Dick Glasser

Richard Eugene “Dick” Glasser (born December 8, 1933 in Canton , Ohio , † July 10, 2000 in Thousand Oaks , California ), also known under the pseudonym Dick Lory , was an American rock 'n' roll musician and Songwriter .

Life

Childhood and youth

Dick Glazer's date and place of birth are different; some sources say he was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1933, and in Virginia after 1936 . Glasser learned to play the guitar at an early age. His three brothers were also very musical. As a teenager, he won a talent contest and then had a 15-minute morning radio show. In 1953 Glasser was drafted into the Navy .

Career

After his release in 1955, he began to write songs. It was the time when rock'n'roll began its triumphant advance. His song Angels In The Sky became a hit in the version of the band The Crew Cuts . In early 1956 he began working successfully with country singer Pee Wee King . King had been looking for a young singer to record his younger generation-oriented material. With Kings Band Glasser recorded the songs Ballroom Baby , Catty Town , Hoot Scoot and Absolutely Posetively , which were released by RCA Victor . The successful records caught the attention of record label employee Randy Woods. Woods worked for the record company Dot Records , which Glasser signed. As "Dick Lory" he re-recorded his song Ballroom Baby , which was released by Dot.

Meanwhile, Glasser continued to enjoy success as a songwriter. He wrote hits for Gene Vincent ( I Got It ), Janis Martin ( All Right Baby ) and Dale Hawkins ( Baby Baby ) , among others . In a sub-label of Chess Records took Glasser 1957 then again under his normal name. In the next few years he was under contract with various labels, such as Columbia Records from 1958 and a short stay with Silver Records . His three brothers Ted, Jerry and Bob had also started a career as a musician and appeared as The Three G's . Every now and then Glasser accompanied his brothers on their recordings on the guitar. With Liberty Records , Glasser was able to land his first and probably only real hit in Australia . From 1964 Glasser withdrew from the active music business, instead he worked as a producer for the next few years . He produced, among other things, Duane Eddy's hit Niki Hoeky . In the next few years he worked as a producer for Dobson Records and as A&R manager for Warner Bros. Records .

Dick Glasser died of lung cancer in 2000 .

Discography

year	title	Record company
1956	Angles In The Sky / Is It Too Late?	Triple A Records
1956	Catty Town / Hoot Scoot (with Pee Wee King)	RCA Victor
1956	Ballroom Baby / Absolutely Posetively (with Pee Wee King)	RCA Victor
1956	Midnight To Daylight / Everything But You	Dot records
1956	Ballroom Baby / Cool It, Baby	Dot records
1957	Crazy Love / Love Me	Argo Records
1957	Make Believe Wedding Bells / Go Along Baby	Argo Records
1958	Baby Bye Bye / Foolish Tears	Argo Records
1958	Wild-Blooded Woman / No One But You Knows When	Columbia Records
1958	Crazy Little Daisy / Don't Be A Fool For Love	Columbia Records
1959	Angles In The Sky / Get Behind Me	Columbia Records
1959	Gone Is My Love / Heartaches Over You	Columbia Records
1959	Crazy Alligator / That's What I'm Gonna Do	Columbia Records
1960	Throw Another Log On The Fire Sweet Maple / Lovelight	Columbia Records
1960	Jeannie's Bikini / Leave Me Along (And Let Me Cry)	Columbia Records
1960	Lover's Dreamland / Time Can Change	Columbia Records
1961	Terri / To Be A Girl That's Noticed	Silver Records
1961 (?)	My Last Date / Broken Hearted	Liberty Records
1961	The Pain Is Here / You	Liberty Records
1961	City Of Love / Hello Walls	Liberty Records
1962	The Pain Is Here / Handsome Guy	Liberty Records
1963	Welcome Home Again / I Got Over You	Liberty Records
1963	Crazy Arms / There's Gonna Be A Fight	Liberty Records
1964	I Will / I Catch Myself Crying	Liberty Records
	Be-bop baby Be-Boppin 'Doll Can't Get You Off My Mind Losin 'the blues Rock and Roll Blues Teenage doll	not published

Web links

• Discography with audio samples