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 | |||
Studio | Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee[1] | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:27 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
Webb Pierce singles chronology | ||||
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"There Stands the Glass" is a country song written by Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, and Audrey Grisham. Originally recorded by Blaine Smith in 1952, it was a hit for Webb Pierce in 1953.[2] 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.[3]
Bob Dylan said that "The star of this song is the empty bourbon glass, and it's built around the same kind of crack guitar sound as on a Hank Williams record, as well as the magical open-string, strummed chord."[4]
In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #127 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking.[5]
Cover versions
- The song appears on the Carl Smith album There Stands the Glass, released in 1964.[6]
- Scott McKenzie released a version of the song as a single in 1965.[7]
- Conway Twitty covered this song in 1966. [8]
- 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.[9]
- Loretta Lynn recorded the song in 1981 on her LP I Lie.
- Hoyt Axton covered the song in 1982.
- Ted Hawkins covered the song on his 1986 album On the Boardwalk, and in 1994 on The Next Hundred Years, his final recording.
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion covered the song on the 1994 LP Mo' Width.
- Robert Gordon covered the song on his 1996 album The Humbler.
- Van Morrison recorded the song in 2006 on his CD Pay the Devil.
- Half Man Half Biscuit covered it in a 2002 Andy Kershaw session.
- Patty Loveless included her cover of the song in her 2008 album Sleepless Nights.
- 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".[10]
References
- ^ Snoddy, Glen (1972). "Nashville, The Recording Center" (PDF). Country Music Who's Who. Record World. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dylan, Bob (2022). The Philosophy of Modern Song. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4516-4870-6.
- ^ "The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 24, 2014.
- ^ Carl Smith, There Stands the Glass Retrieved May 15, 2015
- ^ Scott McKenzie, "There Stands the Glass" single release Retrieved May 15, 2015
- ^ WhoSampled.com Retrieved March 7, 2024]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 63.
- ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (7 February 2020). "Sam Hunt Samples Webb Pierce on New Party Track 'Hard to Forget'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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- "Wondering"
- "That Heart Belongs to Me"
- "Back Street Affair"
- "I'll Go on Alone"
- "It's Been So Long"
- "There Stands the Glass"
- "Slowly"
- "Even Tho"
- "More and More"
- "In the Jailhouse Now"
- "I Don't Care"
- "Love Love Love"
- "Why Baby Why"
- "Honky Tong Song"
- "I Ain't Never"
- Webb Pierce (1955)
- The Wondering Boy (1956)
- Just Imagination (1958)
- Webb! (1959)
- Webb with a Beat (1960)
- Fallen Angel (1960)
- Cross Country (1962)
- The Webb Pierce Story (1964)
- Sands of Gold (1964)
- Memory #1 (1965)
- Webb's Choice (1966)
- Webb Pierce Sings This Thing (1969)
- I'm Gonna Be a Swinger (1972)
- In the Jailhouse Now (1982)
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