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Wikipedia / Warner Mack

Warner McPherson (April 5, 1935 – March 1, 2022), known professionally as Warner Mack, was an American country music singer-songwriter. Mack had 23 hits on the country charts from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.

Life

Mack was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 5, 1935. His string of hits included "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" in 1957 and in 1965 "The Bridge Washed Out".

On April 27, 2020, Mack was interviewed by Scott Wikle for the My Kind Of Country show. At age 85, Mack announced the release of a new album entitled Better Than Ever.

Mack died on March 1, 2022, in Nashville, at the age of 86.

Discography

Albums

Year

Album

US Country

Label

1964

Everybody's Country Favorites

Kapp

1965

The Bridge Washed Out

14

Decca

1966

The Country Touch

4

1967

Drifting Apart

21

1968

The Many Country Moods of Warner Mack

21

1969

The Country Beat of Warner Mack

42

I'll Still Be Missing You

30

1970

Love Hungry

1971

You Make Me Feel Like a Man

2020

Better Than Ever

Mack Hart

Singles

Year

Single

Chart Positions

Album

US Country

US

CAN Country

1957

"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)"

9

61

singles only

1958

"Roc-a-Chicka"

74

"Falling in Love"

"Lonesome for You Now"

"First Chance I Get"

1959

"Yes There's a Reason"

1962

"Afraid to Look Back"

1963

"Working Girl"

The Bridge Washed Out

1964

"Surely"

34

"I'll Be Alright in the Morning"

"Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe"

4

1965

"The Bridge Washed Out"

1

"Sittin' on a Rock (Cryin' in a Creek)"

3

The Country Touch

1966

"Talkin' to the Wall"

3

"It Takes a Lot of Money"

4

Drifting Apart

1967

"Drifting Apart"

8

"How Long Will It Take"

4

The Many Country Moods of Warner Mack

"I'd Give the World (To Be Back Loving You)"

11

1968

"I'm Gonna Move On"

7

10

"Pray for Your Country"

37

single only

"Don't Wake Me I'm Dreaming"

23

17

The Country Beat of Warner Mack

1969

"Leave My Dream Alone"

6

"I'll Still Be Missing You"

8

I'll Still Be Missing You

1970

"Love Hungry"

19

23

Love Hungry

"Live for the Good Times"

16

24

You Make Me Feel Like a Man

1971

"You Make Me Feel Like a Man"

34

"I Wanna Be Loved Completely"

53

singles only

1972

"Draggin' the River"

45

"Your Warm Love"

"You're Burnin' My House Down"

59

1973

"Some Roads Have No Ending"

54

"After the Lights Go Out"

"Goodbyes Don't Come Easy"

91

74

1975

"Don't Bring the Rain Down On Me"

"Who's Making the Change"

1976

"I've Got a Friend (Just Over the Mountain)"

1977

"Brush Arbor in the White House"

"These Crazy Thoughts (Run Through My Mind)"

87

2021

"Dasher, With a Light Upon His Tail"

"Angel Tree"

2022

"He Touched Me (He Can Touch You Too)"

References