Warner Mack
Warner McPherson, known professionally as Warner Mack, is an American country music singer-songwriter. Mack had 23 hits on the country charts from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Warner Hensley McPherson Jr. |
| Also known as | Warner Mack |
| Born | April 2, 1938[1] Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Origin | Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | country, country blues, gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1957–1992 |
| Labels | Decca Pageboy Kapp Bridgewood |
| Website | www.warnermack.com |
He was born April 5, 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee, and had hits including "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" in 1957 and in 1965 "The Bridge Washed Out".[2]
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Warner Mack among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[3]
On April 27, 2020, Mack was interviewed by Scott Wikle for the My Kind Of Country show. At age 82, Mack announced the release of a new album entitled Better Than Ever.[4]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | US Country | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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References
- 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 0-89820-177-2.
- Rosen, Jody (June 25, 2019). "Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1kuOCpZDFs&feature=emb_logo
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