Education
Born Henry Clay Hart, III, and reared in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts as a theater arts major.
Born Henry Clay Hart, III, and reared in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts as a theater arts major.
Although his passion was in music, he worked as a salesman in a record shop in New York City after graduation and later as a foreign cr analyst on Wall Street but those jobs were brief, for he proceeded to pursue a music career, often performing in small clubs. While performing in West Virginia, Hart was discovered by Lawrence Welk who was there for a luncheon on behalf of the Cancer Crusade. Hart replaced Lynn Anderson as the show"s resident country singer and remained on the show in that capacity until 1975, when Ava Barber replaced him.
Recently, he and Flynn have appeared in wraparound segments for reruns of the Welk Show on Public Broadcasting Service and have toured the United States. with their fellow Welk stars in the Forever Blowing Bubbles concert series.
Hart has two children, Elizabeth and Hank, from a previous marriage. Since the show, he has appeared on The Nashville Network, and has operated a tote bag business with Flynn.
They currently make their home in Miami, Florida.
Impressed with his talent, the maestro signed him as a member of the Champagne Music Makers, where he made is first network television appearance in July 1969.