# Bob Luman

Luman Bob (Robert), était un chanteur de rockabilly et country américain, né à Nacogdoches, Texas, le 15 avril 1937, mort à Nashville, Tennessee, le 27 décembre 1978.

## Carrière

Robert Glynn "Bob" Luman est né au Texas en 1937. Son père, qui joue du fiddle, de l'harmonica et de la guitare, a tôt fait de l'initier à la musique.
En 1955, il monte un groupe et rencontre alors Mac Curtis. Les deux chanteurs enregistrent pour Jim Shell, Mac Curtis prêtant son orchestre à Bob Luman en gravant six titres, réédités au début des seventies par Ron Weisser.
Il rejoint l'armée en 1960, il y reste jusqu'en 1962. Il déménage à Nashville et se marie en 1964 avec Barbara dans le Comté de Yuma (Colorado). Il rejoint le groupe Grand Ole Opry en 1965.
Il décède en 1978 à Nashville d'une pneumonie. Il est membre de la Country Music Hall of Fame.

## Discographie

| Année | Album | Position aux US | Label |
| 1960 | Let's Think About Living | | Warner Bros. |
| 1965 | Livin' Lovin' Sounds | | Hickory |
| 1968 | Ain't Got Time to Be Unhappy | | Epic |
| 1969 | Come On Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy | | Epic |
| 1970 | Gettin' Back to Norma | | Epic |
| 1971 | Is It Any Wonder That I Love You | | Epic |
| 1971 | Chain Don't Take to Me | | Epic |
| 1972 | When You Say Love | 38 | Epic |
| 1972 | Lonely Women Make Good Lovers | 10 | Epic |
| 1973 | Neither One of Us | 26 | Epic |
| 1974 | Bob Luman's Greatest Hits | 26 | Epic |
| 1974 | Still Loving You | 42 | Hickory/MGM |
| 1974 | Red Cadillac and Black Moustache | | Epic |
| 1976 | A Satisfied Mind | | Epic |
| 1977 | Alive and Well | | Epic |
| 1978 | Bob Luman | 49 | Polydor |

### Singles

| Année | Single | Position | Position | Position | Position | Album |
| Année | Single | US Country | US | CAN Country | AUS | Album |
| 1959 | "My Baby Walks Over Me" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1959 | "Dreamy Doll" | — | — | — | — | Let's Think About Livin' |
| 1960 | "Let's Think About Living" | 9 | 7 | — | 3 | Let's Think About Livin' |
| 1960 | "Why Why Bye Bye" | — | 106 | — | 43 | Let's Think About Livin' |
| 1960 | "Oh Lonesome Me" | — | 105 | — | — | Let's Think About Livin' |
| 1961 | "Great Snowman/Pig Latin Song" | — | — | — | 62 | NC |
| 1961 | "Private Eye" | — | — | — | 58 | NC |
| 1962 | "Rocks of Reno" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1962 | "Belonging to You" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1962 | "Hey Joe" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1962 | "You're Everything" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1963 | "You're Welcome" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1963 | "I'm Gonna Write You a Song" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1963 | "I Like Your Kind of Love" (with Sue Thompson) | — | — | — | 26 | NC |
| 1964 | "The File" | 24 | — | — | — | Livin' Lovin' Sounds |
| 1964 | "Lonely Room" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1964 | "Fire Engine Red" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1966 | "Five Miles from Home (Soon I'll See Mary)" | 39 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1966 | "Poor Boy Blues" | 39 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1966 | "Come On and Sing" | 42 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1967 | "Hardly Anymore" | 59 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1967 | "If You Don't Love Me (Then Why Don't You Leave Me Alone)" | 61 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1967 | "Running Scared" | — | — | — | — | NC |
| 1968 | "Ain't Got Time to Be Unhappy" | 19 | — | 6 | — | Ain't Got Time to Be Unhappy |
| 1968 | "I Like Trains" | 50 | — | — | — | Come On Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy |
| 1968 | "Woman Without Love" | — | — | — | — | Come On Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy |
| 1969 | "Come On Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy" | 24 | — | — | — | Come On Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy |
| 1969 | "It's All Over (But the Shouting)" | 65 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1969 | "Every Day I Have to Cry Some" | 23 | — | — | — | Gettin' Back to Norma |
| 1969 | "The Gun" | 60 | — | 28 | — | Gettin' Back to Norma |
| 1970 | "Gettin' Back to Norma" | 56 | — | — | — | Gettin' Back to Norma |
| 1970 | "Still Loving You" | 56 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1970 | "Honky Tonk Man" | 22 | — | — | — | Is It Any Wonder That I Love You |
| 1970 | "What About the Hurt" | 44 | — | 37 | — | Is It Any Wonder That I Love You |
| 1971 | "Is It Any Wonder That I Love You" | 60 | — | — | — | Is It Any Wonder That I Love You |
| 1971 | "I Got a Woman" | 40 | — | 43 | — | Chain Don't Take to Me |
| 1971 | "A Chain Don't Take to Me" | 30 | — | — | — | Chain Don't Take to Me |
| 1972 | "When You Say Love" | 6 | — | 10 | — | When You Say Love |
| 1972 | "It Takes You" | 21 | — | 34 | — | Lonely Women Make Good Lovers |
| 1972 | "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" | 4 | — | 4 | — | Lonely Women Make Good Lovers |
| 1973 | "Neither One of Us" | 7 | — | 17 | — | Neither One of Us |
| 1973 | "A Good Love Is Like a Good Song" | 23 | — | 43 | — | Neither One of Us |
| 1973 | "Still Loving You" (re-recording) | 7 | — | 29 | — | Bob Luman's Greatest Hits |
| 1974 | "Just Enough to Make Me Stay" | 23 | — | — | — | Bob Luman's Greatest Hits |
| 1974 | "Let Me Make the Bright Lights Shine for You" | 25 | — | — | — | Red Cadillac and Black Moustache |
| 1975 | "Proud of You Baby" | 22 | — | 38 | — | A Satisfied Mind |
| 1975 | "Shame on Me" | 48 | — | — | — | A Satisfied Mind |
| 1976 | "A Satisfied Mind" | 41 | — | — | — | A Satisfied Mind |
| 1976 | "The Man from Bowling Green" | 82 | — | — | — | A Satisfied Mind |
| 1976 | "How Do You Start Over" | 89 | — | — | — | A Satisfied Mind |
| 1976 | "Labor of Love" | 94 | — | — | — | Alive and Well |
| 1977 | "He's Got a Way with Women" | 63 | — | — | — | Alive and Well |
| 1977 | "I'm a Honky-Tonk Woman's Man" | 33 | — | — | — | Bob Luman |
| 1977 | "The Pay Phone" | 13 | — | — | — | Bob Luman |
| 1977 | "A Christmas Tribute" | 92 | — | — | — | NC |
| 1978 | "Proud Lady" | 47 | — | — | — | Bob Luman |