Harlow Wilcox (January 28, 1943 – August 26, 2002) was an American
session musician
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from
Norman
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,
Oklahoma
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. In 1969 he released the
instrumental
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single
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* "Single", by ...
"
Groovy Grubworm
"Groovy Grubworm" is a 1969 instrumental by American session musician Harlow Wilcox. The lead single for his album ''Groovy Grubworm and Other Golden Guitar Greats'', the track became Wilcox's sole charting hit, peaking at #30 on the '' Billboard' ...
" on
Plantation Records
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(as Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies), which hit No. 30 on the
U.S.
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''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart
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late that year.
Joel Whitburn
Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings.
Early life
Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wau ...
, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits''. 7th edn, 2000 Two
album
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s followed. "Groovy Grubworm" has sold over a million copies and was nominated for a Grammy in 1969. On August 26, 2002 Wilcox died from a heart attack at his home in
Oklahoma City
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.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
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Musicians from Norman, Oklahoma
American session musicians
American country guitarists
American male guitarists
American country singer-songwriters
1943 births
2002 deaths
20th-century American singers
20th-century American guitarists
Singer-songwriters from Oklahoma
Guitarists from Oklahoma
Country musicians from Oklahoma
20th-century American male musicians
American male singer-songwriters