ROOTS of Country Music

The Professional Work of Jack Greene

(born Jan. 7, 1930)

Career Highlights

Grand Ole Opry Member 1967

Barn Dance Affiliate: Louisiana Hayride

Stage Name: The Jolly Green Giant

Awards

Country Music Association

• Male Vocalist of the Year (1967)
• Album of the Year (1967)*
• Single of the Year (1967)**

*There Goes My Everything

**There Goes My Everything 

Billboard Chart Data

• No. 1 Singles: 4
• Top-10 Singles: 9
• Crossover Singles: 0
• Charted Singles: 36
• Years Active: 1965 - 1984

Billboard Top-10 Singles

1. There Goes My Everything*1
2. All The Time* 
3. What Locks The Door 
4. You Are My Treasure* 
5. Love Takes Care Of Me
6. Until My Dreams Come True* 
7. Statue Of A Fool* 
8. Back In The Arms Of Love  
9. Wish I Didn't Have To Miss You,2

*No.1 Single

1Biggest Single

3With Jeannie Seely

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jack Greene Studio Singles Discography

Decca (1965-72)

• 31768 Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurtin' Me) / Hurt's On Me ~ 4-65
• 31856 Ever Since My Baby Went Away / Room For One More Heartache ~10-65
• 32023 There Goes My Everything / Hardest Easy Thing ~ 10-66
• 32123 All The Time / Wanting You But Never Having You ~ 4-67
• 32190 What Locks The Door / Left Over Feelings ~ 8-67
• 32261 You Are My Treasure / If God Can Forgive You So Can I ~ 2-68
• 32352 Love Takes Care Of Me / Your Favorite Fool ~ 7-68
• 32423 Until My Dreams Come True / We'll Try A Little Bit Harder ~12-68
• 32490 Statue Of A Fool / There's More To Love ~ 4-69
• 32558 Back In The Arms Of Love / Key That Fits Her Door ~ 9-69
• 32580 Wish I Didn't Have To Miss You / My Tears Don't Show ~ 10-69 w/Jeannie Seely 32631 Lord Is That Me / Just A Little While Ago ~ 2-70
• 32699 If This Is Love / Whole World Comes To Me ~ 7-70
• 32755 Something Unseen / What's The Use ~ 11-70
• 32823 Makin' Up His Mind / There's A Whole Lot About A Woman (A Man Don't Know) ~ 4-71
• 32863 Hangin' Over Me / Birth Of Your Love ~ 8-71
• 32898 Much Oblige / First Day ~ 11-71 w/Jeannie Seely
• 32939 Ask Me To Stay / If You Ever Need My Love ~ 3-72
• 32991 What In The World Has Gone Wrong With Our Love / Willingly ~ 7-72
• 33008 Satisfaction / From Here On Out ~ 8-72

MCA (1973-76)

• MCA-40035 Fool I've Been Today / You Left Me ~ 3-73
• MCA-40108 I Need Somebody Bad / Joyride ~ 7-73
• MCA-40179 It's Time To Cross That Bridge / Half That Much ~ 1-74
• MCA-40263 Sing For The Good Times / Something Seems To Fall Apart Inside ~ 6-74
• MCA-40354 This Time The Hurtin's On Me / Sawmill Depot ~ 1-75
• MCA-60140 There Goes Everything / Hardest Easy Thing ~ 75
• MCA-40415 On The Way Home / Cheatin' River ~ 5-75
• MCA-40481 He Little Thing'd Her Out / Let Me Love You Back Together Again ~ 10-75
• MCA-40526 Birmingham / My Long Gone Reason ~ 3-76

Frontline (1979-80)

• 704 Yours For The Taking / Sixty Days ~ 12-79
• 706 Rock I'm Leaning On / I'll Do It Better The Next Time ~ 5-80
• FLS 709 Devil's Den / It's Not The End of The World ~ 10-80

Gusto (1982)

• GT4-2122 There Goes My Everything / Beautiful Lady ~ 82

EMH (1982-85

• EMH-0015 I'd Be Home On Christmas Day / Favorite Time Of The Year ~ 11-82
• EMH-0016 Jukebox Never Plays Home Sweet Home / I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight ~ 2-83
• EMH-0019 From Cotton To Satin / I'd Be Home On Christmas Day ~ 5-83
• EMH-0025 Midnight Tennessee Woman / Goin' Through Hell For An Angel ~ 9-83
• EMH-0028 I'd Do As Much For You / Singing My Heart Out For You ~ 1-84
• EMH-0031 Dying To Believe / There Goes My Everything ~ 6-84
• EMH-0035 If It's Love / Statue Of A Fool ~ 10-84
• EMH-0037 Looking Back Is Easier / Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurtin' Me) ~ 85

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------There Goes My Everything: The Jack Greene Story

Few casual country fans would recognize him today, but Jack Greene will forever go down in history as the first singer to be named Male Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association (CMA). Jack won on the strength of his signature hit, There Goes My Everything, which also won CMA Single of the Year and was the title track of his CMA award, Album of the Year.

Jack Greene is a country singer nicknamed the Jolly Green Giant and well known for his 1966 hit There Goes My Everything. From 1961 through 1966, Jack was a drummer, guitarist, vocalist and M.C. in Ernest Tubb's band, The Texas Troubadors

 In 1964, Jack released his first solo record titled The Last Letter which first appeared on one of Tubb's live albums. The song got attention from Ernest's record label Decca Records who released it as a single. Another single followed in 1965 with Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurtin' Me, but it didn't chart as it came out at the same time as Ray Price's version.

Mr. Tubb encouraged Greene to pursue a solo career, and Jack achieved great success right away. His first top-40 hit came in early 1966 with Ever Since My Baby Went Away. Later that year, he released a song that put him on top. The song was There Goes My Everything and it was a monster hit, staying on top of the country charts for 7 weeks and even becoming a crossover hit, the album stayed No. 1 for an entire year. The success continued into 1967 as well with All The Time, a No. 1 hit and What Locks The Door (No. 2, 1967).

In the 1960s, Ernest Tubb was well known for having one of the best bands in country music history. By the early-1960s, the Texas Troubadours included lightning-fingered Leon Rhodes (lead guitar, 1960-1967), Buddy Emmons (steel, 1960 -- 1961), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar, 1962 - 1967), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar, 1961-1967) and Jack Greene (drums, 1962-1965), arguably one of the finest backup bands in the history of country music.

Ernest Tubb always believed in the value of a strong band and surrounded himself with the only best musicians he could find.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, written and compiled byRichard J Bell, Country Music Historian, Roots of Country Music. June, 2011.