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Chanteur,
compositeur et producteur Country US né Royce Glenn Sutton le 28 Septembre 1937
à Hodge (Louisiane). Glenn Sutton est décédé le 17 Avril 2007.
Glenn
Sutton towers among the premier songwriters of the countrypolitan era, having co-written
the David Houston classic "Almost
Persuaded" and later producing the blockbuster "(I Never Promised You A) Rose
Garden" for then-wife Lynn Anderson.
Born September 28, 1937, in Hodge, LA, Sutton grew up in Henderson, TX, and
while serving in the U.S. Air Force he moonlighted in the honky tonk outfit Slim
Mims & the Dream Ranch Boys. After exiting the service he relocated to Jackson,
MS, working as an electric razor repairman and insurance salesman while playing
at local clubs. A little-noticed solo single, "Long Tall Texan," appeared in
1963. Sutton published his first compositions through Starday Music in early
1964, scoring a minor hit when Hank
Williams, Jr., recorded his "Guess What, That's Right, She's Gone." Later
that year he relocated to Nashville, signing as a staff writer with Al Gallico
Music. He soon teamed with producer Billy Sherrill, and together they were
instrumental in introducing the smooth, pop-influenced "countrypolitan" sound
that dominated Nashville in the late '60s and early '70s. Their first major
composition, Houston's 1966 perennial "Almost
Persuaded," was a number one hit that earned its writers the Grammy for Best
Country Song as well as Country Song of the Year honors from performing rights
organization BMI. Sutton and
Sherrill
repeatedly reunited with Houston in the
years to follow, and their collaboration yielded a series of additional number
one singles including "Have a Little Faith," "Already It's Heaven," "With One
Exception," and "You Mean the World to Me." Sutton and Sherrill later teamed on
a string of hits for Tammy Wynette,
among them the chart-topping "I Don't Wanna Play House," "Take Me to Your
World," and "Bedtime Story." Wynette
even earned her own credit with contributions to two other number ones, "Singing
My Song" and "The Ways to Love a Man." Apart from Sherrill, Sutton teamed with
producer Jerry Kennedy to write the
1968 Jerry Lee Lewis country chart-topper
"To Make Love Sweeter for You." On his own he also penned the
Lewis follow-ups "She Still Comes Around
(To Love What's Left of Me)" and "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser
Out of Me)," the latter inspired by a newspaper advertisement and written
literally hours before a scheduled studio session. Sutton also spent a number of
years as an associate staff producer at Epic Records, where he helmed sessions
for Tommy Cash,
Jim & Jesse, and
Bob Luman. His most successful Epic
affiliation spotlighted his wife, singer
Lynn Anderson, whom he wed in 1968. Sutton scored his first number one as a
producer with the aforementioned "Rose Garden," written by Joe South. He later
wrote and produced Anderson's number
one hits "You're My Man," "Keep Me in Mind," and "What a Man My Man Is," as well
as the Top Ten entries "Sing About Love" and "Stay There 'Til I Get There."
Sutton and Anderson divorced in 1977,
around the time he revived his long-dormant recording career for Mercury. 1979's
"The Football Card" was a minor crossover hit, and he also earned some attention
for the novelty record "Red Neck Disco." Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1999, Sutton died of an apparent heart attack on April 17, 2007.
http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=11890
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Record Producer, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Trumpet, Bass, Steel Guitar, Drums
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Contemporary Country, Countrypolitan
Ring On Your Finger
(1962)
I Gotta Leave
This Town (1963)
The Fabulous Playboy Bill (1964)
Gee-Whopper
(1965)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 06/1962 | SP ACE 658 (US) |
Ring On Your Finger
/ Don't Have You |
| 1963 | SP K AND M 504 (US) |
Long Tall Texan (Murry KELLUM
& Rythum Four) /
I
Gotta Leave This Town
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| 06/1963 | SP MOC 45-653 (US) |
Long Tall Texan (Murry KELLUM &
Rythum Four) /
I
Gotta Leave This Town
(Glenn
SUTTON & Rythum Four) |
| 08/1964 | SP MGM K 13273 (US) | Karate Sam /
The Fabulous Playboy Bill
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| 02/1965 | SP MGM K 13333 (US) | Clarence, The Cross-Eyed Lion / Maurice The Police |
| 05/1965 | SP MGM K 13352 (US) |
Gee-Whopper
/ I Don't Wanna Go |
| 04/1967 | SP EPIC 5-10163 (US) | I Ain't Built That Way /
Too Many Honky Tonks (Behind
Her)
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| 1974 | SP GOLDIES 45 D-2621 (US) |
Long Tall Texan (Murry KELLUM) /
I
Gotta Leave This Town
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| 12/1978 | SP MERCURY 55052 (US) | The Football Card / Ballad Blue Cyclone |
| 02/1979 | SP MERCURY 55056 (US) | Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgotten / The Spaceship |
| 05/1979 | SP MERCURY 55064 (US) | Super Drunk / Under Pressure Like That |
| 08/1979 | SP MERCURY 57001 (US) | Red Neck Disco / Hip Hip Hooray for the E.R.A.! |
| 11/1979 | SP MERCURY 57009 (US) | The Football Card / ? |
| 10/1982 | SP MERCURY 76188 (US) | Football Blues / The Football Card |
| 02/1986 | SP MERCURY 884 563-7 (US) |
The Super Bowl Trip / Wild |
| 07/1986 | SP MERCURY 884 974-7 (US) | I'll Go Steppin' Too / Hulk-A-Mania |
| 04/1987 | SP MERCURY 888 544-7 (US) |
I'm Gone This Time / Wild |
| 1987 | SP MERCURY 888 564-7 (US) | T.V. Preacher Man Blues / The Super Bowl Trip |
| 1989 | SP 19th Avenue NA-1016 (US) | Glenn SUTTON with Kathy Louvin - I Just Can't See / ? |
| 1992 | SP SUN SUN 1186 (US) |
Glenn SUTTON & The Volunteer Band - Ross The Boss / Stop The Bleeding |
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Albums
| 1959 | LP 12" TEEM LP 5000 (US) |
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GREATEST SONGS OF HANK WILLIAMS - Kaw-Liga / I Can't Help It / You Win Again / Hey, Good Lookin' / Why Don't You Love Me? / How Long? / Your Cheatin' Heart / Cold, Cold Heart / Take These Chains From My Heart / There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You / Jambalaya |
| 03/1979 | LP 12" MERCURY SRM-1-5018 (US) |
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE SUTTON KIND - Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgotten / Movie Buff / Super Drunk / Tailspin Airlines, Flight #101 / The Football Card / Hip! Hip! Hooray, For The E.R.A. / The Spaceship / Under Pressure Like That / TV Preacher Man Blues / The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone / The Return Of The Blue Cyclone |
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