- Glenn Sutton
Glenn Sutton (
September 28 ,1937 -April 17 ,2007 ) [ [http://www.countryweekly.com/glenn_sutton/scoop/2324 Country Weekly obituary of Glenn Sutton] . Retrieved April 18, 2007.] was acountry music songwriter and producer. Born Royce Glenn Sutton inHodge, Louisiana , he was one of the two chief architects of the "countrypolitan " sound (the other being Sutton's frequent songwriting partnerBilly Sherrill ).Sutton wrote or co-wrote many of
Tammy Wynette 's early hits including, "You're Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad", "Take Me to Your World", "I Don't Wanna Play House", "The Ways to Love a Man", "Kids Say the Darndest Things" and "Bedtime Story". He also wrote theJerry Lee Lewis andRod Stewart recording "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)", as well as the David Houston classic "Almost Persuaded". Sutton won aGrammy Award for the latter composition. "Almost Persuaded" has been covered by artists from all genres of music, including Jazz legendEtta James .He also sang his own hit called "The Football Card" which nearly made the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100.Sutton is also well-known for his personal and professional association with
Lynn Anderson , his wife from 1968 to 1977. He produced many of her hit recordings, including her signature song "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden ". The album, by the same name as the single, reached number one in 16 countries around the globe and was the biggest selling album by a female country artist from 1971 until 1997. Sutton received aRIAA Platinum Award for producing "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden ". Although he did not write "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden ", he did write several of Anderson's number one records.He was awarded numerous BMI and
ASCAP Awards for his hit compositions. Artists who have recorded Glenn Sutton penned songs, reads like a "who's who" in the recording industry. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999.Sutton died in
Nashville, Tennessee onApril 17 ,2007 , of a heart attack.External links
* [http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/sutton.html Bio at Nashville Songwriters Foundation]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/50698930@N00/ Photos] of Glenn's posted on Flickr.com. Many are pictures of Glenn, while others seem to be photos he took.References
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