For the first five years of his life, he lived on a street called Valcour. He started playing music very young, and began recording himself and his brother by the age of eleven or twelve. Hank and his family moved to Broken Arrow, OK in 1972, where he recorded his own band who had a local hit on KELI radio in 1978. He started doing demos for other acts, such as Debbie Campbell, Gus Hardin, and The
Benders. He played and sang for nearly 15 years with the Jay Nunley Band four nights a week. All the while he honed his recording skills. When the house gig ended in 1994, he began taking out a PA system and running sound for others. This snowballed into nearly all local bands recording at his studio, Valcour Sound, at one time or another. By word of mouth through the 1990's, he built a large clientele. Valcour Sound artists won numerous "Spot Awards" from the Tulsa World newspaper throughout the late 90's and 2000's. And more recently, for four years running, Hank Charles won Best Producer/Studio of the Year from Urban Tulsa Magazine. Hank has recorded rock, country, metal, jazz, hip hop, and everything in between. Hundreds of original bands and cover bands, young and old, have recorded at Valcour Sound. Hank also continues to play music. From 2006-2011, he played guitar and keys for Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Wanda Jackson. He is currently performing with the great vocalist, Bill Holden, and his band.
