"There Stands the Glass" is a country song written by Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, and Autry Greisham. Originally recorded by Blaine Smith in 1952, it was a hit for Webb Pierce in 1953.[1] It was Pierce's fifth release to hit number one on the country chart. It spent 27 weeks on the chart and was at the top for 12 weeks.[2]

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Cover versions

• The song appears on the Carl Smith album, There Stands the Glass, released in 1964.[3]
• Scott McKenzie released a version of the song as a single in 1965.[4]
• Wanda Jackson covered this song on her 1968 album Cream of the Crop.
• Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song in 1969.
• In 1973, singer Johnny Bush peaked at number 34 on the US country chart and number 60 on the Canadian country chart with his version of the song.[5]
• Loretta Lynn recorded the song in 1981 on her I Lie LP.
• Hoyt Axton covered the song in 1982.
• Ted Hawkins covered the song on his 1986 album On the Boardwalk, and in 1994 on his final recording, The Next Hundred Years.
• Jon Spencer Blues Explosion covered the song on the 1994 Mo' Width LP.
• Robert Gordon covered the song on his 1996 album The Humbler.
• Van Morrison recorded the song in 2006 on his Pay the Devil CD.
• Half Man Half Biscuit covered it in a 2002 Andy Kershaw session.
• Patty Loveless included her cover of the song in her 2008 Sleepless Nights album.
• Billy Childish and CTMF released the song as a single in 2013.
• The song is sampled in Sam Hunt's 2020 song "Hard to Forget".[6]

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