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Vocalist, songwriter Hank Fort, circa 1950 October 18
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Title
Vocalist
,
songwriter
Hank
Fort
,
circa
1950
October
18
Personal name
Fort
,
Hank
Topical entry
Performing Arts
Music
Popular Culture
Entertainers--Tennessee--Nashville
Composers--Tennessee--Nashville
Musicians--Tennessee--Nashville
Women lyricists--Tennessee--Nashville
Women singers--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
A
photograph
of
Mrs
.
Eleanor
Hankins
(Hank)
Fort
, a
Nashville
native
and
prominent
singer-songwriter
.
Popularly
known
by the
stage
name
of
Hank
Fort
, her
music
included
songs
with a
Southern
flavor
,
such
as: "
Put
Your
Shoes
on
Lucy
" "
Nashville's
Such
a
Friendly
Place
" "
Save
Your
Confederate
Money
Boys
"
(the
song
that
made
her
famous
and was
co-written
with
Larry
Marks)
, and "
My
Favorite
Friend.
" Her
father
was the
distinguished
southern
portrait
painter
,
Cornelius
Hankins
,
famous
for his
wheat
fields
. Her
mother
,
Maude
McGehee
Hankins
, was also an
artist
and a
writer
of
Children's
verse
. She
attended
George
Peabody
and
Ward-Belmont
Colleges
. At the
height
of her
popularity
in
Nashville
, she
began
working
and
writing
songs
in the
presidential
campaign
of
Senator
Estes
Kefauver
of
Tennessee
. In
1960
, at the
invitation
of
Lady
Bird
Johnson
, she
joined
the
flying
tea
parties
,
which
were
part
of the
campaign
for the
Kennedy-Johnson
ticket
.
Hank
Fort's
1960
LP
record
"
My
Favorite
Friend
" was
pressed
at
Standard
Record
Pressing
Company
,
415
Fourth
Avenue
,
South
, with the
singing
debut
of
Hank's
husband
,
William
E
.
McCauliffe
, a
Washington
investment
broker
. The
couple
resided
in
Washington
,
D.C
. and their
apartment
was a
favorite
rendezvous
for
entertaining
friends
and
politicians
.
Originally
from the
Nashville
Banner
newspaper
.
Forms
part
of the
Nashville
Room
Historic
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
:
b
&
w
;
8
x
10
in.
(condition
note
: the
original
photo
has a
cropped
portion
on the
bottom
left
side)
.
Creator
Harvey
,
Fletcher
(Photographer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
ca.
1950-10-18
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
P-4063
Relation
Nashville
Room
Historic
Photographs
Collection
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
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