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Glenn Yarbrough (born January 12, 1930) is an American folk singer. He was the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963, and had a prolific solo career, recording on various labels. ==Biography== Glenn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. One of Elektra Records' first artists, he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun." Among other career highlights, Yarbrough provided vocals for the Rankin/Bass animated versions of ''The Hobbit'' (1977) singing songs such as ''The Greatest Adventure'', ''The Road Goes Ever On'' as well as ''The Return of the King'' (1980) singing "Frodo of the Nine Fingers" in addition to singing the title song in the 1966 holiday classic, ''The Christmas That Almost Wasn't''. His most popular single, and the one for which he is most well-known today is "Baby the Rain Must Fall" (the theme tune from the film of the same name), it entered Cashbox Magazine March 27,〔Cashbox March 27, 1965〕 which reached #12 pop and #2 easy listening in 1965. According to Chartmasters of Covington, Louisiana, the song was one of the all time top 100 of the year. Glenn Yarbrough is also an accomplished sailor who has owned and lived aboard three different sailboats: ''Armorel'', all teak and still in operation; ''Jubilee'', which Glenn helped build, taking three years; and the ''Brass Dolphin'' a Chinese junk design, and has, according to Yarbrough, sailed around the world except for the Indian Ocean. His unique style of singing is referenced in an episode of the animated series ''South Park'' titled "The Death Camp of Tolerance". Glenn lost his ability to sing due to complications from throat surgery at the age of 80. He now suffers from dementia and is cared for in Nashville, Tennessee by his daughter Holly, also a fine singer in her own right who recorded the album "Annie Get Your Gun" with her father in 1997. 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「Glenn Yarbrough」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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