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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1918
- Active to
- 1992
Discography
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Herbert Clayton Penny (September 18, 1918 – April 17, 1992) was an accomplished banjo player and practitioner of western swing. He worked as a comedian best known for his backwoods character "That Plain Ol' Country Boy" on TV with Spade Cooley. He was married to country singer Sue Thompson from 1953-63. Penny was the leader of the Radio Cowboys, which featured guitarist Julian Akins, steel guitarist Sammy Forsmark, tenor banjo player Louis Damont, bassist Carl Stewart, and vocalist, guitarist, a
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Place of death
- Camarillo
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- banjo
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Image
- Hank Penny.jpg
- Work location
- Las Vegas
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- date of birth
- 1918-09-18
- date of death
- 1992-04-17
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- Hank Penny
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