Tompall Glaser
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Glaser in 1977
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Thomas Paul Glaser |
| Born | September 3, 1933 Spalding, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1950s-2013 |
| Labels | MGM/Curb, ABC, Dot/MCA, Bear Family, Clint Miller |
| Associated acts | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers |
Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser (September 3, 1933 – August 13, 2013) was an American Outlaw country music artist.
Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska, the son of Alice Harriet Marie (née Davis) and Louis Nicholas Glaser.[1][2][3] He was raised on a farm. Active since the 1950s, he recorded as a solo artist and with his brothers Chuck and Jim in the trio Tompall & the Glaser Brothers.[1] Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single was Shel Silverstein's "Put Another Log on the Fire", which peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1975 and appeared with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Jessi Colter on the album Wanted! The Outlaws.
Glaser died August 13, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee, aged 79, after a long illness.[4]
Solo discography
Albums
| Year | Album | US Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Charlie | — |
| 1974 | Take the Singer with the Song | — |
| 1975 | Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) | — |
| 1976 | The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band | 13 |
| 1977 | Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band | 38 |
| The Wonder of It All | — | |
| 1986 | Nights on the Borderline | — |
| 1992 | The Rogue | — |
| The Outlaw | — | |
| 2001 | The Best of Tompall Glaser & the Glaser Brothers | — |
| 2006 | My Notorious Youth | — |
| 2007 | Outlaw to the Cross | — |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions[5] | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Bubbling | CAN Country | |||
| 1973 | "Bad, Bad, Bad Cowboy" | 77 | — | — | Charlie |
| 1974 | "Texas Law Sez" | 96 | — | — | Take the Singer with the Song |
| "Musical Chairs" | 63 | — | — | Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) | |
| 1975 | "Put Another Log on the Fire (Male Chauvinist National Anthem)" | 21 | 3 | 34 | |
| 1976 | "T for Texas" | 36 | — | — | Wanted! The Outlaws |
| 1977 | "It'll Be Her" | 45 | — | — | Tompall Glaser & and His Outlaw Band |
| "It Never Crossed My Mind" | 91 | — | — | The Wonder of It All | |
| 1978 | "Drinking Them Beers" | 79 | — | — | |
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tennessean/obituary.aspx?pid=166478715
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116038275
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