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The Players (American Band)
The Players are an American R&B band of the 1960s on the Minit Records Minit Records was an American independent record label, originally based in New Orleans and founded by Joe Banashak in 1959. Ernie K. Doe, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, and Benny Spellman were early artists on the label. Later artists included Bo ... label produced by Cal Carter. They had a hit with "He'll Be Back" in 1966, and issued an album of the same name in the same year.Dave Thompson ''The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting'' 2002 1617132020 "An integral player in the early development of the New Orleans music scene of the 1960s, Minit Records was formed by A-1 Records ... but generally strong, stream of blues and R&B classics from the likes of Jimmy Holiday, the Players, Jimmy McCracklin, ..." Discography *"He'll Be Back" (C. Gordon, J. Thomas) / B: "I Wanna Be Free", 1966 *"I'm Glad I Waited" (Al Smith) / B: "Why Did I Lie", 1966 *"That's the Way" ( Jimmy Georgantones) / B: "There's Got to Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minit Records
Minit Records was an American independent record label, originally based in New Orleans and founded by Joe Banashak in 1959. Ernie K. Doe, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, and Benny Spellman were early artists on the label. Later artists included Bobby Womack and Ike & Tina Turner. History Allen Toussaint was responsible for much of the label's early success, he wrote, produced, arranged and played piano on a number of tracks. The label's first hit was Toussaint's production of " Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Part 2" by Jessie Hill in 1960. After making a distribution deal with Imperial Records, the label released its biggest hit, " Mother-in Law" by Ernie K-Doe reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the R&B singles chart in 1961. When Allen Toussaint was drafted into the Army in 1963, the hits dried up and the label was sold to Imperial. Banashak also owned Instant Records, which he kept. Minit was acquired by Liberty Records in 1963 as part of its acquisition of Imperial Records. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Georgantones
Pete Demetre Georgantonis (born 27 February 1940 in Amarillo, Texas), known as Jimmy George or Jimmy Georgantonis, is an American composer, arranger, guitarist, singer, and producer who, since 1965, has been active in pop, jazz fusion, and rock — in live venues, recording studios, cinema, and TV production. As a sideman, he has toured with The Beach Boys, Shaun Cassidy, Dobie Gray, and Leif Garrett. As an artist, he has recorded with Mercury Records, 1960–1969 and Viva Records (1969). Since the 1960s, George has been a studio musician on dozens of records, commercials, and a few films. From 1965 to 1970, George was a staff composer for United Artists. From 1970 to 1975, he was a staff composer for Motown Records. Selected compositions * "I'd Rather Be a Has-Been (Than a Wanna Be)," words & music by George & Jimmy Stallings (born 1942) (© 1997) * "It's In Your Eyes," by George (© 1969) * "Magic man," words & music by Ray Dewey, George, Robert Winters, & Lloyd Chiate (© ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |