Warner Mack | |
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![]() Mack in 1967 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Warner Hensley McPherson Jr. |
Born | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | April 5, 1935
Died | March 1, 2022 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 86)
Genres | country, country blues, gospel |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1957–1992, 2020 |
Labels | Decca, Pageboy Kapp Bridgewood, Mack Hart Records |
Website | Official website |
Warner McPherson (April 5, 1935 – March 1, 2022), known professionally as Warner Mack, was an American country music singer-songwriter. Mack had 23 hits on the country charts from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.
Life
[edit]Mack was born in Nashville, Tennessee,[1] on April 5, 1935.[2][3] His string of hits included "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" in 1957 and in 1965 "The Bridge Washed Out".[4]
On April 27, 2020, Mack was interviewed by Scott Wikle for the My Kind Of Country show. At age 85, Mack announced the release of a new album entitled Better Than Ever.[5]
Mack died on March 1, 2022, in Nashville, at the age of 86.[6]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Year | Album | US Country | Label |
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1964 | Everybody's Country Favorites | Kapp | |
1965 | The Bridge Washed Out | 14 | Decca |
1966 | The Country Touch | 4 | |
1967 | Drifting Apart | 21 | |
1968 | The Many Country Moods of Warner Mack | 21 | |
1969 | The Country Beat of Warner Mack | 42 | |
I'll Still Be Missing You | 30 | ||
1970 | Love Hungry | ||
1971 | You Make Me Feel Like a Man | ||
2020 | Better Than Ever | Mack Hart |
Singles
[edit]Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
1957 | "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" | 9 | 61 | singles only | |
1958 | "Roc-a-Chicka" | 74 | |||
"Falling in Love" | |||||
"Lonesome for You Now" | |||||
"First Chance I Get" | |||||
1959 | "Yes There's a Reason" | ||||
1962 | "Afraid to Look Back" | ||||
1963 | "Working Girl" | The Bridge Washed Out | |||
1964 | "Surely" | 34 | |||
"I'll Be Alright in the Morning" | |||||
"Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe" | 4 | ||||
1965 | "The Bridge Washed Out" | 1 | |||
"Sittin' on a Rock (Cryin' in a Creek)" | 3 | The Country Touch | |||
1966 | "Talkin' to the Wall" | 3 | |||
"It Takes a Lot of Money" | 4 | Drifting Apart | |||
1967 | "Drifting Apart" | 8 | |||
"How Long Will It Take" | 4 | The Many Country Moods of Warner Mack | |||
"I'd Give the World (To Be Back Loving You)" | 11 | ||||
1968 | "I'm Gonna Move On" | 7 | 10 | ||
"Pray for Your Country" | 37 | single only | |||
"Don't Wake Me I'm Dreaming" | 23 | 17 | The Country Beat of Warner Mack | ||
1969 | "Leave My Dream Alone" | 6 | |||
"I'll Still Be Missing You" | 8 | I'll Still Be Missing You | |||
1970 | "Love Hungry" | 19 | 23 | Love Hungry | |
"Live for the Good Times" | 16 | 24 | You Make Me Feel Like a Man | ||
1971 | "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" | 34 | |||
"I Wanna Be Loved Completely" | 53 | singles only | |||
1972 | "Draggin' the River" | 45 | |||
"Your Warm Love" | |||||
"You're Burnin' My House Down" | 59 | ||||
1973 | "Some Roads Have No Ending" | 54 | |||
"After the Lights Go Out" | |||||
"Goodbyes Don't Come Easy" | 91 | 74 | |||
1975 | "Don't Bring the Rain Down On Me" | ||||
"Who's Making the Change" | |||||
1976 | "I've Got a Friend (Just Over the Mountain)" | ||||
1977 | "Brush Arbor in the White House" | ||||
"These Crazy Thoughts (Run Through My Mind)" | 87 | ||||
2021 | "Dasher, With a Light Upon His Tail" | ||||
"Angel Tree" | |||||
2022 | "He Touched Me (He Can Touch You Too)" |
References
[edit]- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 254/5. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
- ^ warnermack.com (Official Website)
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. December 1, 2004. ISBN 9780199770557.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 252–253. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "Warner Mack feature interview My Kind Of Country 4/27/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ "Country Music Legend Warner Mack Has Died". Saving Country Music. March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Warner Mack recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings
- Warner Mack discography at Discogs
- Warner Mack at IMDb