Glenn Yarbrough
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Yarbrough in 1965
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Glenn Robertson Yarbrough |
| Born |
January 12, 1930 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 11, 2016 (aged 86) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1951–2010 |
| Labels | RCA Victor |
| Associated acts | The Limeliters |
| Website | www |
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 to Bruce Yarbrough and Elizabeth Yarbrough (née Robertson). He grew up in New York City where he lived with his mother. 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.
During the Korean War he served in the United States Army, first as a codebreaker then joined the entertainment corps performing in Korea and Japan. After military service, he moved to South Dakota, helped his father organize square dances, and started appearing on local television shows. By the mid-1950s, he started performing in clubs in Chicago, where he met club owner Albert Grossman and performers including Odetta and Shel Silverstein. One of Elektra Records' first artists, he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun."
In the late 1950s, Yarbrough moved to Aspen, Colorado, and ran a club, the Limelite. There he formed a folk group with Alex Hassilev and Louis Gottlieb, naming it after the club.
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