James William Glaser (December 16, 1937 – April 6, 2019) was an American
country music
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Tompall Glaser
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Marty Robbins
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. Shortly before beginning his solo recording career he had two major hits as songwriter in 1964, the top 5 "What Does it Take" which was recorded by
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and the top 40 "Thanks a Lot for Tryin' Anyway" recorded by Liz Anderson and later covered in albums by
Jan Howard
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and
Connie Smith
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. His biggest songwriting success was " Woman, Woman" a number 4 pop hit recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap in 1967, and charting again for Glaser himself in 1975.
As a solo artist, Jim Glaser recorded four studio albums, and charted several singles on the
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charts, including the Number One hit " You're Gettin' to Me Again". Out of his three brothers, he was the only one to have a Number One hit. He was selected by the
Academy of Country Music
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as Best New Male Vocalist in 1984. In 1979 he recorded the first version of the song "Who Were You Thinkin' Of," which he co-wrote with Cathie Pelletier and Paul Gauvin; it was later recorded by The Texas Tornados, among others.
Glaser died of a heart attack on April 6, 2019, at the age of 81.