Glenn Yarbrough
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Glenn Robertson Yarbrough |
| Born | January 12, 1930 |
| Origin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1951 – present |
| Website | glennyarbrough.com |
Glenn Yarbrough (born January 12, 1930) is an American folk singer. He was the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963, and had a prolific solo career, recording on various labels.
Biography
Glenn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.
One of Elektra Records' first artists,[1] he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun." Among other career highlights, Yarbrough provided vocals for the Rankin/Bass animated versions of The Hobbit (1977) singing songs such as The Greatest Adventure, The Road Goes Ever On as well as The Return of the King (1980) singing "Frodo of the Nine Fingers" in addition to singing the title song in the 1966 holiday classic, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't. His most popular single, and the one for which he is most well-known today is "Baby the Rain Must Fall" (the theme tune from the film of the same name), it entered Cashbox Magazine March 27,[2] which reached #12 pop and #2 easy listening in 1965. According to Chartmasters of Covington, Louisiana, the song was one of the all time top 100 of the year.
Glenn Yarbrough is also an accomplished sailor who has owned and lived aboard three different sailboats: Armorel, all teak and still in operation; Jubilee, which Glenn helped build, taking three years; and the Brass Dolphin a Chinese junk design, and has, according to Yarbrough, sailed around the world except for the Indian Ocean.
His unique style of singing is referenced in an episode of the animated series South Park titled "The Death Camp of Tolerance".
Glenn lost his ability to sing due to complications from throat surgery at the age of 80. He now suffers from dementia and is cared for by his daughter Holly in Nashville, Tennessee. Holly, a fine singer in her own right, recorded the album "Annie Get Your Gun" with her father in 1997.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Follow the Drinking Gourd/The Reaper's Ghost | – | Stratford Records |
| 1957 | Come and Sit by My Side | – | Tradition Records |
| Songs By Glenn Yarbrough a.k.a. Here We Go Baby | – | Elektra Records | |
| 1958 | Marilyn Child and Glenn Yarbrough Sing Folk Songs | – | |
| 1964 | Time to Move On | – | RCA Victor |
| One More Round | 142 | ||
| 1965 | Come Share My Life | 112 | |
| Baby The Rain Must Fall | 35 | ||
| It's Gonna Be Fine | 75 | ||
| 1966 | The Lonely Things | 61 | |
| Live at the Hungry I | 85 | ||
| 1967 | Honey and Wine | 141 | |
| The Bitter and the Sweet | – | ||
| For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her | 159 | ||
| 1968 | Let the World Go By | – | |
| We Survived the Madness | – | ||
| 1969 | Looking Back | ? | Everest Records |
| 1969 | Each of Us Alone | 18 | Warner Bros. Records |
| Somehow, Someway; Yarbrough Country | – | ||
| Glenn Yarbrough Sings the Rod McKuen Songbook | 189 | ||
| 1970 | Let Me Choose Life | – | |
| Jubilee; The Best of Glenn Yarbrough | – | ||
| 1971 | Bend Down & Touch Me | – | |
| 1974 | My Sweet Lady | – | Stax Records |
| 1977 | Easy Now | – | Brass Dolphin Records |
| 1994 | Family Portrait | – | Folk Era Records |
| 1995 | Christmas with Glenn Yarbrough | – | |
| Love for Life | – | ||
| Divine Love | – | ||
| I Could Have Been a Sailor | – | ||
| 1997 | Glenn & Holly Yarbrough Sing Annie Get Your Gun | – | |
| 2000 | Day the Tall Ships Came | – | |
| Chantyman | – | ||
With The Limeliters
- 1960 The Limeliters
- 1960 Tonight: In Person
- 1961 The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters
- 1962 Sing Out!
- 1962 Through Children's Eyes
- 1962 Folk Matinee
- 1962 Our Men in San Francisco
- 1963 Makin' a Joyful Noise
- 1963 Fourteen 14K Folk Songs
- 1964 The Best of The Limeliters
- 1964 The London Concert
- 1968 Time to Gather Seeds
- 1974 The Limeliters Reunion Volume One
- 1974 The Limeliters Reunion Volume Two
- 1976 Glenn Yarbrough and The Limeliters Chicago tape I (released early 2000s (decade))
- 1976 Glenn Yarbrough and The Limeliters Chicago tape II (released in the early 2000s (decade))
- 1977 Pure Gold
- 1991 Joy Across the Land Glenn Yarbrough and The Limeliters
- 1976 Recently Found- Glenn Yarbrough and
- The Limeliters Chicago Tapes I and II
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Record Label | B-side | Album | |
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| US | AC | |||||
| 1957 | "Here We Go, Baby" | – | – | Elektra Records | "All My Sorrows" | Songs by Glenn Yarbrough |
| 1964 | "San Francisco Bay Blues" | – | – | RCA Victor Records | "The Honey Wind Blows" | Time to Move On |
| "Jenny's Gone and I Don't Care" | – | – | "An Acre of Gal to a Foot of Ground" | Let the World Go By | ||
| 1965 | "Baby the Rain Must Fall" | 12 | 2 | "I've Been to Town" | Baby the Rain Must Fall | |
| "It's Gonna Be Fine" | 54 | 9 | "She" | |||
| "Ain't No Way" | – | – | "You Can't Ever Go Home Again" | |||
| 1966 | "The Lonely Things" | – | – | "Channing Way 2" | The Lonely Things | |
| "Spin Spin" | – | – | "Love Are Wine" | |||
| 1967 | "Gently Here Beside Me" | – | – | "Golden Under the Sun" | For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her | |
| "Honey and Wine" | – | – | "Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe" | Honey and Wine | ||
| 1968 | "Times Gone By" | – | – | "Face in the Crowd" | The Bitter and the Sweet | |
| "Downtown L.A." | – | – | Warner Bros. Records | "Until You Happened to Pass By" | Let Me Choose Life | |
| 1969 | "Somehow, Someway" | – | – | "Child of the Night Time" | ||
| "(Don't Let the Sun Shine on You) In Tulsa" | – | – | "Wisconsin" | |||
| 1970 | "Jubilee" | – | – | "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" | ||
| "Goodbye Girl" | – | 35 | Let Me Choose Life | |||
References
- ↑ "Music Weird interviews Glenn Yarbrough". MusicWeird.com. March 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ Cashbox March 27, 1965
External links
- Official website
- Glenn Yarbrough at the Internet Movie Database
- Glenn Yarbrough; For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her album information
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