Glenn Yarbrough

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Glenn Yarbrough (born January 12, 1930) is an American folk singer. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He was the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963, and had a prolific solo career, recording on various labels.

In 1957 he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun" for Elektra Records. Among other career highlights, Yarbrough provided vocals for the Rankin/Bass animated versions of The Hobbit (1977) and The Return of the King (1980), singing songs such as "The Road Goes Ever On" and "Frodo of the Nine Fingers". He also sang the title song in the holiday classic, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966).

Yarborough recorded the theme tune from the 1965 film, Baby, The Rain Must Fall, which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that same year.

Glenn Yarbrough is also an accomplished world class sailor who has owned and lived abroad on 10 different sailboats and has sailed around the world five times.

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