Jack Greene

Greene was born in Maryville, Tennessee, and learned to play guitar when he was 10 years old. His first involvement with the music industry came when he was still a teenager, working as a disc jockey at radio station WGAP in Maryville. By the age of 18, Greene was a regular on the Tennessee Barn Dance show on WNOX (Knoxville, Tennessee). In the early 1950s, he moved to Atlanta, where he formed his own band, the Peach Tree Boys. Greene was lead vocalist, drummer, and guitarist for the group for eight years. In 1959, he moved back to Tennessee and settled in Nashville and formed another band, the Tennessee Mountain Boys. A major career break came Greene's way in 1961 when his band served as the opening act for Ernest Tubb. Impressed, Tubb asked Greene to become a part of his backing band, the Texas Troubadors, in 1962. ==Career==

Success and "There Goes My Everything" For the next few years, Jack Greene was a drummer, guitarist, vocalist, and master of ceremonies for the Troubadors' performances. He soon began serving as opening act on a regular basis for Tubb, as well as playing in the band. Also in 1967, Jack Greene became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Jack and Jeannie's stage show became one of the biggest touring acts during the 1970s. Jack continued to have both solo hits and duets with Seely. Among the biggest of these hits during the 1970s were "Lord, Is That Me" (1970), "There's a Lot About a Woman a Man Don't Know" (1971), and two more duets with Jeannie with "Much Obliged" (1972) and "What in The World Has Gone Wrong with Our Love" (1972). Later career Jack Greene enjoyed a brief comeback with the Frontline Records label in 1980 as the song "Yours for the Taking" peaked at number 28 on the country charts. ==Final years and death==

Greene continued to record sporadically in the 2000s, including the duet "You Have Won My Heart" and "Stetson Cowboy" with Santana Maria, but neither charted. Greene recorded his final studio album Precious Memories, Treasured Friends in 2010. An album of duets, it featured fellow country stars Lorrie Morgan and George Jones. In failing health, Greene retired from performing in 2011. He died on March 14, 2013, from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 83 in Nashville. ==Discography==