March 23, 2013

 

Jack Green to Opry in the Sky


Jack Greene, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with hits “There Goes My Everything,”  & "Statue Of A Fool" died on last Thursday at his home here. He was 83.
“There Goes My Everything” reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart and No. 65 on the pop chart in 1966. It earned the deep-voiced Mr. Greene awards for single of the year and male vocalist of the year from the Country Music Association in 1967. That same year he began performing regularly at the Grand Ole Opry.
Mr. Greene was born in Maryville, Tenn., where he started in radio at WGAP. In addition to singing and playing guitar, he played bass and drums in various groups. His big break came when the influential singer-songwriter Ernest Tubb hired him as his drummer in the early 1960s.

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