The Hits of Hank Snow

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The Hits of Hank Snow
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Compilation album by
Released1978 (UK)
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor Records PL 42175
Producer Chet Atkins, Ronny Light
Hank Snow chronology
The Best of Hank Snow Vol. 2
(1972)
The Hits of Hank Snow
(1978)
The Essential Hank Snow
(1997)

The Hits of Hank Snow is a compilation album by the Canadian country singer Hank Snow, released in 1978 on the RCA Victor label in the UK.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "North to Chicago" (Les Pouliot) – 1971
  2. "Hijack" (Jack Cloe) - 1974
  3. "Come the Morning" (Dick Feller) - 1970
  4. "That's You and Me" (Gene Martin, Chuck Glaser) - 1974
  5. "Merry-Go-Round of Love" (Robert Lee Floyd) - 1974
  6. "Easy to Love" (Dave Burgess) - 1974
  7. "I Just Wanted to Know (How the Wind Was Blowing)" (Cindy Walker) - 1967
  8. "The Name of the Game Was Love" (Cy Coben) - 1968
  9. "The Late and Great Love (Of My Heart)" (Cindy Walker) - 1967
  10. "Colorado Country Morning" (John C. Cunningham, Robert Duncan) - 1974
  11. "Vanishing Breed" (Bill Eldridge, Gary Stewart) - 1970
  12. "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (Yvonne Devaney) - 1968
  13. "Hello Love" (Betty Jean Robinson, Aileen Mnich) - 1973
  14. "Who Will Answer? (Aleluya No. 1)" (Sheila Davis, Luis Eduardo Aute) - 1967

American Billboard charts

YearTitleChart positions [1] Album
PeakWeeks in chart
1973"North To Chicago"713RCA 0915 Grand Ole Opry Favorites
1975"Hijack"796RCA 10338 (Single)
1970"Come The Morning"575RCA 9907 Cure for the Blues
1974"That's You And Me"3611RCA 0307 That's You and Me
1975"Merry-Go-Round Of Love"4711RCA 10225 You're Easy to Love
1974"Easy To Love"2611RCA 10108 (Single)
1968"I Just Wanted To Know"705RCA 9433 (Single)
1968"The Name Of The Game Was Love"1616RCA 9685 Hits Covered By Snow
1968"The Late And Great Love (Of My Heart)"2013RCA 9523 (Single)
1975"Colorado Country Morning"952RCA 10439 You're Easy to Love
1970"Vanishing Breed"527RCA 9856 (Single)
1969"Rome Wasn't Built In A Day"269RCA 0151 Cure for the Blues
1974"Hello Love"115RCA 0215 Hello Love
1968"Who Will Answer? (Aleluya No. 1)"693RCA 9433 (Single)

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References

  1. Album liner notes
  2. "Hank Snow – The Hits Of Hank Snow". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.