There Stands the Glass
| "There Stands the Glass" | ||||
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| Single by Webb Pierce | ||||
| A-side | "I'm Walking the Dog" | |||
| Released | September 1953 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:22 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Webb Pierce singles chronology | ||||
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"There Stands the Glass" is a country song written by Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, and Autry Greisham. Originally recorded by Blaine Smith in 1952, it was a hit for Webb Pierce in 1953.[1] It was Pierce's fifth release to hit number one on the country chart. It spent 27 weeks on the chart and was at the top for 12 weeks.[2]
Cover versions
- The song appears on the Carl Smith album, There Stands the Glass, released in 1964.[3]
- Scott McKenzie released a version of the song as a single in 1965.[4]
- Wanda Jackson covered this song on her 1968 album Cream of the Crop.
- Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song in 1969.
- In 1973, singer Johnny Bush peaked at number 34 on the US country chart and number 60 on the Canadian country chart with his version of the song.[5]
- Hamilton Camp & the Skymonters performed the song live on tour in 1973, specifically at Passim's on March 1.[6]
- Loretta Lynn recorded the song in 1981 on her I Lie LP.
- Rose and Al Deric and the Blue Chips used the song as the title track on their 1981 album.
- Hoyt Axton covered the song in 1982.
- Ted Hawkins covered the song on his 1986 album On the Boardwalk, and in 1994 on his final recording, The Next Hundred Years.
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion covered the song on the 1994 Mo' Width LP.
- Robert Gordon covered the song on his 1996 album The Humbler.
- Van Morrison recorded the song in 2006 on his Pay the Devil CD.
- Half Man Half Biscuit covered it in a 2002 Andy Kershaw session.
- Patty Loveless included her cover of the song in her 2008 Sleepless Nights album.
- Billy Childish and CTMF released the song as a single in 2013.
- The song is sampled in Sam Hunt's 2020 song "Hard to Forget".[7]
References
- ^ There Stands The Glass Covers Retrieved August 31, 2016
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 267.
- ^ Carl Smith, There Stands the Glass Retrieved May 15, 2015
- ^ Scott McKenzie, "There Stands the Glass" single release Retrieved May 15, 2015
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 63.
- ^ Recorded by MIT's radio station, then WTBS
- ^ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sam-hunt-hard-to-forget-webb-pierce-sample-949314/
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