Roy Kent Head (January 9, 1941 – September 21, 2020) was an American singer, best known for his hit song " Treat Her Right".

Career

Roy Kent Head was born in

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and achieved fame as a member of musical group The Traits from San Marcos. The group's sponsor landed their first recording contract in 1958 with TNT Music in

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while they were still in high school. The Traits performed and recorded in the

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and

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musical styles from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Though landing several regional hits between 1959 and 1963 on both the TNT and Renner Record labels, Head is best known for the 1965

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international hit, " Treat Her Right", recorded by Roy Head and the Traits. After going solo, Head landed several hits on the

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charts between 1975 and 1985. During his career of some 50 years, he has performed in several different musical genres and used a somewhat confusing array of record labels, some too small to provide for national marketing and distribution. Roy Head and the Traits held reunions in 2001 and 2007 and were inducted into the

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in 2007. After moving to San Marcos in 1955, Head – along with San Marcos native Tommy Bolton – formed a musical group in 1957 known as The Traits (aka Roy Head and The Traits) who would record and perform for the next nine years. The original group consisted of fellow high school students Head (vocals), Bolton (rhythm guitar) (1941–2003), Gerry Gibson (drums), Dan Buie (piano), Clyde Causey (lead guitar), and Bill Pennington (bass). When Causey joined the military, he was replaced by George Frazier (1941–1996) just before the band started their recording career at Tanner N Texas (TNT) Recording Company, owned by Bob Tanner and located in

. The Traits had several regional hits at TNT, with songs such as "One More Time", "Live It Up", both released in 1959, and "Summertime Love" (1960), establishing themselves in the late 1950s and the early 1960s as one of the premier teenage Texas-based

bands while playing the concert,

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, college and university and

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circuits throughout Texas. During this period, the parents of The Traits turned down

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's invitation for the boys to appear on ''

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'', which ABC had started broadcasting nationwide from

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in 1957. At the time, all members of The Traits were minors, and some were still in high school. In 1961 and 1962, The Traits added saxophonists David McCumber and Danny Gomez to the line-up and produced additional Texas/regional hits from Renner Records, a label owned by Jessie Schneider of San Antonio. Renner label No. 221 and Ascot No. 2108, a subsidiary of

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, distributed The Traits' version of Ray Sharpe's 1959 "Linda Lu", with "Little Mama" by Dan Buie and Head on the

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. Renner Records also released The Traits " Got My Mojo Working" and "Wo Wo" on label No. 229. By the time the 1962 recordings were taped and mastered at Jeff Smith's Texas Sound Studio in San Antonio for the Renner label, Johnny Clark and Frank Miller had replaced Frazier and Bolton at lead and rhythm guitars, respectively. After attending SWTSTC (TSU) for two years, Buie, who played guitar and harmonica as well as keyboards, taught for several years before settling into public health administration, after receiving his baccalaureate degree and doing post graduate studies at The University of Texas. Tommy Bolton organized and played with other Central Texas musical groups while both he and Clyde Causey launched careers with the Department of the Treasury. Danny Gomez graduated from SWTSTC (TSU) and later earned his doctorate at Texas Tech University in

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. David McCumber pursued his love of music at Sound Master's studio in Houston and then opened a real estate company in Austin. He ran the company until his retirement where he enjoyed travel with his wife Sandra until her death from

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cancer in 2005. George Frazier pursued real estate investment interests, and Bill Pennington followed in his mother's footsteps and become a successful owner of Pennington Funeral Home in San Marcos. Only Head and Gibson would continue with careers in performing music. The songwriting talents, and subsequent recording successes, of The (original) Traits during their first five years on a regional level were under the watchful eyes of Ms. Edra Pennington (1913–2005) and Dr. T.R. Buie (1909–2000), which would lay the groundwork for what would happen in the group's last four years. Roy Head and the Traits signed with Scepter Records in 1964. Scepter had developed a nationwide network of independent distributors while working with

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. By this time, Gene Kurtz had replaced Pennington at bass, Kenny Williams had replaced Clark at lead guitar, Ronnie Barton's trumpet was added to the mix, and backup singer Sarah Fulcher started performing with the group. Roy Head and the Traits released a vinyl 45 featuring the vocals of Head and Fulcher on the Lori label No. 9551: "Get Back" (later released on Scepter No. 12124) and "Never Make Me Blue".

"Treat Her Right"

In 1965, the band signed with the record producer Huey Meaux of

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, who maintained a stable of record labels. "Treat Her Right" was recorded at Gold Star Studios (later known as SugarHill Recording Studios) in Houston. Issued on Don Robey's

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label, it reached No. 2 on both the U.S. Pop and R&B charts in 1965, behind

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' " Yesterday". "Treat Her Right", with its blazing horns and punchy rhythm, credited to Head and bass man Gene Kurtz, established Head as a prime exponent of

. By 1995, "Treat Her Right" had been

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by 20 nationally known recording artists including

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and both

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and

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under the title of "Treat Him Right".

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, Sammy Davis Jr. and

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covered it "live". Roy Head and the Traits " Just a Little Bit" and the bluesy-rockabilly hybrid, "Apple Of My Eye" also cracked the Top 40 in 1965. Along with Wilson Pickett's " Mustang Sally" and

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's " In the Midnight Hour", in the successful 1991 motion picture, '' The Commitments''. "Treat Her Right" also appeared in

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's 2019 film ''

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''. It was also was recorded in 1988 by

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and the Destroyers and released the same year as a music video in which Head had an acting cameo and danced in the final chorus. "Come To Me" and "Now You See Em, Now You Don't" both in 1977 and recorded on the ABC/Dot label reached No. 16 and No. 19, respectively. In 1965 TNT Records released the group's first "album" consisting of their music recorded for TNT and Renner Records, TLP No. 101 entitled ''Roy Head and the Traits,'' which was also distributed by the New York-based Scepter Records. Goldmine Album Price Guide offers a 'counterfeit caution' when buying this album. The original from TNT did not include the song "Treat Her Right", although it is included in the more widely distributed Scepter pressing. The "counterfeit" album is also attributed to TNT, but with blue lettering on the label rather than the TNT red. Video clips from this time period show Head to have been a dynamic and versatile eccentric dancer; there are at least three extant clips of him performing "Treat Her Right" and each one is different from the others in terms of choreography. His jumps and slides have compared to those of Nicholas Brothers. Because he was white, but his footwork included moves popular among African American gymnastic dancers, he was sometimes said to be a practitioner of "blue-eyed soul". The

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-makers recorded and released on the Back Beat and Scepter labels spelled the end of Head's association with what has come to be thought of as the "second group" of Traits. See "Doubled Edged Sword" in ''The Story of Roy Head and The Traits''.

1970s and on

In 1970, Roy Head released album "Same People". Later releases by Head on Dunhill and Elektra contained elements of

and

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, but by the mid-1970s his solo career had led him to

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. He signed first with

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and then with Shannon Records and later on with

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and

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. After releasing the 1970 cult classic "Same People That You Meet Going Up You Meet Coming Down" on

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, Head's music reached the U.S. country music Top 100 24 times by the mid-1980s, while landing three Top 20 hits: "The Most Wanted Woman in Town", (1975) "Come To Me" and "Now You See Em, Now You Don't" both in 1977 and recorded on the ABC/Dot label reaching No. 16 and No. 19, respectively. The earliest blues-styled, and rockabilly-styled recordings of The Traits, primarily written in a collaboration between Bolton, Buie, Gibson, and Roy Head.

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had a hit covering The Traits "One More Time" and released it on

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and

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(UK) in 1981–1982. Two Tons of Steel covered "One More Time" again on both CD and DVD in 2000, on Palo Duro Records entitled ''Two Tons of Steel – Live at Gruene Hall''. Discographies reveal that much of the music originally written, composed and recorded by the Traits at TNT and Renner Records between 1958 and 1962, has been re-released over the past four decades numerous times by as many as 20 different record labels both in the U.S. and abroad. During 1966 and 1967, when Head was working with the Roy Head Trio, The Traits independently recorded using Dean Scott on lead vocals. Scott had previously been the stand-in vocalist while Head had been away in the military. In 1967 The Traits recorded with pre-fame

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featuring Winter's vocals and blistering guitar leads, producing a vinyl 45; "Parchman Farm" and "Tramp" on Universal 30496. No one knew that

was just months away from bursting upon the national scene with his appearance at

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. Johnny Winter later re-released the track of "Tramp" he recorded with The Traits in his 1988 compilation album, ''Birds Can't Row Boats.'' After the 1967 disbanding of the Roy Head Trio consisting of Head, Gibson, Kurtz, and guitarist David "Hawk" Koon, Head started pursuing his solo career. Head is a member of the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame, the Texas Country and Western Music Hall of Fame and the Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame. Roy Head and The Traits held reunions in 2001 and 2007. Both reunions involved performances at Kent Finlay's Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos an early musical hangout of

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. During their October 2007 sold-out Golden Anniversary Concert appropriately billed as "Roy Head and The Traits – For The Last Time" at

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, Roy Head and The (original) Traits were inducted into the

by the Hall's Curator, Bob Timmers. Tommy Bolton and George Frazier were inducted posthumously. Musicians for the performance were Head, The Traits, Gerry Gibson, Dan Buie, Clyde Causey, Bill Pennington, and Gene Kurtz, with special guests Bill York, Don Hutchko, Don Head (1933–2009), and Roy's son, Jason "Sundance" Head. In 2008, Head performed in

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, Ohio, for

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. ''Billboard'' has observed that Head's versatility actually worked against him since he did not fit into any specific marketing niche. His use of many small record labels also prevented his recordings from achieving national distribution. Head was still performing and playing festivals like the Ponderosa Stomp. He released one last album, ''Still Treatin' 'Em Right'', in 2011.

Personal life and death

His son

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was a contestant on season 6 of ''

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''. In 2007, Sundance signed a recording contract with Universal

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. In 2016, he was the winner on season 11 of '' The Voice'', mentored by

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. Head died of a heart attack on September 21, 2020, at the age of 79. "Montgomery County Loses An Icon – Roy Head Passes", ''Montgomery County Police Reporter'', September 21, 2020
Retrieved September 21, 2020

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

* ''Roy Head: His All-Time Favorites'' (1977, Crazy Cajun) * ''Roy Head and The Traits: Singin' Texas Rhythm & Blues'' (1988, Blues Interactions, Inc.

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* ''Slip Away: His Best Recordings'' (1993, Collectables) * ''Treat Her Right: The Best of Roy Head'' (1995, Varese Sarabande) * ''Don't Be Blue: The Traits'' (1995, Collectables; Roy C. Ames/Homecooking) * ''The Texas Soul and Country Man: The Crazy Cajun Recordings'' (1999, Edsel K * ''Country Crooner: The Crazy Cajun Recordings'' (1999, Edsel K * ''White Texas Soul Shouter: The Crazy Cajun Recordings'' (1999, Edsel K * ''Roy Head and The Traits: Treat Her Right'' (1999, Dynamite 101) * ''The Best of Roy Head and The Traits: Teeny Weeny Bit'' (2000, AIM ustralia * ''Head On!'' (2001, Music Club) * ''An Introduction to Roy Head'' (2006, Fuel 2000) * ''Treat Him Right! The Best of Roy Head'' (2007, Fuel 2000) * ''Roy Head and The Traits: Golden Anniversary (1957–2007) – Rockabilly Hall of Fame Album'' (2007 Re-master, D & R Sales and Service, L.C., PVI) * ''Voices of Americana: Roy Head'' (2009, Edsel K * ''Live It Up: Roy Head and The Traits'' (2010, Norton)

Singles

References

External links

Rockabilly Hall of Fame
* * Roy Head interviewed in 2007 by Craig Morriso
Roy Head : Blue-Eyed Soul and Country part 1

Roy Head Interview
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