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Within Vinony's link graph, Hank Penny is referenced by 48 other articles, and connects out to World War II, jazz and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics 1918 births, 1992 deaths and 20th-century American singer-songwriters.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1918
- Active to
- 1992
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20,321
- Total plays
- 96,393
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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
Authority record · VIAF
- Gender
- Unknown
Recorded by 2 libraries
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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
- Commons category
- Hank Penny
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