Webb Pierce (8 August 1921 - 24 February 1991) was an American country music singer. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.
Born Webb Michael Pierce in West Monroe, Louisiana, he became a star performer on the Louisiana Hayride and one of country music's most popular honky tonk songsters. West Monroe is a city in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America The Louisiana Hayride was a radio (later television broadcast from the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport Louisiana, that during its heyday from A honky tonk (also called a honkatonk, honkey-tonk, or tonk) is a type of bar with musical entertainment that is common in the Southwestern He was a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Country music radio program and concert broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. His biggest hit, 1953's "There Stands the Glass" is regarded as one of country's classic "drinking songs". A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Other hits included "In the Jailhouse Now", " More and More", "Backstreet Affair", "Why, Baby, Why", “Oh, So Many Years", and “Finally”, the latter two being duets with Kitty Wells. In the Jailhouse Now is a song performed by many artists and which has at least three versions Ellen Muriel Deason, known professionally as Kitty Wells (born August 30, 1919) is an American country music singer. In 1958, he recorded a rockabilly record "The New Raunchy"/"I'll Get By Somehow" for Decca under the name 'Shady Wall'. Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s A gramophone Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
Although his first chart action did not occur until January 5, 1952, Webb Pierce was the number one country artist of the 1950s with his singles spending 113 weeks at #1 during a decade which saw him chart 48 singles, 39 reaching the top ten, 26 reaching the top four and 13 reachng #1. Although he had no further #1 records, Webb continued charting until 1982 with a total of 96 charted hits.
In addition to his music, Pierce was known for his lavish Nashville mansion, which featured a guitar-shaped swimming pool, among other bizarre and amazing things. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time.
Webb Pierce has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2001 he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame . The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
He died of pancreatic cancer in 1991 and was buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the Pancreas. Each year about 37680 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition and 34290 Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville, Tennessee.
Pierce is featured playing the song, "There Stands the Glass," in the 2005 documentary No Direction Home, by Martin Scorsese, about the influences on and early life of Bob Dylan. No Direction Home is a Documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major
Pierce's song, "More and More" was played in the title credits of 2006 horror film, The Hills Have Eyes.
External links
- Webb Pierce discography at MusicBrainz
- RCS Aritist Discography of Webb Pierce
- Webb Pierce at Find A Grave
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