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| "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 | |||
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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]
- ^ 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.