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Glenn Yarbrough
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American folk singer (1930–2016)
Film & TV
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Glenn Yarbrough was an American folk singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Known for
- This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years2002
- Mimi & Me1991
- The Return of the King — The Minstrel (voice)1980
- The Hobbit — The Balladeer (voice)1977
- Cold Turkey — Working Stiff (uncredited)1971
- The Danny Kaye Show — Self1963
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-01-12
- Active to
- 2016-08-11
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14,381
- Total plays
- 129,974
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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. <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Glenn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Milwaukee
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- St. John's College
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.glennyarbrough.com
- Image
- Glenn Yarbrough.png
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of birth
- 1930-01-12
- date of death
- 2016-08-11
- cause of death
- dementia
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- manner of death
- natural causes
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