JACK GREENE - CONTRACT SIGNED 10/20/1967 - HFSID 66232

JACK GREENE


The singer signed this contract to appear in San Antonio, Texas on November 12, 1967


Contract Signed: "Jack Greene" in blue ink, 1p, 8½x11. Goodlettsville, Tennessee, October 20, 1967. Contract for country-western singer Jack Greene and four musicians to appear at "Frontier Town, San Antonio, Texas" on "Sunday, November 12, 1967, 8:00 to 12:00". The wage:  "$400.00 guaranteed" to be paid "in cash at conclusion of performance". Also signed: "Ronnie Spillman" as Employer and "Haze Jones" as Booking Agent. The year this contract was signed was referred to as "The Jack Greene Year with the CMA". Greene (1930-2013) was a country musician who won many awards over the course of his decades-long career. His debut album There Goes My Everything (1966) rocketed to #1 on the U.S. Country Top 100 chart and reached the U.S. Billboard 100 as well. Of the sixteen albums he released from 1966 to 1980, only two failed to break into the U.S. Country Top 100 chart. In 1967, he earned four awards that put him in the upper echelon of country singers: he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and he won Single of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year from the Country Music Association. The song “There Goes My Everything” was #1 on the Billboard charts for seven weeks and the album of the same title topped the charts for four weeks. Greene, who had started his career as a drummer with the Peachtree Cowboys and Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubador Band, followed his 1967 success with a number of other hits, including "All The Time", "What Locks the Door?", "You Are My Treasure", "Lord, Is That Me?", and "Statue of a Fool" (all number one hits) as well as two #1 albums. Later in his career, Greene, who was called "the Garth Brooks of his era", sang and recorded with his wife, Jeannie Seeley. At age 80, Greene, who still performed at the Grand Ole Opry, released a new compilation album titled Precious Memories, Treasured Friends. The album consists of duets her performed with Seeley, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Little Jimmy Dickens, and many other country music greats. He did not retire from performing until 2011, just two years before his death. Lightly creased at upper margin, which has staple holes and rust stains at left corner. ½-inch separation at lower horizontal fold. Otherwise, fine condition.