Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser (September 3, 1933 – August 12, 2013) was an American country singer who was a key figure in the 1970s outlaw country movement.
Biography
Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska, the son of Alice Harriet Marie (née Davis) and Louis Nicholas Glaser. He was raised on a farm along with his brothers Jim and Chuck. Growing up, Glaser and his brothers performed music in local venues and radio stations.
In the 1950s he recorded as a solo artist. He and his brothers later formed a trio, Tompall & the Glaser Brothers.
Tompall co-produced Waylon Jennings's influential 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes, one of outlaw country’s first albums.
Solo discography
Albums
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! Year
! Album
! <small>US Country</small>
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| 1973
| Charlie
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| 1974
| Take the Singer with the Song
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| 1975
| Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein)
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| 1976
| The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band
| align="center"| 13
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1977
| Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band
| align="center"| 38
|-
| The Wonder of It All
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| 1986
| Nights on the Borderline
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| rowspan="1"| 1987
| A Collection Of Love Ballads From World War Two
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| rowspan="2"| 1992
| The Rogue
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| The Outlaw
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| 2001
| The Best of Tompall Glaser & the Glaser Brothers
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| 2006
| My Notorious Youth
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| 2007
| Outlaw to the Cross
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|}
Singles
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! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="3"| Chart Positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
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! width="45"| <small>US Country</small>
! width="45"| <small>US Bubbling</small>
! width="45"| <small>CAN Country</small>
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| 1973
| "Bad, Bad, Bad Cowboy"
| align="center"| 77
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| Charlie
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| rowspan="2"| 1974
| "Texas Law Sez"
| align="center"| 96
| align="center"| —
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| Take the Singer with the Song
|-
| "Musical Chairs"
| align="center"| 63
| align="center"| —
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| rowspan="2"| Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein)
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| 1975
| "Put Another Log on the Fire (The Male Chauvinist National Anthem)"
| align="center"| 21
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 34
|-
| 1976
| "T for Texas"
| align="center"| 36
| align="center"| —
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| Wanted! The Outlaws
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| rowspan="2"| 1977
| "It'll Be Her"
| align="center"| 45
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| Tompall Glaser & and His Outlaw Band
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| "It Never Crossed My Mind"
| align="center"| 91
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| rowspan="2"| The Wonder of It All
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| 1978
| "Drinking Them Beers"
| align="center"| 79
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See also
- "Streets of Baltimore"
- Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
- Jim Glaser