navy and studying at Princeton University, he decided to pursue ...

Country music legend Hank Thompson died on Tuesday. He was 82. Day to Day remembers Thompson and his special blend of honky tonk.

During her long career, Candy Girard has toured with James Bond theme song star Shirley Bassey and country music great Hank Thompson. What: Gravenstein Apple Fair When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and ...