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Snow was born in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He ran away from home to escape a brutal stepfather when he was 12 years old and joined a fishing boat as a cabin boy.[1] When he was 14, he ordered his first guitar from an Eaton’s department store catalog for .95, and played his first show in a church basement in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia at age 16. He then sang in local clubs and bars in nearby Halifax, where he married Minnie Blanche Aalders in 1935 and had one son, Rev. Jimmy Rodgers Snow. [edit] Canadian years A successful appearance on a local radio station led to Snow’s audition with RCA Victor in Montreal, Quebec. In 1936, he signed with the label, staying for more than 45 years. A weekly CBC radio show brought him national recognition, and he began touring Canada until the late 1940s when American country music stations began playing his records. [edit] Nashville calls Snow moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1945, and “Hank Snow, the Singing Ranger” (modified from his nickname, the Yodeling Ranger given him before his voice changed to a baritone), was invited to play at the Grand Ole Opry in 1950. That same year he released his hit, “I’m Moving On.” The first of seven number 1 hits on the country charts, “I’m Moving On” stayed at the top for 22 weeks, setting the all-time record for most weeks at number 1. That same year ” “The Golden Rocket” and “The Rhumba Boogie” both hit number one with the latter remaining #1 for eight weeks.[2] Along with these …