Glenn Sutton (
September 28,
1937 -
April 17,
2007)
[Country Weekly obituary of Glenn Sutton. Retrieved April 18, 2007.] was a
country music songwriter and producer. Born Royce Glenn Sutton in
Hodge, Louisiana, he was one of two chief architects of the
countrypolitan sound (the other being Sutton's frequent songwriting partner
Billy Sherrill).
Sutton wrote or co-wrote many of
Tammy Wynette's early hits including, "You're Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad", "Take Me to Your World"(which would be the last song Tammy ever sang in concert before her death in 1998), "I Don't Wanna Play House", "The Ways to Love a Man", "Kids Say the Darndest Things" and "Bedtime Story". He also wrote the
Jerry Lee Lewis and
Rod Stewart recording "
What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)", as well as the
David Houston classic "
Almost Persuaded". Sutton won a
Grammy Award for the latter composition. "Almost Persuaded" has been covered by artists from all genres of music, including Jazz legend
Etta James.
He also sang his own hit called "The Football Card" which nearly made the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100.