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Jack Henry Greene (January 7, 1930 – March 14, 2013) was an American country musician. Nicknamed the "Jolly Greene Giant" due to his height and deep voice, Greene was a long time member of the Grand Ole Opry. A three-time Grammy Award nominee,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Country music's Jack Greene dies in Nashville )〕 Greene is best known for his 1966 hit, "There Goes My Everything". The song dominated the Country music charts for nearly two months in 1967 and earned Greene "Male Vocalist of the Year", "Single of the Year", "Album of the Year" and "Song of the Year" honors from the Country Music Association.〔〔 Greene had a total of five #1 Country hits and three others that reached the Top Ten. ''Billboard'' magazine named Greene one of the Top 100 "Most Played Artists".〔 ==Early career== Greene was born in Maryville, Tennessee and learned to play guitar when he was ten years old. His first involvement with the music industry came when he was still a teenager, working as a disc jockey at radio station WGAP in Maryville.〔〔 By the age of 18, Greene was a regular on the ''Tennessee Barn Dance'' show on WNOX (Knoxville, Tennessee). In the early 1950s he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he formed his own band, The Peach Tree Boys. Greene was lead vocalist, drummer, and guitarist for the group for eight years.〔 In 1959, he moved back to Tennessee and settled in Nashville and formed another band, The Tennessee Mountain Boys. A major career break came Greene's way in 1961 when his band served as the opening act for Ernest Tubb. Impressed, Tubb asked Greene to become a part of his backing band, the Texas Troubadors in 1962.〔 For the next few years, Jack Greene was a drummer, guitarist, vocalist, and master of ceremonies for the Troubadors' performances. He soon began serving as opening act on a regular basis for Tubb, as well as playing in the band.〔 In 1964, Jack released his first solo record with ''The Last Letter''. The song originally appeared on one of Ernest Tubb's live albums but drew enough attention that Tubb's record label, Decca Records, released it as a single. Another single, ''Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)'', followed in 1965 but failed to make the Country music charts, having the bad luck to come out at the same time as Ray Price's version. Tubb encouraged Jack Greene to leave the Texas Troubadors and pursue a solo career. Said Greene in an interview, ''"Ernest told me 'Son I believe it's time to go.' But also said 'If you can't make it you can always come back and be a Troubador."''〔 Greene's first Top 40 hit came in early 1966 with ''Ever Since My Baby Went Away'', peaking at #37. Later that year, Decca released what would become his signature song, ''There Goes My Everything.'' The song reached #1 and stayed on top of the Country charts for 7 weeks while becoming a crossover hit; the album stayed No. 1 for an entire year. His success continued into 1967 with another number 1 in ''All The Time'' (on top for 5 weeks) and a number 2 hit with ''What Locks The Door''. In 1967, he received the prestigious awards for Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year, and Album of the Year from the Country Music Association. In all, he recorded nine number one country hits on various charts including 5 number one ''Billboard'' hits. His success continued into 1968 with another number 1 with ''You Are My Treasure'' and the top 5 hit ''Love Takes Care Of Me''. In 1969, he had 2 number 1 hits with ''Until My Dreams Come True'' and ''Statue of a Fool''. He completed the year out with the Top 5 ''Back In The Arms Of Love''. It was also in 1967 that Jack Greene became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.〔 He became an Opry mainstay, performing there frequently each year until his health failed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Greene」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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