From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Fri Feb 15, 2002  1:14 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Hank Locklin
 
HANK LOCKILIN (By Shaun Mather)

Born Lawrence Hankins Locklin, 15 February 1918, McLellan, Florida

One of the purist singers in country music history, Hank won his first
talent show at the age of 18 and a decade later was working on with Jimmy
Swan's band. He formed the Rocky Mountain Boys in 1947, an aggregation
whose numbers included future Driftin' Cowboy Felton Pruett on steel guitar.
Releases on Gold Star and Royalty were unproductive, but things picked up
when he joined Four Star. His successes earned him a spot on the RCA label
in 1955, working with Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer. The late 50's and early
60's saw him gain a dozen top 20 country hits, including two monsters in
Send Me The Pillow You Dream On and Please Help Me I'm Falling. The
latter topped the country charts for no less than 14 weeks and also crossed
over to the Billboard pop Top 10 (# 8). The hits got smaller although he
returned to the Country top 10 briefly in 1967 with The Country Hall Of
Fame. Inevitably, RCA lost interest just after the public did, and he moved
to MGM, then Plantation, but the heydays were over.
In 2001 he released a new CD, "Generations In Song".

Recommended listening;
Please Help Me I'm Falling - Bear Family 4 CDs (RCA 1955-65)
Send Me the Pillow You Dream On - Bear Family 3 CDs (1948-54)
Official website: http://www.hanklocklin.com