There Stands the Glass

"There Stands the Glass"
Single by Webb Pierce
A-side"I'm Walking the Dog"
ReleasedSeptember 1953
StudioBradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee[1]
GenreCountry
Length2:27
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)
  • Russ Hull
  • Mary Jean Shurtz
  • Autry Greisham
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Webb Pierce singles chronology
"It's Been So Long"
(1953)
"There Stands the Glass"
(1953)
"Slowly"
(1954)

"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]

  1. ^ Snoddy, Glen (1972). "Nashville, The Recording Center" (PDF). Country Music Who's Who. Record World. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ There Stands The Glass Covers Retrieved August 31, 2016
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 267.
  4. ^ Dylan, Bob (2022). The Philosophy of Modern Song. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4516-4870-6.
  5. ^ "The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 24, 2014.