Hank Cochran Lyrics

Primarily known as a songwriter, Hank Cochran was born Garland Perry Cochran on 2nd August, 1935, in Isola, Miss. After his parents divorced when he was 9, he briefly lived with his father in Memphis entering St. Peter's Orphan’s Home due to the tough economic times. He ran away several times before going to live with his grandparents. At 10, he was playing guitar and singing in church; at 12 he and his uncle hitched from Mississippi to New Mexico to work in the oilfields.By his mid-teen years, Hank had moved to California, found a job working for Sears & Roebuck in L.A., and returned to school. At this time he began to look at music as a possible career.He met a young guitar picking vocalist from Oklahoma City called Eddie... read more