A Fool Such As I - Hank Snow
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- The early Hank Snow version of this song (Words and Music by Bill Trader) covered by many singers since. Sounds as good today as it did then.
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30th Aug 2011. For about a month I failed to notice a disgusting reply to another poster on here. Uploaders aren't notified of replies to other people. May I ask if any of the vast majority of decent people who use RUclips receive or notice a reply that needs attention, on any upload on this channel, they message me so action can be taken.
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DelTangBrav I really appreciate the stand you take on refusing to tolerate vulgar or inappropriate comments on your channel. It’s never okay to show vulgarity and serves no purpose. Be kind to one another gets the best results. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video of Hank Snow.
Thankyou - I appreciate your support in my stance... the only ones who don't support it appear to be trolls who have been using RUclips comments as their personal playground for far too long,
For those who haven't seen what is referred to (it must have been there for over ten years) here is what is said:
"PLEASE NOTE: That bad language or abusive replies to others will not be tolerated on this channel. Furthermore whenever I see people using bad language or abusive behaviour elsewhere, they get blocked before they even arrive".
That does not prevent fair comment or moderate expletives.
vulgarity in the presence of hank ? thats just extra wrong !
I agreed with you
I agree so much. It's so fucked up how trolls can get away with anything these days.
@@JasonJBrunet bastards
It was nice hearing this song in the Elvis movie
Just watching it now and was bout to comment lol
And it was great that elvis officially sang and recorded it. Elvis made it beautiful and perfect.
@@vaiovorge5342 I never heard Elvis’s version
@@vaiovorge5342 your saying this isn't?
It was a nice performance too in the movie.
When Hank sang a song live it was always just like he sang it on the recording. So great to hear!
There are certain singers who come along once in your lifetime, like Hank, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, and a bunch of others..They are all gone now and never will be replaced...The only thing today's generation has is the bunch of imitators that you see on shows like Country Music Awards, that can't measure up no matter how hard they try.....It's a shame.
I first heard this from the Elvis movie, this man was a great country singer.
Yep
He ain't a bad singer
My dad - a Chinaman from New Zealand, used to play this song often in my childhood and I remember him singing along at the top of his voice with 'Hank'. My siblings and I knew all the words and just listening to this track brought back so many memories of dad and the good times we had. Bet Hank didn't know he had Chinese/Kiwi fans back in the 50's. Dad was so sad when Hank died. You'd have thought he lost his own brother.
Nice story. I didn't know your Dad, but I like him.
You have great taste Rick
Maggie Chan I used to laugh at my parents for liking music like this, but now I'm liking it too.
Great memory and story; it made me smile for you and for hearing it. Thanks.
Hello Maggie?
I feel sorry for the young people today who will never hear real country songs such as this song.
You are so right.
Totally agree with you.
My sweetest memory is hearing this on my Nana and Pawpaw's big black radio on their breakfast bar at their house back in DeVille Louisiana ⚜️ when I was a boy back in the early 70's. I was born in 1967. This is real Country Music.
Fact is they can, because it’s recorded, shared here. :)
I knew a young chick said she was a country fan. She didn't know Stand
By Your Man. Eh, kids. But what do I know of Jimmie Rodgers?
Love it, great old song.
Such a wonderful and lovely song, the best ever, love listening to this song always
Hello Glenda, how are you doing, hope you are good?
What a tear jerker!
Our famous Nova Scotian singer, Hank Snow. How he's missed.
Another famous Nova Scotian singer, Anne Murray, covered this song quite beautifully as well.
Cape breton here! R.i.p hank
Hank's singing was always so pure, no extra frills to distract from the melody. Not many singers are good enough to be so straightforward in their vocals. Thank you dear Hank.
Hello Conne?
Hank had one of the Great Fiddle players also, In the name of Chubby Wise. One of the greatest Ever.
Kayton Roberts on steel guitar as well.
I grew up listening to Hank Snow. The one song that really stands out in my mind as a boy growing up is, I see Jesus standing at the Fathers right hand. Still love him and his singing along with the others from the past. Most are gone now but we have their music, thank God. Todays so-called country isn't country at all and I don't listen to it. Thanks and you have earned a subscriber.
Where did Talent like this go. I don't even turn on the radio anymore. Just CRAP. L@@K Ma, No Strobes, No autotune, No flashing light, Just PURE Talent. May GOD Bless, >
Hank has a very funny sounding voice when he sings but he sounds normal when he talks
My wife & I went to a Hank Snow show in Christchurch New Zealand in the 70's. It was an amazing show! After the show Hank was there to sign autographs for his fans, my wife & I both shook hands with Hank & got his autograph. He was an amazing showman! They don't make them like that now! ted
Thanks for sharing those kind of priceless memories
lucky you
The Elvis Movie (2022) sent me here.
Elvis had a big hit with this in 1958. A bit different from this original style.
Well you discovered a treat. Love Hank Snow.
Wow beautiful oldies music thankyou so much for sharing this video with me I wish we could turn back the time
Back in the 60s my Dad had Hank Snow records he used to play. My sister and I were listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but somehow some of these Hank Snow records snuck in. I loved this song then, love it now. Great voice.
As a Nova Scotian, I have always loved Hank Snow,s talents not just as a singer, but his tremendous talent as a guitar player. He was a perfectionist, and a no nonsense man on stage. Something the newer generation could learn from.
Also, in this video, please note his guitar player, the great Chubby Wise, who played with Hank for many years until a bad heart condition made him retire.
+Larry Gaum Thanks for your comment but I think you'll find the "guitar" Chubby Wise is playing is a "violin". (Sometimes called a fiddle).
Feel free to edit your comment - I'll then remove this reply. I do realise it was a slight "lapse" and I don't wish to appear sarcastic.☺☺☺
If you don't know how to edit click on the three little dots (top right corner) select EDIT then change the word "Guitar" to "Fiddle"
Best Wishes David.
Larry Gaum has
Hank. One of the pillars of classic country. Lots of people have covered this, but not as well. He was one of Johnny Cash's favorites. AND a hell of an acoustic guitarist, something not many people realize!!!
Hank's voice was unique. When he came on the radio, you knew who it was immediately.
@@alexanderball923 You're so right!
Had to check this out after seeing the "Elvis" movie.
Very nice! 😊
I love Hank's guitar solo on this. Demonstrates his great ability on the guitar. My favorite song by Hank.
I have an album of Hank Snow and Chet Atkins playing together. Not many guitarist ever reach that plateau
Hank Snow with always one of my favorite singers and guitar players I liked all of his music The Gospel Ranger
one of my fav pickers. Loved his old Martin,and one thing I noticed about Hank on videos is he never if rarely used a Kapo
I always felt that Hank Snow was such an under rated guitar player . He always amazed me in hi guitar playing ..even today ill stop and wait to hear Hank play a solo evry time i hear that a Hank Snow when im listening to my Serious XM radio.
My favorite song too
thank you elvis movie for showing me hank snow and this gem
I love the old country music. From a simpler, less frenetic time. No cell phones to turn off in that audience, I reckon.
oh my heart!!! it takes me back to my grandparents, and now im a grandparent!! goes to show great music stands the times... always love Hank Snow, i tell my kids he was the first rapper in Canada lol true with Ive been everywhere
Hi Patricia ?
Hello dear,how are you doing?
Fellow Nova Scotian Hank Snow was amazing ..Dirt poor , song writer , great singer , foremost guitar picker , Elvis tutor and starter along with many other ...Hank is very under rated as a genuine original ....
A dear O'l friend of mine who passed away 7yrs ago at the age of 71, Idolized Hand Snow. He would have appreciated all these videos on RUclips featuring all these Legendary artist.
To me Hank was the ultimate country singer!
I first discovered Country music in the early 60's and Hank sits high on my list of favourite singers. A real showman and he sang and spoke with very clear diction. Always a pleasure to hear him.
Over the past few years I've been rediscovering the beautiful music from the 30's , 40's and 50's. Enjoying the journey.
Hey man me too... The music and history is something I wish I would have experienced myself
I lived through the thirties, forties, and fifties, and have been enjoying finding the music of my childhood and young womanhood. I have also dipped into the twenties, and find that, although although the recording sound is not as good, there are some great songs. Also the twenties has some very amusing comedy songs also.
@@joycedunkle7747 Hi Joyce. Thanks for commenting. Must have been amazing. To me its not just the music but the attitude and standards were more certain respectful. So many good melodies and meaningful lyrics.
@@joycedunkle7747 Hi again Joyce. I meant to add that there were songs that were cleverly worded, funny and a little risqué. Now when they're heard it makes you think how skilful those artists were. On a radio station here, recently, a group of young people played an Eddy Cantor song 'If You Knew Susie'. What struck me was the silent pause at the end when they realised how clever the lyrics were without being crude.
This song was just piped in to my ears during my kids days, now that I heard it, my recollection of my birth place in the Philippines , when Country Songs were the most favorite of the young Adults back in the early 70s.
I usta play it on my guitar and my dear old dad suffering with Alzheimer's would sing it, and remember it word for word. Brings back so many memories for me.
Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a celebrated Canadian country music artist. In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "Hello Love" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", as well as other top 10 hits.............
It still stands as one of the most beautiful country songs ever written. (IMO)
Elvis' version is really good also.
My father was a Truck driver back in the day when this is what Truck drivers listened to, God I miss my dad the truck and the Music.
thank you for posting these greats. thanks to you "long ago and far away" can be visited again.
America as we knew it is gone forever. But thankfully memories of better times are just a mouse click away.
it must be forged again
Thomas Patrick Parker I remember 1975
why didn't you stop it from happening
***** 👈 what a moron
Remembering 1992 Amen brother
I loved seeing and hearing this!
My dad's sisters were all C/W music lovers and I heard this song and many others as a young child with big 78 rpm records played on a simple record player from as early as I can remember, 1949,1950. I must have been 3, when a big Country Music show came to Vancouver, featuring Hank Snow and others. I can't remember why but they took me with them and I saw and herd Hank Snow live. The seats were just wooden bleachers. Little Jimmy Dickens preceded Hank and Jimmy was in a flashy cowboy suit, all bright red, hat to boots. My aunts were impatient for him to be done and they whistled wildly when Hank Snow came out. He was also in a flashy sequined cowboy suit. There was a lot of cheering and applause. I wish I could remember more than the tone of his voice and a couple of the songs but as a child that was the only music I ever heard at home or with my aunts and it has stayed with me even while Elvis burst onto the scene, 1955-56. I grew up on old "Cowboy Music" and Rock & Roll, all heard on 78's and a shelf radio and that's why I sing them all today.
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Last picture show had this in the background,....so many good songs in that movie that many people would never hear.
Last Picture Show is a great film
Hank Snow, great Canadian Western Music player...Outstanding musician...From the East coast of Canada. Nova Scotia to be correct...One of North America's greatest country singers...Great singer and guitarist.
Also a Great Fiddle Player Mr. Chubby Wise with Hank.
One of my favorite Hank Snow songs. It's great to see him perform it live.
Thanks Ryan - You're obviously a Hank Snow fan - here's a link for others to see you performing his "Wandering On" Wandering On I feel sure other HS fans will appreciate your cover.
Best Wishes David
The girl next door, the girl I grew up with went off to a out of state college and met someone else and married him instead of me. I will never forget her and when I hear this song sung by Hank it reminds me of me.
Just beautiful. You can really hear how much Willie learned from Hank. They just don't build 'em like this anymore.
G.Main I was just thinking the same thing.
As I said above, think it might be more a mutual listening to Django Reinhardt by both men.
im an aussie and lived in canada for many years and some friends put me on to Hank Snow, as a guitar player and sort of singer thirty years later im stlll playing his songs he was and still is brilliant Rob
I love all kinds of music from most generations and this is tops on my list of favorites. Thank you for posting his songs.
Hello franny?
I've just heard of him, i dont.know of him honestly. But I like his playig. I'll have to look at more.
This is a song I have loved for so long by Hank. Other artists have sung it but Hank is the man as far as I'm concerned. It has a special meaning for me and even though I don't cry when I hear it I really feel a lot of emotion. Hank is terrific on the guitar. His voice and style are perfect for great country music. I don't know who wrote it but he or she is a great writer. Thanks again for this treasure. - Paula
i wish any music nowdays was still this good !
Amen!!
If you think that there's no good music any more, you're not looking hard enough.
i like all the hanks hank snow, hank williams, and hank locklin great tune ty for posting it, brings back childhood memories.
I’m a youngin, but I really enjoy this song. Thank you for posting it, DelTangBrav.
He came to Montreal back in the sixities and I met him in person . i was only 13 and as i went up close to the stage to see him better , the MC Gordon Sinclair saw me . so he brought me on stage and gave me his own chair.. Gordon sat on the floor next to me during the whole show and then I met Hank , had my picture taken with him.. They were both fine gentlemen and I never forgot that evening. . Hank Snow , the best of all time. , thank you for posting. Beautiful memories.
What a voice. And with the great Chubby Wise !
I grew up listening to my dad playing this music. I went in another direction through adolescence, but today I greatly appreciate the artistry contained herein. Makes me home sick.
Hello Maurice ?
memories of Sunday afternoons playing Hank Snows records on my parents big wooden stereo.
It's good how music can fetch back memories. (and make new ones☺☺☺)
@mactopolis With all the respect we must have about any performer, i wish tell I agree totally with you. I think we can not compare so different voices and styles as by Elvis and Mr. Snow. Elvis was something new. A brilliant and wonderful and universal voice. Mr. Snow was a excellent country singer and composer and stop here. His voice just had the face of Country Music in his age. (from Brazil)
this song is so pretty, he was an amazing song writer!! ♥️
If you mean Hank Snow was an amazing song writer ... I agree but he didn't write this one. It was written by Bill Trader.😀
hank promised to do a narration i wrote, but he never did. i loved the 3 hanks. snow, williams and thompson
Love this song and all songs he sung.🤗
🕊My Dad & Mum are waltzing in the heavens-above👏🏻listening to Hank in the Angels Choir.
🌹Thanks for sharing. (;
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That's it!!! That's the version I remember playing in my house when I was a child and by far my favourite version!
I'm glad you found it - it's amazing how many songs from that era, we thought had gone for ever, can now be found on RUclips.
Hello Lynda ?
Hello dear,how are you doing?
I used to sit with my grandfather in the1950s and listen to real country and Hank was one of his and my favorites. Thanks for sharing
Hello dear,how are you doing?
You just don't hear this kind of beautiful melodic fiddle music anymore in country music
Thank god we don’t this shit will put u to sleep
@@slamdunkathletic Like your channel?
@@allfields exactly that’s the point bro ur getting it
@@slamdunkathletic Go back to your Beyonce videos and stay there, du mbass.
Great singing voice, which is no surprise. But it just hit me how great is speaking voice was!
I loved the ELVIS version but this touches my heart…my late Mom would put this record on and we’d dance….
I had the pleasure of meeting and hearing Hank Snow play on the "Tommy Hunter Show" in CBC's Toronto Studio 7 on Jarvis Street in the 1980's. True professional and overall humble guy. Sitting in the audio control room at the time. ONE TAKE REHEARSAL, ONE TAKE FINAL. Great talent.
A great, evocative performer and a wonderful picker. Hank's early life may have been straight out of Dickens, but he sure did overcome it!
Legendary singer with a tremendous voice. Love all his songs.
People seem to like to complain that Elvis “stole” or “copied” other's music, but lets face it, he ROCKED this song. Elvis’s version wakes you up and gets you on the dance floor. This just makes you want to cry. That’s why Elvis is the greatest and no one can ever convince me he ever stole a damn thing from anyone.
I was here 12 years ago? I still love this tune!!!
Classic country music from the golden age.Two thumbs up.
Otiimo esecutore del " Country classico ", seguito da una validissima
orchestra,e quel impagabile violinista che lo segue da sempre ......
Chapeau!!!!!!
I was in Germany 66-67 Hank played at service club for us. I'll never forget. He was great. Irving p.
i was at kindergarten in Paderborn, west Germany at this time
I saw him in the nco club in Germany in 1963 great
We saw Hank at Fort Hesterly in Tampa Florida if I remember it was in1954
thank you for this wonderful HANK SNOW song ELVIS recovery and made it even more beautiful.............................
When I was very young " I believe that the first country singer I ever heard " Was Hank Snow and Kitty Wells ) To me " that's what I thought country music was spose to sound like !
Glenn Johnson Oh,how Hank influenced me.Sing many of his numbers in my stage act.That guitar playing,such a trademark sound.You just knew it was Hank before he even started singing.You see,the musical backings on todays recordings all sound the same,there is no individual distinct style that identifies the artist.Thanks for uploading Hank!
Ok. He's the best . Mvn..ON..I RECKON SO" .. LOVE IT ..'TRISH'JENSEN. CLOVIS CALIF. 😆 ..
Hank Snow has always been a favourite of mine
It's nice to see a rational yet humorous exchange between the 'old' and 'new' world; so often it degenerates into fairly unpleasant exchanges of abuse at RUclips. Thanks for a superb piece of Hank Snow, and what a truly great tune.
Hank was great, so proud that he was from Nova Scotia, one of our many favorite artists that hail from here.
From another Caper
Thank you for this!My Mom and I use to sit up half the night listening at Hank Snow and others.Great music,none like it.
the old singers sang their songs from the heart ! singers today just say the words !
The best n.s.singer ever .a true musician and master of multiple instruments instruments. Proud to be from hank Snows Nova Scotia.
the best country artist to ever come out of Nova Scotia. he makes me proud to be a bluenoser!
some singers / musicians can transport us back in time, back to a sweetheart's embrace. So uncanny. I can even feel the chill in the air that night.
Hi?
Hello dear,how are you doing?
Some people will always be legends, so is Hank
What a crystal clear voice.
One of the best country stars .along with Jim Reeves. Greetings from Ireland
Music when Country Music was Country Music, and I miss it.
Isn't that the truth !
I heard this on XM radio this morning and LOVE IT.....Always loved Elvis version but also now Love this one too....
Dear Mr. DelTangBrav,
Thank you for posting this song once again. I made a comment two months ago, addressing my praise, but I would like to thank you once again. Your channel has introduced me to the wonders of country music. As a young person, I am surrounded by soulless music, but (older) country music, especially with artists like Hank Snow, capture the amount of story and beauty of music that I adore. This rendition of A Fool Such as I remains one of my favorite songs. I cite this video as the beginning of my love of a simpler kind of music. Once again, thank you! I hope you are doing well during the quarantine as well.
Thanks for taking the time to show your appreciation.
My spirits are lifted when I read and hear of younger people who appreciate the simpler country music that told a story and gripped your heart. I was born in the 50's and grew up in the 60's. Many a night I had my huge transistor radio in my bed, listening to 50's and 60's country, which was modern at that time.
In the late 60's and early 70's I was in a band that played the rock of that time. When I left the band I went back to the old country.
Now in my later years I still play Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, Ray Price, and the like. The 40's, 50's, and 60's country music is hard to beat. The 70's, 80's, and a lot of 90's had some good country, but most since then has missed the boat in a big way.
@@jlmikeals9236 I am slightly envious of you, you got to grow up in such a good era of music! Of course, since this is an age of computers, I have access to any music I want, but it must have been different to grow up with this music being more mainstream. I admire this music dearly and it makes me want to live a carefree country lifestyle myself. It’s very cool that you were in a band, though, that sounds like such a cool experience!
wow did bring back memories. i was 9 years old back in 1963 when my mother and i. went to radio station chns in halifax, nova scotia, to hear him and wilf carter play live on the air. he was the first celebrity i ever met. a nice man from what i remember. gave us a signed photo, along with wilf carters which i still have today. very distinctive voice one of a kind.
Miss your singing, Hank!!!!!!!
One of my Dad's favorites.....
How are you ?
I saw Hank play this on july 1st about 30years ago in Quebec. This is real country music !!
Thanks for posting! I remember watching Hank and many other country stars do shows such as this! Like his guitar picking! Thanks for posting!
+Diane Potter You're welcome Diane - I, like many other uploaders, welcome any comment that shows our efforts are appreciated. Hope it brought back good memories.
Thanks to other commenters too.
Hello Diane?
Sure glad I came to this site. What a pleasure hearing these classics-I'll be back.
I didn't know about this version! I only remember Elvis's no. 1 UK hit version in 1959.
I'm a sixties child, grew up on rock and pop Now aged and appreciating where it came from.
Ahhh.Hank making that Martin sing as well as he does.One of the first great flatpickers . Noticed Chubby slipping off the fiddle fingerboard and Hank grinning . Great lasting stuff.
Hello dear,how are you doing?
Hank was a very close mmeber of my family! Not by blood, but he called my Grandmother "Mother", and my mom was a rodeo singer on thr Calgary Stampeed and met Hank, as he was from nova Scotia!! I am from NaSHVILLE, as Hank lived htere and helped my Canadian mom move there!! My Mother sang with Hank!!
MY PARENT SINCERELY 57 YEARS AGO, THEY LOVES,THE SOUND,THEREFORE HANK SNOW IS STILLS THE KING,,
Therefore? What? Your English needs work. A LOT of work.
vee kay this is the RUclips comments of a country music video, not an English class. People should be allowed to share their thoughts on the internet, no matter the level of linguistic ability, without being hassled about it by people such as yourself. From what I understand, the person was saying that the their parents loved hank snow, so they will always regard him as the king.
@@Goldenrod01 Not real hard to get her point.
Hank snow was a great entertainer bk in his day my mom loved his songs. Thank u 4 sharing this.
Hank Snow. Classic country at its best, and Chubby Wise on the fiddle.
First time I heard this song. Wonderful lyrics and sung so well.