| Birth: | Dec. 7, 1935
Waco
McLennan County
Texas, USA | | Death: | Apr. 9, 1990
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Texas, USA | 
Singer. Songwriter. He was born in Waco, Texas. The family later moved to Fort Worth, Texas. He attended J.P. Elder Junior High and Fort Worth Technical High School. He was a regular on Bewley's Barn Dance on WBAP-TV in Fort Worth. He later appeared on Big D Jamboree. He was lead vocalist for "The Commodores." His father was songwriter, Artie Glenn, who wrote the song "Uranium" for the band. But Darrell Glenn made his mark in the music business with his 1953 recording of "Crying in the Chapel," written by his dad. Artie's group, the Rhythm Riders provided the instrumental backup to Darrell's recording of this song. The song was released and an immediate hit. Darrell's record on the Valley Records label reportedly sold over 15,000 copies in two months. He got the attention of the national record labels, but for the time being stuck with Valley Records. All of that happened before he was out of high school. Before he graduated in June of 1953, he hadn't been outside of Texas. After graduation, he hit the personal appearance trail visiting nearly 20 states and Canada under the promotion of Valley Records. That same year the group, the Orioles, recorded "Crying in the Chapel." In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded it and it went to number one on the charts after it was released in 1965. It was one of Elvis' 30 number one hits. Darrell also wrote several songs recorded by other artists. Among the songs Mr. Glenn wrote are "Indescribably Blue" recorded by Elvis Presley, "Bear With Me a Little Longer" recorded by Eddy Arnold, and "Only the Redeemed" recorded by Kenneth Copeland, which was nominated for a Grammy award. Darrell was co-owner of the Glendale label in 1959 and in 1968 was the A&R chief for Pompeii Records. Glenn also appeared on Valley, RCA, RPM, NRC, Fashion, Twinkle, Robbee, Longhorn, Arlen, Columbia and Pompeii lables. He died of cancer in Fort Worth, at the age of 54. (bio by: Jane Eubanks)
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Parents:
Artie Glenn (1915 - 1994)
Nora Hazel Scott Glenn (1910 - 2003)
Search Amazon for Darrell Glenn | | | Burial:
Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park
Colleyville
Tarrant County
Texas, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Jane Eubanks
Record added: Jun 17, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 14629629 |
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