Bob Luman

Robert Glynn Luman (April 15, 1937 – December 27, 1978) He attended high school in Kilgore, where the family had moved after young Bob's birth and started his first band while in high school.

After leaving the Army in 1962, Luman moved to Nashville. On August 12, 1964, he married Barbara in Yuma, Colorado. In 1965, he joined the Grand Ole Opry. He was 41 years old. After his death, Bear Family Records released several compilations of his songs, including More of the Rocker, Still Rockin', and Carnival Rock.

Legacy Luman is a member of both the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.

His song "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" was featured in the 1988 drama film Rain Man.

Discography Albums Year Album US Country 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 1970 Gettin' Back to Norma 1971 Is It Any Wonder That I Love You Chain Don't Take to Me 1972 When You Say Love 38 Lonely Women Make Good Lovers 10 1973 Neither One of Us 26 1974 Bob Luman's Greatest Hits 26 Still Loving You 42 Hickory/MGM Red Cadillac and Black Moustache Epic 1976 A Satisfied Mind 1977 Alive and Well 1978 Bob Luman 49 Polydor

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US CAN Country AUS1957"All Night Long""Red Cadillac and Black Mustache" 1959 "My Baby Walks over Me" — — — — "Dreamy Doll" — — — — Let's Think About Living 1960 "Let's Think About Living" 9 7 — 3 "Why Why Bye Bye" — 106 — 43 "Oh Lonesome Me" — 105 — — 1961 "The Great Snow Man" / "The Pig Latin Song" (both written by John D. Loudermilk) — — — 62 "Private Eye" — — — 58 1962 "Rocks of Reno" — — — — "Belonging to You" — — — — "Hey Joe" — — — — "You're Everything" — — — — 1963 "You're Welcome" — — — — "I'm Gonna Write You a Song" — — — — "I Like Your Kind of Love" (with Sue Thompson) — — — 26"Interstate Forty" 1964 "The File" 24 — — — Livin' Lovin' Sounds "Lonely Room" — — — — "Fire Engine Red" — — — — 1966 "Five Miles from Home (Soon I'll See Mary)" 39 — — — "Poor Boy Blues" 39 — — — "Come On and Sing" 42 — — — 1967 "Hardly Anymore" 59 — — — "If You Don't Love Me (Then Why Don't You Leave Me Alone)" 61 — — — "Running Scared" — — — — 1968 "Ain't Got Time to Be Unhappy" 19 — 6 — Ain't Got Time to Be Unhappy "I Like Trains" 50 — — — Come On Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy "Woman Without Love" — — — — 1969 "Come On Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy" 24 — — — "It's All Over (But the Shouting)" 65 — — — "Every Day I Have to Cry Some" 23 — — — Gettin' Back to Norma "The Gun" 60 — 28 — 1970 "Gettin' Back to Norma" 56 — — — "Still Loving You" 56 — — — "Honky Tonk Man" 22 — — — Is It Any Wonder That I Love You "What About the Hurt" 44 — 37 — 1971 "Is It Any Wonder That I Love You" 60 — — — "I Got a Woman" 40 — 43 — Chain Don't Take to Me "A Chain Don't Take to Me" 30 — — — 1972 "When You Say Love" 6 — 10 — When You Say Love "It Takes You" 21 — 34 — Lonely Women Make Good Lovers "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" 4 — 4 — 1973 "Neither One of Us" 7 — 17 — Neither One of Us "A Good Love Is Like a Good Song" 23 — 43 — "Still Loving You" (re-recording) 7 — 29 — Bob Luman's Greatest Hits 1974 "Just Enough to Make Me Stay" 23 — — — "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 "Shame on Me" 48 — — — 1976 "A Satisfied Mind" 41 — — — "The Man from Bowling Green" 82 — — — "How Do You Start Over" 89 — — — "Labor of Love" 94 — — — Alive and Well 1977 "He's Got a Way with Women" 63 — — — "I'm a Honky-Tonk Woman's Man" 33 — — — Bob Luman "The Pay Phone" 13 — — — "A Christmas Tribute" 92 — — — 1978 "Proud Lady" 47 — — — Bob Luman