Tompall Glaser
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Tompall Glaser is an American country music
artist. Active since the 1950s, he has recorded both as a solo artist and with his brothers Chuck and Jim
in the trio Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
. Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single was Shel Silverstein
's "Put Another Log on the Fire (The Male Chauvinist National Anthem)", which peaked at #21 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs
) charts in 1975 and appeared on the album Wanted! The Outlaws
.
The Glaser Bros. also were back-up singers for Marty Robbins
in the 1950s.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist. Active since the 1950s, he has recorded both as a solo artist and with his brothers Chuck and Jim
Jim Glaser
Jim Glaser is an American country music artist. The brother of country singers Chuck and Tompall Glaser, he has performed as both a solo artist and alongside his two brothers in the group Tompall and the Glaser Brothers...
in the trio Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
Tompall & The Glaser Brothers was an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck, Jim, and Tompall Glaser, all of whom also had success in the 1970s as solo artists. Between 1960 and 1975, the trio recorded ten studio albums, and charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country...
. Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single was Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein , was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books...
's "Put Another Log on the Fire (The Male Chauvinist National Anthem)", which peaked at #21 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) charts in 1975 and appeared on the album Wanted! The Outlaws
Wanted! The Outlaws
Wanted! The Outlaws is an album by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser, released in RCA Victor in 1976, and consisting of previously released material. Released to capitalize on the new outlaw country movement, Wanted! The Outlaws earned its place in music history by...
.
The Glaser Bros. also were back-up singers for Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
in the 1950s.
Albums
| Year | Album | US Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Charlie | — |
| 1974 | Take the Singer with the Song | — |
| 1975 | Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) | — |
| 1976 | The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band | 13 |
| 1977 | Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band | 38 |
| The Wonder of It All | — | |
| 1986 | Nights on the Borderline | — |
| 1992 | The Rogue | — |
| The Outlaw | — | |
| 2001 | The Best of Tompall Glaser & the Glaser Brothers | — |
| 2006 | My Notorious Youth | — |
| 2007 | Outlaw to the Cross | — |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1973 | "Bad, Bad, Bad Cowboy" | 77 | — | — | Charlie |
| 1974 | "Texas Law Sez" | 96 | — | — | Take the Singer with the Song |
| "Musical Chairs" | 63 | — | — | Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) | |
| 1975 | "Put Another Log on the Fire (Male Chauvinist National Anthem)" | 21 | 103 | 34 | |
| 1976 | "T for Texas" | 36 | — | — | Wanted! The Outlaws Wanted! The Outlaws Wanted! The Outlaws is an album by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser, released in RCA Victor in 1976, and consisting of previously released material. Released to capitalize on the new outlaw country movement, Wanted! The Outlaws earned its place in music history by... |
| 1977 | "It'll Be Her" | 45 | — | — | Tompall Glaser & and His Outlaw Band |
| "It Never Crossed My Mind" | 91 | — | — | The Wonder of It All | |
| 1978 | "Drinking Them Beers" | 79 | — | — | |