Webb Pierce
Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 – February 24, 1991) was an American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade. His biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now", which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one. Pierce also charted number one for several weeks each with his recordings of "Slowly" (1954), "Love, Love, Love" (1955), "I Don't Care" (1955), "There Stands the Glass" (1953), "More and More" (1954), "I Ain't Never" (1959), and his first number one "Wondering", which stayed at the top spot for four of its 27 weeks' charting in 1952. He recorded country gospel song "I Love Him Dearly" also. His iconic hit "Teenage Boogie" was covered by British band T. Rex as "I Love to Boogie" in 1974, but credited as being written by the group's lead singer Marc Bolan and not Pierce. The music of Webb was also made popular during the British rockabilly scene in the 1980s and 1990s. For many, Pierce, with his flamboyant Nudie suits and twin silver dollar-lined convertibles, became the most recognizable face of country music of the era and its excesses. Pierce was a one-time member of the Grand Ole Opry and was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. A tribute album in his honor (produced by singer-songwriter Gail Davies) was released in 2001 entitled Caught in the Webb – A Tribute To Country Legend Webb Pierce. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 8, 1921 (West Monroe), Died February 24, 1991
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 426-450 of 470 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 16406 | 4/2/1971 | Dirt on my soul | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16407 | 4/2/1971 | If I could go back | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16408 | 4/2/1971 | You're loving the wild life | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16412 | 4/7/1971 | Valentino of the hobos | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16413 | 4/7/1971 | I dreamed about Mom last night | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16414 | 4/7/1971 | Gonna hang John Sutton | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16415 | 4/7/1971 | Drive me there one more time | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16488 | 6/11/1971 | I'm so tired of being so lonely | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16489 | 6/11/1971 | Bummin' my way back home | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16494 | 6/11/1971 | Above suspicion | Nancy Dee ; Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16495 | 6/11/1971 | I owe it to my heart | Nancy Dee ; Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16590 | 10/21/1971 | I'm gonna be a swinger | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16591 | 10/21/1971 | My memory remembers | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16592 | 11/10/1971 | I know, I know, I know | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16611 | 11/19/1971 | I love you so | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16612 | 11/19/1971 | Take these chains from my heart | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16613 | 11/19/1971 | [Unknown title(s)] | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16614 | 11/19/1971 | Hey good lookin' | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16675 | 1/25/1972 | Whiskey is the devil (in liquid form) | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16676 | 1/25/1972 | one has my name, the other has my heart | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16677 | 1/25/1972 | Am I losing you | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16678 | 1/25/1972 | I fall to pieces | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16685 | 1/26/1972 | Wabash Cannonball | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16686 | 1/26/1972 | When my blue moon turns to gold again | Webb Pierce | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16687 | 1/26/1972 | Blue eyes crying in the rain | Webb Pierce | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pierce, Webb," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106869.
Pierce, Webb. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106869.
"Pierce, Webb." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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External Sources
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Pierce, Webb, 1921-1991 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93045169
Wikidata: Webb Pierce - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1347695
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/55823336
MusicBrainz: Webb Pierce - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cbd197c2-1c29-4f46-acc6-0565a916d143
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