Glenn Yarbrough
Glenn Robertson Yarbrough (January 12, 1930 – August 11, 2016) was an Ameri… Read Full Bio ↴Glenn Robertson Yarbrough (January 12, 1930 – August 11, 2016) was an American folk singer. He was the lead singer with the Limeliters from 1959 to 1963. He also had a prolific solo career, recording on various labels.

Yarbrough was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in New York City. After leaving high school, he attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he roomed with Jac Holzman and began performing after he and Holzman attended a concert by Woody Guthrie.

During the Korean War he served in the United States Army as a codebreaker before joining the entertainment corps. After military service, he moved to South Dakota, helped organize square dances, and started appearing on local television shows. By the mid-1950s, he started performing in clubs in Chicago, where he met club owner Albert Grossman and performers including Odetta and Shel Silverstein. One of Elektra Records' first artists, he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun."

Yarbrough moved to Aspen, Colorado, and ran a club, the Limelite, and formed a folk group with Alex Hassilev and Louis Gottlieb. They released their first album, Limeliters, on Holzman's Elektra label in 1960.[1] He left the Limeliters for a solo career in the mid-1960s. His most popular single, and the one for which he is most well-known today is "Baby the Rain Must Fall" (the theme tune from the film of the same name), which entered the Cashbox chart on March 27, 1965 and reached #12 pop and #2 easy listening. According to Chartmasters of Covington, Louisiana, the song was one of the all time top 100 of the year.[citation needed]

Among other career highlights, Yarbrough provided vocals for the Rankin/Bass Productions animated versions of The Hobbit (1977) singing songs such as The Greatest Adventure, The Road Goes Ever On as well as The Return of the King (1980) singing "Frodo of the Nine Fingers" in addition to singing the title song in the 1966 holiday classic, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't. Yarbrough also performed Utah Composer Michael McLean's Forgotten Carols, creating a CD of the show as well as taking it on the road to local audiences in the 1990s.

Glenn Yarbrough was also an accomplished sailor who owned and lived aboard three different sailboats: Armorel, all teak and still in operation; Jubilee, which Yarbrough helped build, taking three years; and the Brass Dolphin a Chinese junk design, and has, according to Yarbrough, sailed around the world except for the Indian Ocean.

Yarbrough lost his ability to sing due to complications from throat surgery at the age of 80. In his last year or so of life, he suffered from dementia and was cared for by his daughter Holly in Nashville, Tennessee. Holly recorded the album "Annie Get Your Gun" with her father in 1997.

Yarbrough died from complications of dementia in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 86.
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A Hundred Men A hundred men went off to war A hundred men Their hearts…
All My Sorrows Only one thing that troubles my mind My love is gone,…
Always on My Mind Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Angel Cake and Wine I once had a dog With one torn ear; The color of…
Baby Some men climb a mountain Some men swim the sea Some men…
Dark As A Dungeon Oh come all you young fellers so young and so…
Diamonds of Dew Diamonds of dew and pearls of rain Marigolds for a golden…
Four Strong Winds Four strong winds that blow lonely Seven seas that run high …
I The girl that I marry will have to be As soft…
I Think of You No New Year's Day to celebrate No chocolate covered candy he…
I Wish I Knew I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I…
If It Fits Your Fancy If it fits your fancy I'll string you a necklace made…
It They say that falling love is wonderful It's wonderful, so …



Lonesome "Did you ever say "I′m lonesome" And stop and wonder really…
Love Somewhere, my love there will be songs to sing Although the…
New Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central Monday m…
One Day Soon সংশয়ে এ মন দোলে, দিন কাটে তোমায় ভেবে, ভাবি মনে মনে…
One More River Don't look back cause there's one more river Don't turn your…
Sleep My Love Somewhere, my love there will be songs to sing Although the…
Some Enchanted Evening Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Somewhere My Love Somewhere, my love there will be songs to sing Although the…
Spanish is the loving tongue Broke her heart, lost my own Adios mi corazón Spanish is th…
That The girl that I marry will have to be As soft…
The Bull Frog Song Way out west in blankety blank A bull frog jumped…
The Greatest Adventure The greatest adventure is what lies ahead Today and tomorro…
The Tailor and the Mouse There was a tailor had a mouse Hi diddle um come…
The Warm and Gentle Girls ... I think the universe is on my side Heaven and Earth…
The Word Before Goodbye What is spring time after all Only the other side of…
The World I Used to Know Some day some old familiar rain Will come along and know…
To All the Girl To all the girls I've loved before, who traveled in and…
Walk On Little Boy Walk on Little Boy, We've been too long together, Don't cry…
You Thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord…


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