Webb Pierce

Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 – February 24, 1991) was an American country music vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number-one hits than any other country and western performer during the decade. His biggest hit was the honky-tonk-rooted "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. 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.

American Country Legend - 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000000Z

There Stands The Glass: The Sun Records Sessions - 2024-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

If You Were Mine - 2024-02-03T00:00:00.000000Z

17 Honky Tonk Songs - 2023-06-09T00:00:00.000000Z

10 Hits of Webb Pierce - 2023-04-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Three of a Kind: Hank Locklin, Sonny James, Webb Pierce - 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Three of a Kind: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Webb Pierce, Faron Young - 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Slowly (Country Hits 1950-62) - 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Sooner or Later (50s-60s Country Hits) - 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000000Z

A Country Boy Singing His Heart Out - 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000000Z

I'm Sitting on Top of the World - 2022-06-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Two of a Kind: Ernest Tubb & Webb Pierce - 2022-04-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Slowly - 2022-02-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Wild Desire - 2022-02-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Hundred Year Webb, Vol. 1 - 2021-07-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Hundred Year Webb, Vol. 2 - 2021-07-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Hundred Year Webb, Vol. 3 - 2021-07-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Hundred Year Webb, Vol. 4 - 2021-07-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Hundred Year Webb, Vol. 5 - 2021-07-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The Singles of the Wondering Boy - 2021-03-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Les Idoles De La Musique Country: Webb Pierce, Vol. 1 - 2020-12-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Teen Age Boogie! The Hip and the Shake of Webb Pierce - 2020-10-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Four Classic Albums Plus (Webb Pierce / The Wondering Boy / Just Imagination / Webb!) (Digitally Remastered) - 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Just Imagination - 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000000Z

The Wondering Boy - 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000000Z

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