Comments on: 100 Greatest Men: #79. Hank Locklin

By: austin

austin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:32:55 +0000

Why is this list taking soooooo long the 100 greates women ony took 5 months its been 11 months and were only at #80 come on at this rate we’ll finish in 2014-15

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:00:14 +0000

“Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On” was probably the biggest copyright Hank owned. As recorded by Johnny Tillotson, the song reached #17 Pop / #11 Country / #5 AC and was a hit in England as well. Hank’s own recording went #77 Pop / #5 Country. Seemingly every country artist recorded (Dolly Parton, Roy Rogers, Sammi Smith, Dwight Yoakam, The Browns, etc) the song and it appeared on some huge selling albums by the likes of Dean Martin, Corine Bailey Rae, The Everly Brothers – and it was a hit in Denmark in a translated version “Alt det med guld og grønne skove”

Hank was very popular in the Great Britain and Ireland and made many trips there. I saw him several times in 1969 and 1970 and he never failed to sell out the venue and put on a great show.

While he was not nearly as popular as Webb Pierce, his music faces the same obstacle – his vocal style is completely out of vogue in all forms of country music except bluegrass

You have him placed more or less correctly – he certainly wouldn’t be in my top 50

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:06:47 +0000

“Please Help Me I’m Falling” is the only Locklin song I’m familiar with as well, but I enjoyed reading a little more background about him.

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:14:18 +0000

It was a #8 pop hit.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:10:41 +0000

The only Locklin song I’m familiar with is “Please Help Me I’m Falling” but I don’t recall when I first heard it. Did it ever cross over to pop radio?