Hal Willis
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Hal Willis is a Canadian country singer. He was born Leonald Gauthier in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec in 1933.
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His biggest success is "The Lumberjack", which became an international hit, selling over 1.5 million copies, and reaching #5 on the Billboard country charts in the USA.
His popularity started rising in 1956, when he and his wife, Ginger Willis, were hire by Colonel Tom Parker to tour with the music phenomenon of the hour, Elvis Presley. Hal and Ginger, along with Hank Snow, would go down in history as the only Canadian performers to have toured with Elvis Presley.
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