Glenn Yarbrough

Glenn Yarbrough

Born: January 12, 1930
Age: 94
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Biography

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.

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Biography

Glenn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.

One of Elektra Records' first artists, 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, 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
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

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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