Henson Cargill

Henson Cargill (February 5, 1941 – March 24, 2007) was an American country music singer best known for the socially controversial 1968 country number-one hit "Skip a Rope". His music career began in Oklahoma in clubs around Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He earned national recognition after getting a Nashville producer to agree to produce "Skip a Rope".

Cargill had a number of Top-20 hits, including "Row Row Row" (1968), "None of My Business", and "The Most Uncomplicated Goodbye I Ever Heard" (1970). His later hits included "Some Old California Memory" and "Silence on the Line". He also had a television show and performed for many years in Reno and Las Vegas.

Early life Cargill was born in Oklahoma City;

Music career Cargill began his music career playing in clubs in and around Oklahoma City and Tulsa. While working the late shift as a deputy sheriff, Cargill received a visit from his friend and fellow musician Johnny Johnson, who told him of a seasoned and professional vocal group with whom he had been recording. Henson began recording locally at the Sully Studios with the Kimberleys as backup. They began to tour together all over the west.

In the mid-1960s, Cargill went to Nashville and recorded "Skip a Rope". 1968 Skip a Rope

Coming On Strong

None of My Business

1970 Uncomplicated

1972 On the Road

Mega 1973 This Is Henson Cargill Country

Atlantic 1982 In the Shadows

51 West 1988 All American Cowboy

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Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country US CAN Country AU 1967 "Skip a Rope" 1 25 1 38 Skip a Rope 1968 "Row Row Row" 11 — 3 90 Coming on Strong "She Thinks I'm on That Train" 39 — 34 — "It Just Don't Take Me Long to Say Goodbye" — — — 86 1969 "None of My Business" 8 — 11 — None of My Business "This Generation Shall Not Pass" 40 — — — "Then the Baby Came" 32 — 24 — single only 1970 "What's My Name" — — — — Uncomplicated "The Most Uncomplicated Goodbye I've Ever Heard" 18 — — — "Bless 'Em All" — — — — singles only 1971 "Pencil Marks on the Wall" 44 — — — "Naked and Crying" 65 — — — 1972 "I Can't Face the Bed Alone" 64 — — — "On The Road" "Oklahoma Hell" — — — — "Red Skies Over Georgia" 62 — — — 1973 "My '47 Chevy, My Honky Tonk Guitar and Me" — — — — singles only "Some Old California Memory" 28 — 64 — This Is Henson Cargill Country 1974 "She Still Comes to Me (To Pour the Wine)" 78 — — — "Stop and Smell the Roses" 29 — — — singles only 1975 "Deep in the Heart of Dixie" — — — — "Something to Hold On To" — — — — 1979 "Silence on the Line" 29 — — — 1980 "Have a Good Day" 67 — — —