Hayden Thompson
- MatchHayden Thompson
- 99%Tommy Blake
- 96%Jack Earls & The Jimbos
- 78%Glen Glenn
- 69%Carl Mann
- 59%The Collins Kids
- 58%Bob Luman
- 44%Ersel Hickey
- 37%Narvel Felts
- 36%Dorsey Burnette
Biography
5 March 1938, Booneville, Mississippi, USA. Rockabilly and country performer Thompson was brought up on a typical southern radio diet of Hank Snow and Bob Wills, although later he also discovered B.B. King and Howlin Wolf courtesy of Memphis KWEM station. Both his parents were musical, his father playing the guitar and his mother the harmonica. He formed his first band, the Southern Melody Boys, while still at high school. Their sole recording resulted from a radio session in 1954... Read more