Singer, Songwriter. He was an American Country Music singer and songwriter. Born in Waco, his family later moved to Fort Worth, Texas. He attended J.P. Elder Junior High and Fort Worth Technical High School. He was a regular on "Bewley's Barn Dance" on WBAP-TV in Fort Worth. He later appeared on "Big D Jamboree." He was lead vocalist for "The Commodores." His father was songwriter, Artie Glenn, who wrote the song "Uranium" for the band. Glenn made his mark in the music business with his 1953 recording of "Crying in the Chapel," written by his father. His father's band, the Rhythm Riders, provided the instrumental backup to his recording of this song. The song was released and an immediate hit. His recording was on the Valley Records label, reportedly sold over 15,000 copies in two months. He got the attention of the national record labels, but for the time being stuck with Valley Records. All of that happened before he was out of high school. Before he graduated in June of 1953, he had never traveled outside of Texas. After graduation, he hit the personal appearance trail visiting nearly 20 states and Canada under the promotion of Valley Records. That same year the group, the Orioles, recorded "Crying in the Chapel." In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded the song, which went to number one on the charts after it was released in 1965. It was one of Elvis' 30 number one hits. He also wrote several songs recorded by other artists. Among the songs that he wrote are "Indescribably Blue" recorded by Elvis Presley, "Bear With Me a Little Longer" recorded by Eddy Arnold, and "Only the Redeemed" recorded by Kenneth Copeland, which was nominated for a Grammy award. He was co-owner of the Glendale label in 1959 and in 1968 was the A&R chief for Pompeii Records. He also appeared on Valley, RCA, RPM, NRC, Fashion, Twinkle, Robbee, Longhorn, Arlen, Columbia and Pompeii labels. He died of cancer in Fort Worth, at the age of 54.