Archive photo of the day
Archive Photo of the DayHank Snow at Rhein-Main, 1961
Stars and Stripes
January 5, 2020
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Pete Foley ©Stars and StripesFrankfurt, West Germany, August, 1961: Country music star Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys perform in front of a packed house at the Rhein-Main Air Base NCO club during a tour of bases in Europe. The Nova Scotia-born Snow, who sold over 70 million records during his career, was no stranger to the troops; over the years, he played at bases in Korea, Vietnam, Germany, France, Norway, Italy, England and Japan.
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