Born Webb Michael Pierce inside West Monroe, Louisiana, he became a star performing artist on the Louisiana Hayride and one of country music's virtually all popular honky tonk singers. He was the regular performing artist on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. His large hit, 1953's "There Stands the Glass" is esteem one of united states's completely-period classic "drinking songs". More hits involved "Backstreet Affair", "Why, Baby, Why", “Oh, Thus Numbers of Years", and “Finally�, the latter two being duets with Kitty Wells.

In addition to his music, Pierce was known for his lavish Nashville mansion, which featured a guitar-shaped swimming pool.

Webb Pierce has a star on the Hollywood Walk of FameŤŤ] and in 2001 he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame .

He died in 1991 and was buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville.