Corbin/Hanner

Corbin/Hanner, formerly Gravel and the Corbin/Hanner Band, was an American country music duo from Ford City, Pennsylvania. The duo was founded by Bob Corbin and David Hanner, both of whom were songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists. They founded the Corbin/Hanner Band in 1979 with Al Snyder (keyboards), Kip Paxton (bass guitar), and Dave Freeland (drums). The quintet released two albums for Alfa Records before disbanding in 1984. Corbin and Hanner reunited in 1990 as a duo, recording two more albums for Mercury Records, followed by four more albums on independent labels before disbanding in 2000. Although they never reached Top 40, the group charted eleven singles on the Billboard country charts: six as the Corbin/Hanner Band, and five more as Corbin/Hanner. Their highest-charting singles as a band were 1981's "Livin' the Good Life" and 1982's "Everybody Knows I'm Yours" both at No. 46, while their highest as a duo was 1992's "I Will Stand by You" at No. 49.

Corbin/Hanner
Bob Corbin (left) and David Hanner (right)
Background information
Also known as	Gravel Corbin/Hanner Band
Origin	Ford City, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres	Country
Years active	1979–1984, 1990–1992, 1997–2014
Labels	Alfa Mercury Silver Eagle Liddl' Red Hen
Past members	Bob Corbin David Hanner Dave Freeland Kip Paxton Al Snyder

History

Bob Corbin and David Hanner, natives of the Western Pennsylvania community of Ford City, began their musical collaboration in high school. The duo's members initially played in a rock band called the Lost Lambs later and more famously in a country rock band called Gravel, which performed throughout Pennsylvania and West Virginia.^[1] Eventually, Gravel was reformed as The Corbin/Hanner Band, which included Corbin and Hanner as lead vocalists and guitarists, along with Al Snyder (keyboards), Kip Paxton (bass guitar), and Dave Freeland (drums). Under this lineup, they would record two albums for Alfa Records, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard country music charts. The band's members parted ways in 1984 after a final performance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[2] After this performance, Corbin and Hanner worked as songwriters, with Hanner writing Don Williams' "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" and Corbin writing Alabama's "Can't Keep a Good Man Down".

Corbin and Hanner reunited in 1990. That year, they were signed to Mercury Records as the duo Corbin/Hanner. Two additional albums — 1990's Black and White Photograph and 1992's Just Another Hill — were released on Mercury, as were additional chart singles. A live album originally recorded in 1982 was released in 1997, followed by 1998's Every Stranger Has a Story (the title track of which was later recorded by Kenny Rogers^[1]), 1999's By Request, and Originals in 2000.

The duo retired in 2014.^[3] Corbin died September 18, 2023.^[4]

Discography

As Corbin/Hanner Band

Albums

Year	Album	Label
1981	For the Sake of the Song	Alfa
	Son of America

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions	Album
		US Country[5]
1979	"America's Sweetheart" (as Corbin & Hanner)	85	Single only
1981	"Time Has Treated You Well"	64	For the Sake of the Song
	"Livin' the Good Life"	46
1982	"Oklahoma Crude"	49	Son of America
	"Everyone Knows I'm Yours"	46
	"One Fine Morning"	75

As Corbin/Hanner

Albums

Year	Album	Label
1990	Black and White Photograph	Mercury
1992	Just Another Hill
1997	Silver Eagle Cross Country Presents Live: Corbin/Hanner	Silver Eagle
1998	Every Stranger Has a Story	Liddl' Red Hen
1999	By Request
2000	Originals
2008	And the Road Goes On

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
		US Country[5]	CAN Country
1990	"Work Song"	55	81	Black and White Photograph
1991	"Concrete Cowboy"	59	—
1992	"Just Another Hill"	73	—	Just Another Hill
	"I Will Stand by You"	49	71
1993	"Any Road"	71	—

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1990	"Work Song"	Marius Penczner[6]
1992	"Just Another Hill"
	"I Will Stand By You"