Jack Barlow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jack Barlow

American singer

Date of Birth: 18-May-1924

Place of Birth: Moline, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jul-2011

Profession: singer, songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jack Barlow

  • Jack Barlow (1924–2011) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
  • He recorded on Dot Records during the 1960s and 1970s, charting seven times on Hot Country Songs. Barlow first worked as a disc jockey before moving to Nashville, Tennessee.
  • His first single was "I Love Country", which reached number 21 on Cash Box in 1965.
  • Barlow later moved to Epic Records, then to Dot Records, charting on Billboard for the first time in 1968 with "Baby, Ain't That Love".
  • His highest chart entry came in late 1971 to early 1972, when he took "Catch the Wind" to number 26.
  • This was followed by a recording of "They Call the Wind Maria", from the 1969 Clint Eastwood film Paint Your Wagon.Barlow's last charting release was "The Man on Page 602", credited to Zoot Fenster.
  • The song is about an image found in a 1975 Sears catalog, of a man modeling boxer shorts who appears to be inadvertently exposing his genitalia.
  • He continued to record until 2007, also singing commercial jingles and doing voice-over work.
  • He died in mid-2011 from an undisclosed illness.

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