There Stands the Glass

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"There Stands the Glass"
Single by Webb Pierce
A-side "I'm Walking the Dog"
ReleasedSeptember 1953
Studio Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee [1]
Genre Country
Length2:27
Label Decca
Songwriter(s)
  • Russ Hull
  • Mary Jean Shurtz
  • Autry Greisham
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Webb Pierce singles chronology
"It's Been So Long"
(1953)
"There Stands the Glass"
(1953)
"Slowly"
(1954)

"There Stands the Glass" is a country song written by Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, and Audrey Grisham. Originally recorded by Blaine Smith in 1952, it was a hit for Webb Pierce in 1953. [2] It was Pierce's fifth release to hit number one on the country chart. It spent 27 weeks on the chart and was at the top for 12 weeks. [3]

Bob Dylan said, "The star of this song is the empty bourbon glass, and it's built around the same kind of crack guitar sound as on a Hank Williams record, as well as the magical open-string, strummed chord." [4]

In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 127 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [5]

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