Tompall Glaser
Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser (born September 3, 1933 in Spalding , Nebraska , † August 13, 2013 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American country singer who belonged to the outlaw movement of country music.
Career
Tompall Glaser first appeared with his brothers Chuck and Jim as Tompall & the Glaser Brothers and wrote songs for other musicians, including the top 10 hit You're Makin 'a Fool out of Me for Jimmy C. Newman in 1959 , 1964 for Flatt & Scruggs I Don't Care Anymore and 1966 Bobby Bare was able to place himself in the top 5 of the country charts with the Glaser / Howard song The Streets of Baltimore . In 1969 the Glaser Brothers founded their own record company, which became the center of the emerging outlaw movement, and a music publisher. Between 1967 and 1972 they were able to place twelve singles recorded for MGM Records in the top 40 of the country charts. Her single California Girl (And The Tennessee Square) even reached the pop charts at short notice.
In 1973 the Glaser Brothers split up and Tompall Glaser's first noteworthy solo album, Charlie, was released . After some less successful singles, Glaser founded the Outlaw Band in 1975 , which consisted of Fred Newell (electric guitar), Mel Brown (electric guitar lead), Ted Reynolds (bass), Ben Keith (Dobro) and Charles Polk (drums). In 1976 the album The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band was released and he steered the album Wanted: The Outlaws , on which Waylon Jennings , Jessi Colter and Willie Nelson were also involved, the cover songs T for Texas (by Jimmie Rodgers ) and Put Another Log on the Fire (by Shel Silverstein ) at.
Glaser's following albums and singles were only moderately successful. From 1979 to 1983 he appeared again with the Glaser Brothers. During those years, five singles released by Elektra Records reached the top 40 of the country charts, including Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) , which reached number two on the charts. In 1986 he released another solo album, Nights on the Borderline . In his later years Tompall Glaser worked in his recording studio in Nashville, promoting young musicians.
Discography
Solo albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 Country
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| 1976 | The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band |
Country13 (14 weeks) Country |
|
| 1977 | Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band |
Country38 (5 weeks) Country |
More albums
- 1973: Charlie
- 1974: Take the Singer with the Song
- 1975: Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein)
- 1977: The Wonder of It All
- 1986: Nights on the Borderline
- 1992: The Rogue
- 1992: The Outlaw
- 2001: The Best of Tompall Glaser & the Glaser Brothers
- 2006: My Notorious Youth
- 2007: Outlaw to the Cross
Collaborations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
Country
|
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| 1976 | Wanted! The Outlaws |
US10  × 2
(51 weeks)US |
Country1 (187 weeks) Country |
|
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Country
|
|||
| 1973 | Bad, Bad, Bad Cowboy Charlie |
Country77 (7 weeks) Country |
|
| 1974 | Texas Law Sez Take the Singer with the Song |
Country96 (5 weeks) Country |
|
| Musical Chairs Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) |
Country63 (8 weeks) Country |
||
| 1975 | Put Another Log on the Fire (The Male Chauvinist National Anthem) Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) |
Country21 (19 weeks) Country |
as Tompall
|
| 1976 | T for Texas Wanted! The Outlaws |
Country36 (9 weeks) Country |
as Tompall and His Outlaw Band
|
| 1977 | It'll Be Her Tompall Glaser & and His Outlaw Band |
Country45 (9 weeks) Country |
|
| It Never Crossed My Mind The Wonder of It All |
Country91 (3 weeks) Country |
||
| 1978 | Drinking Them Beers The Wonder of It All |
Country79 (6 weeks) Country |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tompall Glaser, an original Nashville outlaw, this ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ For the singles placed in the country charts, see Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits. 7th revised and expanded edition, New York City, New York: Billboard Books, 2005, pp. 138f
- ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Record Research: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1994, p. 606
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
literature
- Erlewine, Michael u. a. (Ed.): All Music Guide to Country Music. The experts guide to the best recordings in country music . San Francisco, Cal .: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, p. 177f (biography and annotated discography)
Web links
- Literature by and about Tompall Glaser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tompall Glaser in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glaser, Tompall |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glaser, Thomas Paul (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spalding , Nebraska, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2013 |
| Place of death | Nashville , Tennessee |