Glenn Sutton (September 28, 1937 - April 17, 2007)[1] was a country music songwriter and producer. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Born Royce Glenn Sutton in Hodge, Louisiana, he was one of the two chief architects of the countrypolitan sound (the other being Sutton's frequent songwriting partner Billy Sherrill). Hodge is a village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The Nashville sound arose during the late 1950s as a sub-genre of American Country music, replacing the chart dominance of Honky tonk music which was Billy Sherrill (born Phil Campbell, Alabama, November 5 1936) was a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with
Sutton wrote or co-wrote many of Tammy Wynette's early hits including, "You're Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad", "Take Me to Your World", "I Don't Wanna Play House", "The Ways to Love a Man", "Kids Say the Darndest Things" and "Bedtime Story". Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette ( May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter He also wrote the Jerry Lee Lewis and Rod Stewart recording "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)", as well as the David Houston classic "Almost Persuaded". Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently This article is about the country music singer For other uses see David Houston. Sutton won a Grammy Award for the latter composition. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences "Almost Persuaded" has been covered by artists from all genres of music, including Jazz legend Etta James. Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American Blues, soul, R&B, Rock & roll He also sang his own hit called "The Football Card" which nearly made the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100.
Sutton is also well-known for his association with Lynn Anderson, his wife from 1968 to 1977. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays He produced many of her hit recordings, including her signature song "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden". The album, by the same name as the single, reached number one in 16 countries around the globe and was the biggest selling album by a female country artist from 1971 until 1997. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Sutton received a RIAA Platinum Award for producing "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden". Although he did not write "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden", he did write several of Anderson's number one records.
He was awarded numerous BMI and ASCAP Awards for his hit compositions. The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP) is a non-profit Performance rights organization that protects its Artists who have recorded Glenn Sutton penned songs, reads like a "who's who" in the recording industry. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999.
Sutton died in Nashville, Tennessee on April 17, 2007, of a heart attack. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
External links
- Bio at Nashville Songwriters Foundation
- Photos of Glenn's posted on Flickr. com. Many are pictures of Glenn, while others seem to be photos he took.
References
- ^ Country Weekly obituary of Glenn Sutton. Retrieved April 18, 2007.
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