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.
Glenn Yarbrough's high, clear tenor has served him well
throughout his long career as a singer (that's him singing "Things go
better with Coke" on all those commercials), and although it has been many
years since he placed a song on the pop charts, he continues to have a large and
loyal fan base.
He was born on January 12, 1930, in Milwaukee, WI, where he
began singing at church functions as a child. His entry into the world of folk
music came while he was a student at St. Johns College in Annapolis, MD, in 1951,
where a late-night singing session with his roommate, Jac Holzman (who would
later found Elektra Records -- Yarbrough would release a handful of records on
the label) and a visiting Woody Guthrie would prove to be pivotal for
Yarbrough. He bought a guitar the next day.
Following a stint in the Army as a radio operator (he served
in Korea) and then a stay as a radio and television host in South Dakota,
Yarbrough traveled to New York City in 1957, where he recorded an album, Come
Sit by My Side, for New Traditions Records and began regularly playing the
country's coffeehouse circuit. He eventually settled in Aspen, CO, where he
purchased a local folk club called the Limelite.
When Yarbrough hooked up with
two other folksingers, banjo player Alex Hassilev and bassist Lou Gottlieb, the
trio took the club's name, becoming the Limeliters. The group was massively
successful and recorded several albums (as well as the aforementioned Coke
commercial) before Yarbrough left the group in late 1963.
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 the 1990s his albums were being issued by Folk Era
Records, including a 1994 effort with his daughter Holly called Family
Portrait.
His unique style of singing is referenced in an episode of
the animated series South Park titled "The Death Camp of Tolerance".
Glenn 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. (Info edited mainly from All Music and Wikipedia)
Glenn 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. (Info edited mainly from All Music and Wikipedia)
1981 New York Live recording with Alex Hasssilev, Lou
Gottlieb, and Glenn Yarbrough.
2 comments:
For Glenn Yarbrough - Here We Go, Baby (1957) go here:
http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/8QlsZXay/file.html
1. Rich Gal, Poor Gal
2. Spanish Is A Loving Tongue
3. Hey, Jim Along
4. Johnny I Hardly Knew You
5. All My Sorrows
6. Hard Ain't It Hard
7. All Through The Night
8. Here We Go, Baby
9. Turtle Dove
10. Goodbye My Lover
11. One More River
12. Sailor's Grave
13. Wasn't That A Mighty Day
14. House Of The Rising Sun
15. This Land Is Your Land
Many thanks Bob Glen is a very fine singer and sings so easily
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