Corbin/Hanner

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Corbin/Hanner
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Bob Corbin (left) and David Hanner (right)
Background information
Also known asGravel
Corbin & Hanner
Corbin/Hanner Band
Origin Ford City, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres Country
Years active1979–1984, 1990–2014
Labels Alfa
Mercury
Silver Eagle
Liddl' Red Hen
Past membersBob Corbin
Dave Freeland
David Hanner
Kip Paxton
Al Snyder

Corbin/Hanner, also known as Gravel, Corbin & Hanner, and the Corbin/Hanner Band, was an American country music group from Ford City, Pennsylvania. The founding members were Bob Corbin and David Hanner, both of whom were songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists. They founded the Corbin/Hanner Band in 1979 with Al Snyder (keyboards), Kip Paxton (bass guitar), and Dave Freeland (drums). The quintet released two albums for Alfa Records before disbanding in 1984. Corbin and Hanner reunited in 1990 as a duo, recording two more albums for Mercury Records, followed by four more albums on independent labels before disbanding in 2000. The group charted eleven singles on the Billboard country charts: six as the Corbin/Hanner Band, and five more as Corbin/Hanner. Their highest-charting singles as a band were 1981's "Livin' the Good Life" and 1982's "Everybody Knows I'm Yours" both at No. 46, while their highest as a duo was 1992's "I Will Stand by You" at No. 49.

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History

Bob Corbin and David Hanner, natives of the Western Pennsylvania community of Ford City, began their musical collaboration in high school. The duo's members initially played in a rock band called the Lost Lambs later and more famously in a country rock band called Gravel, which performed throughout Pennsylvania and West Virginia. [1] Eventually, Gravel was reformed as The Corbin/Hanner Band, which included Corbin and Hanner as lead vocalists and guitarists, along with Al Snyder (keyboards), Kip Paxton (bass guitar), and Dave Freeland (drums). Under this lineup, they would record two albums for Alfa Records, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard country music charts. The band's members parted ways in 1984 after a final performance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] After this performance, Corbin and Hanner worked as songwriters, with Hanner writing Don Williams's "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" and Corbin writing Alabama's "Can't Keep a Good Man Down".

Corbin and Hanner reunited in 1990. That year, they were signed to Mercury Records as the duo Corbin/Hanner. Two additional albums — 1990's Black and White Photograph and 1992's Just Another Hill — were released on Mercury, as were additional chart singles. A live album originally recorded in 1982 was released in 1997, followed by 1998's Every Stranger Has a Story (the title track of which was later recorded by Kenny Rogers [1] ), 1999's By Request, and Originals in 2000.

The duo retired in 2014. [3] Corbin died September 18, 2023. [4]

Discography

As Corbin/Hanner Band

Albums

YearAlbumLabel
1981For the Sake of the SongAlfa
Son of America

Singles

YearTitleChart PositionsAlbum
US Country [5]
1979"America's Sweetheart" (as Corbin & Hanner)85Single only
1981"Time Has Treated You Well"64For the Sake of the Song
"Livin' the Good Life"46
1982"Oklahoma Crude"49Son of America
"Everyone Knows I'm Yours"46
"One Fine Morning"75

As Corbin/Hanner

Albums

YearAlbumLabel
1990Black and White PhotographMercury
1992Just Another Hill
1997Silver Eagle Cross Country Presents Live: Corbin/HannerSilver Eagle
1998Every Stranger Has a StoryLiddl' Red Hen
1999By Request
2000Originals
2008And the Road Goes On

Singles

YearTitleChart PositionsAlbum
US Country [5] CAN Country
1990"Work Song"5581Black and White Photograph
1991"Concrete Cowboy"59
1992"Just Another Hill"73Just Another Hill
"I Will Stand by You"4971
1993"Any Road"71

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1990"Work Song"Marius Penczner [6]
1992"Just Another Hill"
"I Will Stand By You"

References

  1. 1 2 Loftus, Johnny. "Corbin/Hanner biography". Allmusic . Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  2. "Parting performance by Corbin-Hanner". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . June 24, 1983. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
  3. Rutkoski, Rex (August 23, 2014). "Country-rock duo Corbin/Hanner ending performance career". Triblive.com. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  4. "Renowned singer/songwriter Bob Corbin is remembered, along with his wife". The Leader Times. September 22, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 104. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  6. "Corbin/Hanner". mvdbase.com. Retrieved May 22, 2017.